Even as someone who has a particular love for Scandinavian music of the early 20th century, I must confess that Hakon Borresen is not a composer who was familiar to me. Enjoy this symphony of his as you watch the sun set on an alien world… Read more
Even as someone who has a particular love for Scandinavian music of the early 20th century, I must confess that Hakon Borresen is not a composer who was familiar to me. Enjoy this symphony of his as you watch the sun set on an alien world… Read more
We reached our hotel, and on the way in the bus the tour guide shared a bit about practical considerations and logistics, what we will be doing tomorrow, and so on. At the hotel we had time to freshen up before eating a buffet dinner with food that was for the most part not too exotic and not too hard to identify. Tomorrow we will visit Caesarea Maritimia, an important historic city with evidence of the way different cultures... Read more
My recent post on the Doctor Who episode “The Krotons” has been shared at the Journal of Postcolonial Networks Read more
We have made it to Tel Aviv! Our flight was about an hour late leaving JFK. It was probably thanks to some of the initial delay that Maddie was able to catch the flight, since her flight to JFK was delayed. There was fog at JFK which was probably a major cause of both delays. So perhaps it would have worked out more or less the same with or without the fog. As I write this, we are still waiting... Read more
A 20th century composer from Denmark. You may not expect to like “classical” music, but keep in mind that technically this isn’t “classical” – it is modern music of the late Romantic style, from a period which also shaped what has become characteristic film music. And so it is unsurprising that the person who shared this video and others from the same period overlaid them with imagery of a science fictional character. Read more
Off we go! I took the photo above near the gate in Indianapolis, but did not have time to post it before we left. We have arrived at JFK airport and made our way to the gate where our departure to Tel Aviv should be. We are so early that it is not listed yet – we have another 3 1/2 hours before the flight is scheduled to leave, so the students have gone to find food and wander... Read more
I’m off to Israel today with a group of students from Butler University. I hope to post photos and updates here regularly. There is also a blog I’ve set up specifically for this trip, where not only I but the students can post as well. And so if you want to keep an eye on it, the address is: http://fromindianapolistoisrael.blogspot.com/ Read more
The season finale of Fringe focused on religious themes from the outset and continued throughout. Spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen it yet. William Bell turned out in this timeline to be behind the activities of David Robert Jones and the attempt to collapse the two universes and create a new one. In the season finale, we learned that the idea actually came from Walter Bishop, who had asked what sort of God would create a universe like ours with... Read more
Via The High Council of Timelords on Facebook, where Sid who shared it wrote: “Hmmm I wonder if the fans and/or rose would have been so keen on a love interest, if it was this incarnation of he Doctor. Though it is the youngest we’ve known the Doctor, and 10 was several hundred years older” Read more
Today in my Sunday school class we continued our study of Revelation. In looking at the message for the church in Thyatira, we considered the figure of Jezebel, and why the author of Revelation might have labeled a certain prophetess in that church by the name of the famous/infamous Phoenician princess by that name, whose story is told in 1-2 Kings. Revelation had previously connected the teaching in another church with Balaam. In both cases, the name of a hated... Read more
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