Posts Tagged as ‘HUGSR’

July 3, 2009

First Week

Wednesday was my first day of work at the library. It was great to start and get to work. Our life has been busy lately, but it has been busy at home. That gets old. The idyllic dream of spending the day on the couch, staring at the tube, makes one ready to get out [...]

October 31, 2008

Feast of Great Minds

This picture was taken at the dinner for the W.B. West Lectures. These four are pillars of Old Testament scholarship (Professors Lewis, Manor, Fortner, and McMillion). If a Hebrew Bible Hall of Fame existed, it could easily pluck first-ballot candidates from this crew. If you pay close attention, you will see that their meal was ironically pork barbecue. In defense, they might simply reply, [...]

October 15, 2008

External Evaluation

The Graduate School is up for re-accreditation. Monday and Tuesday the campus hosted representatives from the Association of Theological Schools, the body that certifies seminaries and divinity schools. I sat in a meeting as a student representative, but had little to say. The constant thing I kept hearing related to the importance of external evaluation [...]

February 1, 2008

Il Communicado Probatio

Don’t be expecting a Facebook message from me anytime soon. Due to the high volume of messages I was sending (roughly 40 in one hour), I have been suspended by Facebook. I must explain. The Admissions Office I work in uses Facebook to recruit students we know. I created a template message, copy and pasted [...]

August 26, 2005

Cheadle, Caruso, Campolo, and Cheap Pizza

I am writing this from the mansion, workplace not home. It is 5:15 on Friday and I would like to be out but will probably stay to do some Hebrew homework. Life is good right now. I can’t say that I have any complaints. I would like to have cable however. Andrea and I are [...]