tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post4103729008052579629..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Hither and thither 8/14/09DJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-73497463261923474412009-08-24T08:22:37.533-05:002009-08-24T08:22:37.533-05:00Hey, that was a pretty weak attempt at spamouflage...Hey, that was a pretty weak attempt at spamouflage (spam camouflaged as a legitimate comment) just above my previous post.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196737077210254855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-13601172054512896042009-08-24T08:20:11.588-05:002009-08-24T08:20:11.588-05:00A little late, but here's a caption for the sq...A little late, but here's a caption for the squirrel pic:<br /><br />"Quick, Martha! Take the picture before the humans run away again!"Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196737077210254855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-16945900087235562932009-08-18T05:57:16.005-05:002009-08-18T05:57:16.005-05:00Great to see this..thanks for sharing..
_________...Great to see this..thanks for sharing..<br /><br />___________________<br />Andrew<br /><a href="http://iwaayinternetmarketing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Get easy cash at your door step</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-87280938741110255482009-08-16T22:49:48.259-05:002009-08-16T22:49:48.259-05:00Well, Dan beat me to it. I was actually working my...Well, Dan beat me to it. I was actually working my way <i>forward</i>, going through the ancient manuscripts systematically, month-by-month, literally <i>scouring</i> the archival treasure-trove, looking for the earliest occurrence. <br /><br />I had worked my way up to September 2006, when I came across my extra credit submission, started to put it in a comment, and noticed Dan's finding - <b>ONE MONTH FORWARD</b> from my then-current location. <br /><br />*** cue audience <i>sighhhh</i> **<br /><br />At any rate, for extra credit, here's a prehistoric <i>rant</i> about <i>one</i> inappropriate use of <b>apostrophe <i>s</i></b>:<br /><br /><a href="http://bibchr.blogspot.com/2006/09/just-stop-its.html" rel="nofollow">Just STOP "it's"!</a> <br /><br />(Ironic, eh DJP?)NoLongerBlindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442745304762344386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-75764268025279234652009-08-16T22:17:35.083-05:002009-08-16T22:17:35.083-05:00Doh!!! Well, so much for that. Still, it was fun...Doh!!! Well, so much for that. Still, it was fun. Thanks for indulging me.threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-73593468222122579552009-08-16T21:51:56.469-05:002009-08-16T21:51:56.469-05:00Hm. The Random Thoughts I found was 2006.
And it ...Hm. The <a href="http://bibchr.blogspot.com/2006/10/random-thoughts-about-current-events.html" rel="nofollow">Random Thoughts</a> I found was 2006.<br /><br />And it may also be the earliest occurrence of <i><b>NEXT!</b></i>DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-76224790667879538242009-08-16T21:44:14.809-05:002009-08-16T21:44:14.809-05:00Your #1 is what I was looking for.
"Johnny, ...Your #1 is what I was looking for.<br /><br />"Johnny, err, Dan, tell him what he's won!"<br /><br />What's the date stamp on "Random Thoughts"? Is it earlier than Feb '07?threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-10492079876120694692009-08-16T21:43:02.557-05:002009-08-16T21:43:02.557-05:00No links = doesn't count.No links = doesn't count.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-74900561984416949292009-08-16T21:39:54.987-05:002009-08-16T21:39:54.987-05:00Well, in the midst of the overwhelming number of r...Well, in the midst of the <i>overwhelming</i> number of responses, I'll submit two more guesses,uh, make that <i>well-researched</i> suggestions:<br /><br />1. "Don't Miss These" - found several occurrences in pre-downfall, I mean pre-<i>election</i> Fall '08.<br /><br />2. "Random Thoughts" - the only other titled H & T - <i>type</i> posts I could find.<br /><br />My original answer precedes <i>both</i> of these in the <i>historical</i> sense, though!NoLongerBlindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442745304762344386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-91677571788960859592009-08-16T21:33:18.113-05:002009-08-16T21:33:18.113-05:00OK, I went and looked at Very varied variouses. I...OK, I went and looked at <a href="http://bibchr.blogspot.com/2007/03/very-varied-variouses.html" rel="nofollow">Very varied variouses</a>. It really isn't the same thing (sez I). But in the process of chasing it down, I found a Friday post from the previous month (which NLB missed?) under the catchy title <a href="http://bibchr.blogspot.com/2007/02/friday-borgaschmord.html" rel="nofollow">A Friday borgaschmord</a>. If memory serves, both of those posts were published before I discovered BibChr (then again, memory seems to be serving less and less lately, so who knows?)<br /><br />So, "A Friday borgaschmord" appears to have been the <em>proto</em>-[insert answer to trivia question here], which in turn became H&T. :-)threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-65008163891322712032009-08-16T21:19:05.493-05:002009-08-16T21:19:05.493-05:00...occasionally....occasionally.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-4269702446781639042009-08-16T20:29:13.941-05:002009-08-16T20:29:13.941-05:00Well then, I think I was right. :^P
Though NLB...Well then, I think <i>I</i> was right. :^P<br /><br />Though NLB's answer, I think, came earlier in the fabled history of BibChr.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-33808351313646203172009-08-16T20:24:32.480-05:002009-08-16T20:24:32.480-05:00NLB,
I guess Dan will be the final judge, but tha...NLB,<br /><br />I guess Dan will be the final judge, but that isn't the one I had in mind. ;-)<br /><br />What we now know and love as H&T was often published multiple times a week before Dan decided to make it a Friday standard.<br /><br />Maybe that hint will help...threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-208160950654526272009-08-16T19:28:06.120-05:002009-08-16T19:28:06.120-05:00Ooh, that isn't what I would have answered.
