Buddy TV has an article on how to tell if you are addicted to LOST. DocArtz shared Sky1’s LOST Initiative. And The Onion news reports that the final season promises to make LOST fans even more annoying than ever before: http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FLOST_FANS_ARTICLE_1_13_10.jpg&videoid=100222&title=Final%20Season%20Of%20’Lost’%20Promises%20To%20Make%20Fans%20More%20Annoying%20Than%20EverFinal Season Of ‘Lost’ Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever http://sky1.sky.com/flash/OBU_Player.swf?type=embedded&baseColor=0&highlightColor=6710886&channel_key=Sky1&ad_channel=2169867&ad_alias=Sky1:Lost&networkId=999.1&unique_id=8a3f8899213b2575012152d3de182161&media_title=The Lost Initiative – Discussing The Series 5 Finale. Part 1&attrib_url=http://sky1.sky.com/&smoothing=true&tracking_account=DM5309018CDE&video_url=http://static1.sky.com/feeds/obu_skyone/Lost/series 5/lost initiative/show 29 Sunday/Show_29_pt1_flash.flv Read more

One of the things I’m already looking forward to doing with the professional development funds connected with the endowed chair to which I’ve been appointed is travelling to some places I’ve long meant to visit, in particular places connected with the New Testament. Turkey is already on the radar, but even higher up on the list is Israel. At some point I’d love to volunteer for an archaeological dig or do a short-term language course or something of that sort. But... Read more

A lot of the same keywords tend to bring visitors to my blog. But I saw one today that I hadn’t seen before: “how to makeup for missed anniversary” Boy, that guy’s in trouble – and I’m pretty sure makeup won’t make up for having missed it… Read more

Art Boulet has reprinted Peter Enns’ review of Greg Beale’s book on inerrancy. (I also reviewed it here a while back). Read more

I think this letter (supposed to be from Satan addressed to Pat Robertson; the actual author is Lily Coyle of Minneapolis) is worth sharing: Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is... Read more

It has been clear for the last few episodes why Caroline/Echo was so important, and it is nice to see that her specialness, and the notion that the use to which the technology was being put in the Dollhouse wasn’t the real purpose for which it was being developed, are now being brought to the fore. This degree of coherence isn’t surprising, perhaps. I understand that the final episode (which will air in two weeks’ time) is in one sense the... Read more

Instead of the slippery slope metaphor which is problematic in so many ways (see my previous post), how about instead we talk about our investigation of possibilities, with an openness to being educated and changing our mind, as a “dance on a volcano”? There’s even a perfect theme song: Read more

If you have missed Daniel Kirk’s blog Sibboleth, you’ll rejoice at this good news: he’s returned to blogging! http://storiedtheology.com/ http://jrdkirk.com/ Welcome back to the biblioblogosphere, Daniel! Read more

Today in my Religion and Science Fiction class I got students to make tests posts on the course blog. I hope that, in addition to serious substantive posts related to the course and useful links, we’ll also post relevant science fiction humor. I’m going to hold off for a while, since not everyone in the class shares my geeky sense of humor, and I don’t want to scare anyone off just yet. But for those here, who already know my... Read more