So little time, so much to know

I realised I've been thinking and saying "Two Kings" for II Kings, and so on, and that I may have just made this up myself. Is it more correctly read "Kings Two" or "Second Kings" or something?

When Mesopotamian texts began to be translated starting in the 19th Century, as well as supporting and fleshing out Old Testament history, they must have also been deeply challenging - why is Leviticus (civil laws given by Yahweh) of divine origin, while the Code of Hammurabi (civil laws given by the sun god Shamash) merely human? There are very many parallels between the OT books and literature of the surrounding cultures, even down to the word-by-word level; Biblical thinkers must have come up with an explanation of why the OT has profound significance the others lack.

Things which "Manchild" has

1. Nigel Havers' nose
2. Anthony (Stewart) Head
3. A Timelash connection (the actress who plays Nigel Havers' nose's ex gets zapped by the Borad right at the start)

Come to think of it, I reckon you can easily play Six Degrees of Timelash. Paul McGann to Timelash via just one actor, easy-peasy. David Tennant to Timelash, let's see... hey, simple, two actors. Sarah Michelle Gellar: four actors (is there a shorter route)?

Health whinge

I am pathetic. Due to the missed Aropax, today I'm tired and groggy. I haven't gone to work (luckily - of necessity, really - I work casually, and so can move my days round a bit) and I'm so knackered that just taking some laundry round the back was like a triathlon. This is on top of being completely annihilated for over a week due to the early starts for Akkadian school, which on one particular day saw me napping desperately on both the classroom floor and later the office floor.

My shrink explains I'm one of a small percentage of folks taking antidepressants who get the rare side effect of drowsiness. Sometimes I'm absolutely fine, sometimes I spend all day fighting against the blear. It stops me from working, from writing, from exercising, from looking after this dump. If I had to work full time, or had kids or something like that, or had to drive anywhere, I would be severely encreeked and paddle-free.

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During tonight's episode of War of the Worlds, I mentally undressed Colonel Ironhorse.

send help

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As my own religion produces so much awful merchandise, I am pleased to present this indescribable item, amongst very many others. You feel that the perpetrators mean well... (rjanderson_blog pointed this site out a little while ago, in particular the giant inflatable Holy Family).