I’ve realised that it’s time to start looking into post-PhD employment opportunities…  I’m open to a post-doctoral research position, a New Testament position, or a dress-up-as-a-monkey-and-play-the-mandolin position.  Any suggestions of places to look/consider, I’d appreciate hearing from you.

My qualifications:

• I’ve been playing mandolin for about two months now
• I’m teaching NT Greek at university
• I like monkeys
• Most of the way through a NT PhD on the bestest book of the whole Bible

I’m immensely impressed that people have arrived at my blog by searching for старинные монеты.  Anyone know what it means???

At the risk of causing youtube to crash, I hereby give fair warning that in the coming hours I will supply the link to what has been dubbed (by yours truly) ”the motion picture event of the decade”.  Stay tuned.

Today I send my wannabe-iPhone back for a refund… sigh… lesson learned.

On an entirely unrelated front, has anyone heard of the wannabe-Wii?  It’s called the Wee… I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THOSE!!!

Ahh consumer culture… is there any deep-seated personal insecurity you can’t solve?

Imagine a couple are watching a movie (let’s say it’s a romantic comedy).  Each time something predictable happens, the male rolls his eyes and quips, “A familiar topos!”  So here’s what I’m wondering: What do you make of this scenario?

It’s the latest thing (fresh from my university inbox – which has never received any other spam):

Hello,Thank you for not deleting this email right away. While you and I may not know each other, what I want to tell you is important enough for me to want to contact you.  But don’t worry, I obtained your email address off of the internet and will not contact you again unless you reply.  I assure you that this is not a solicitation or a scam of any kind. I do not want to sell you anything or sign you up for anything. My hope is that you will continue to read the email. My hope is that, in the end, you will see this letter as so much more than “spam.” 

The reason for the email is so that you can hear about the good news of the Gospel. Now, you might be saying to yourself, “I already know Jesus Christ and am sure of my salvation”. I THOUGHT I WAS SURE TOO….

And it goes on… and on… and on. 

And the best part?  It’s signed by “Mel Chizadek”.  If only Paul had thought of this, instead of his whole stick-in-the-mud “we refuse to practise cunning” approach (2 Cor 4:2)…

Late April/Early May:

• Locked out of car in certain car park; walk all the way home with children

Next day:

• RAC comes & opens car for us
• Fine from car park company for being parked there too long
• Situation explained to car park company (via phone, email & in person), & we are assured the fine is waived & dealt with

Mid-May:

• Letter from car park company demanding immediate payment of fine
• Situation explained to car park company (via phone, email & in person), & we are assured the fine is waived & dealt with

Late May:

• Letter from car park company threatening legal action if we don’t pay fine
• Situation explained to car park company (via phone, email & in person), & we are assured the fine is waived & dealt with

Mid-June (today)

• Letter from car park company advising of the beginning of court action due to our non-payment of fine
• Situation explained to car park company (via phone, email & in person), & we are assured the fine is waived & dealt with

sigh…