Some humourous excerpts from the Burke Lecture titled “Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire” by Dr. Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza of Harvard Divinity School who has done pioneering work in biblical interpretation and feminist theology.
(self-transcribed. I can find no transcription on the Net.)
(23:06)
Since the expression, “feminist”, still evokes in many audiences a complex array of [...]
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s(he): wo(man), fe(male)
Posted in hahas, pensees on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cummings and goings
Posted in books, lingo on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Death. Something wrong, brother?
Santa Claus. Yes.
Death. Sick?
Santa Claus. Sick at heart.
Death. What seems to be the trouble? Come – speak out.
Santa Claus. I have so much to give; and nobody will take.
Death. My problem is also one of distribution,
only it happens to be the other way round.
-from nonlecture six: i & am & santa claus, [...]
what? you too?
Posted in books, life, pensees on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden).
The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something [...]
who reads it?
Posted in 1 on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So this is your blog?
Yeah.
Doesn’t look like a lot of people read it. Who reads it?
Family, a few friends.
But my future self, mainly.
thief of time
Posted in hahas, poetry on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Thief of Time
Byme (this word is a contraction of “By Me” and is not to be read as a word that rhymes with … well, you’ll find out)
Here’s a rhyme, it’s not sublime,
I had it made with lime and thyme.
It don’t make sense, it makes a dime,
And reading it’s a waste of time.
iDeas
Posted in pensees on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ideas are dangerous things.
quantum physics according to julie andrews
Posted in hahas on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Ray, a drop of golden sun
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gospel according to wilde
Posted in Logos, poetry on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
V
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And thus we rust Life’s iron chain
Degraded and alone:
And some men curse, and some men weep,
And some men make no moan:
But God’s eternal Laws are kind
And break the heart of stone.
brows
Posted in hahas on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brows are nice and fuzzy.
Once I’m outta here, I’m growing a mouth-brow, and maybe one for my neck as well…
limbohood!
Posted in life on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Birthdays are worth celebrating because birth is worth celebrating;
Birth is worth celebrating because life is worth celebrating;
And life is worth celebrating because of ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE!!!
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