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It started as a bad joke<\/a>, in which I suggested that the transmutation of a blog to Patheos could be called \u201ca-Patheos-is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the other day, Ari (of Ari\u2019s Blog of Awesome) notified readers of my move here, and mistakenly wrote \u201c Pantheos<\/a>\u201d instead of \u201cPatheos\u201d as the name of the site.<\/p>\n

Now, to make amends, he has installed me (and\/or my blog?) as chief divinity of the biblioblogosphere, creating the photo below<\/a>.
\n $\"\"$ <\/p>\n

Thanks Ari \u2013 that photo proves once more that your blog is aptly named.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"