Despite rumors to the contrary, I’m not abandoning blogging in 2009. Instead I’m taking a tumble with Tumblr. This blog will continue to provide you with insightful and inciteful commentary on juicy tidbits from around our global village. But I’ve also begun a tumblelog at Tumblr to create a sort of [...]
John Hobbins has offered me a Sarah Palin 2009 Calendar if I agree to read the Revised English Bible in 2009. That’s a pretty tempting offer. But you’ll have to sweeten the pot a little. Anyone else have any goodies they’ll send my way if I agree to read the REB? Make [...]
Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of jabber and babble on the Internet?
Unsure how to turn it off?
What is the cure?
How can you make it stop?
Living in fear of your inbox?
Random bouts of Internet rage?
Social media making you antisocial?
The cure is simple. In a world weighed down by too much information and [...]
We’ve got a grand total of 56 blurbs with only 3 days to go. Those blurbs will be handy for the dust jacket of my forthcoming collection of Lingamish essays: The Lingamish Century.
Looks like I won’t have to make good on my vow to read the REB from “cover to cover.” I thought about looking [...]
Image: “Choose to focus on the positive in Africa” by David Ker I haven’t had the chance to study Mocha Club in depth but just watching the video and reading some of their press makes me feel like these folks are on to something. They’re slogan is, “I need Africa more than [...]
In celebration of the new year and the dawning of a new era in lingablogging, I’ve put out some new products at CafePress for all those lingapotmusaddicts. I recently gave away my Lingapotamus t-shirt to one of my favorite bloggers so I’m thinking about picking up this year’s model: Another [...]
I’m feeling all kinds of safe now that there are only five days to go and the blurbs have slowed down to a trickle. Even so, I did go hunting around the the Net for versions of the REB. It gave me a new appreciation for the “Rare Elitist Bible.” You have to hunt [...]
There’s something about this season that just makes me feel like dancing.
Well maybe there’s a God above But all I’ve ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who’d out drew ya And it’s not a cry that you hear at night It’s [...]
While the idea of a 14-year old bearing a child is unusual or at least discouraged in the West, it is quite common in Mozambique. So our daughter, Eleanor finds herself at an awkward age when many of her playmates are turning into mothers. Here are some photos of Ellie and her young teenage friends. [...]
