I was going to call this post #11 in the “If You Get The Flu” series, and recommend inventing a holiday. My pastor has declared 09/09/09 “Exaggeration Wednesday”, even though he’s been told a million times not to do that sort of thing. The best explanation I’ve heard of the day’s significance, however, is that 09/09/09 is the day that the antichrist will reveal himself…in Australia. Read more

If you get the flu, pull out an album you used to listen to all the time, but haven’t listened to in a decade or more, and put it on. And just in case there’s anyone out there who’s never seen Keith Emerson perform one of his famous solos. If you’ve never heard of them and thus not inclined to watch, you’ll miss seeing him play a bit of Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor from behind an... Read more

If you get the flu, you’ll finally have time to update your blogroll. I did. Since I’ve been using Google Reader, I have the tendency to add new blogs’ feeds there without necessarily adding them to the blogroll. I’ve added quite a few blogs, and was embarrassed to find several blogs that I’ve read for more than a year but which somehow never ended up on my blogroll. Sorry! If there’s a blog you know I read but still isn’t... Read more

If you get the flu, you’ll need lots of interesting activity on the biblioblogs to keep you entertained. So why not start a rumor that Jim West has achieved his top ranking among the biblioblogs by spending hours every day visiting his own blog? Read more

If you come down with the flu, spend your time devising the most dastardly blog meme ever, one so heinous that those tagged with it would much rather have caught your flu. Here’s one I thought of: The Blog In Any Language Meme Rules: 1) Learn a language you don’t already know.2) Find 5 blogs that interest you written in that language.3) Tag those blogs, explaining these rules of the meme to the bloggers in their native language. If that’s... Read more

If you come down with the flu, one way to pass the time is to blog a series of suggestions of ways to pass the time when you have the flu. See if you can come up with more positive recommendations than Jim West can come up with examples of total depravity. Read more

If you’re wondering what useful activities you can engage in while stuck at home with the flu, you can always get caught up on the latest LOST clues. Read more

If you come down with the flu and are looking for some in-home entertainment, try watching Animusic. Many of the clips from both Animusic and Animusic 2 can be seen either on the Animusic web site or on YouTube: Read more

If you come down with the flu, try taking the impossible quiz. Read more

The next Biblical Studies Carnival will be hosted at Hebrew and Greek Reader. They are not only asking for submissions, but for input on whether people prefer there to be as many posts as possible or a select few. Let them know what you think! Read more