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The sky is a brilliant slate blue after a thunder-stormy night. Propofol is an interesting anesthetic, in that it wears off quickly (for me, very quickly) except in the ways… Read more >

EnneaThought® for the Day Type Five EnneaThought® for December 21st Today, do the opposite of your ordinary personality pattern. As a Five, leap unprepared into something and see what happens…. Read more >

King of Kings, Most Holy One God the son, eternal one You are my God and helpless son High ruler of mankind Alleluia… —”Christ Child’s Lullaby (Tàladh Chriosda), ” as… Read more >

With a mere hour and a half to spare, I handed in my last final this afternoon. In my giddiness, I added six possible activities for the few hours before… Read more >

…24 hours from now I’ll get to pack up my ancient Hebrew learning materials. That’s worth something at this point. In February, I’ll be studying Isaiah from the Masoretic Hebrew…. Read more >

I’m liking my writing streak. It’s helping me feel like a people, and giving me a small smile to rely on when, for example, I instead rip through the first… Read more >

This is in response to an exam prompt. Usually I wait until after my exam’s been returned to me before posting; however, this is so excruciatingly particular that I’m going… Read more >

This was always a worry about the American experiment in capitalist liberal democracy. The pace of change, the ethos of individualism, the relentless dehumanization that capitalism abets, the constant moving… Read more >

advent, noun. the arrival of a notable thing, person, or event. * –gest-, root. comes from Latin, meaning “carry, bear.” This meaning is found in such words as: congestion, digest,… Read more >