/...Ooh, that isn't what I would have answered.<br /><br />/c:DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-19817814626588200662009-08-16T19:10:57.782-05:002009-08-16T19:10:57.782-05:00"Just for fun: who remembers Hither & Thi..."Just for fun: who remembers Hither & Thither's original name?"<br /><br /><b>Very Varied Variouses</b>?<br /><br />Earliest "titled" Friday post I could find.....<br /><br />Please email me if I need to be in attendance at the award ceremony.NoLongerBlindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442745304762344386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-44066829900454494152009-08-16T14:57:29.144-05:002009-08-16T14:57:29.144-05:00The first BibChr Trivia Contest.
I have now arriv...The first BibChr Trivia Contest.<br /><br />I have now arrived.<br /><br />(c:DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-58616934401180604392009-08-16T14:55:10.542-05:002009-08-16T14:55:10.542-05:00when people — seldom here, mostly at Pyro — bitter...<em>when people — seldom here, mostly at Pyro — bitterly complain about me/us doing or not doing this or that</em><br /><br />If only you would <em>change your tone</em>, these complaints would vanish like magic. Without a doubt.<br /><br />H&T long ago became one of the highlights of my week. I had to smile when Carlo mentioned withdrawals. ;-)<br /><br />Just for fun: who remembers Hither & Thither's original name?threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-82423675938454064822009-08-16T11:14:25.911-05:002009-08-16T11:14:25.911-05:00Dan, go ahead and double our dues. H&T is wort...Dan, go ahead and double our dues. H&T is worth it.Mike Westfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944727980772754938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-55141426712954601372009-08-16T09:44:27.150-05:002009-08-16T09:44:27.150-05:00Rachael: the only time I even passingly think of c...Rachael: <i>the only time</i> I even passingly think of charging is when people — seldom here, mostly at Pyro — <i>bitterly</i> complain about me/us doing or not doing this or that.<br /><br />Perhaps you've heard me urge them to "ask for a full refund at the door."<br /><br />Truth is, this ministry probably has meant more to me than to anyone else.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-33569729644930214952009-08-16T09:41:52.886-05:002009-08-16T09:41:52.886-05:00Not only did I hear from Carlo, but also from my d...Not only did I hear from Carlo, but also from my dear wife and DAOD. It tickled me.<br /><br />Carlo, not only is Grassley nobody, but he's duller than watching paint dry. I followed the Bork hearings closely, and he was one of the panel. Oh my gosh, time came to a stand-still every time that dead-eyed, well-meaning man opened his mouth.<br /><br />Yes, Jill, thankfully I am feeling better. Here in the Godforsaken stretch of blight that is Sacramento, allergies run so bad that you don't know if it's that or a cold. My dear wife suffered badly from an allercold for days. It looked as if I were getting it, but I'm actually better without having gotten nearly so bad-off as she.<br /><br />Which is great, because I really have to work on the book, get the polishing finished. AND I am to have the joy of preaching next Sunday.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-90138005684730599792009-08-16T09:06:00.758-05:002009-08-16T09:06:00.758-05:00Feeling better today, Dan?Feeling better today, Dan?Colloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530006843488477150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-69309006696986852282009-08-16T00:17:18.391-05:002009-08-16T00:17:18.391-05:00Rachael,
I've been reading the WSJ for almost...Rachael,<br /><br />I've been reading the WSJ for almost 15 years now. In my opinion, there was very little change in the news, reporting and editoral content when News Corp. took over. That was sort of one of deals of the take over of the WSJ by News Corp that Murdoch wouldn't change that for WSJ. <br /><br />Oh and yeah, I remember emailing Dan yesterday morning when I didn't see the H&T come up when I checked it around 7:45 am. I was having H&T withdrawals and palpitations of the heart. He said he wasn't feeling well and didn't sleep well and was still working on it.<br /><br />Heh, as if being sick and real tired and having personal and family obligations is a good excuse. I admonished and rebuked him for it.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-83708724976394392852009-08-16T00:09:42.175-05:002009-08-16T00:09:42.175-05:00Philbaiden:I really wish I knew more about Obama&#...Philbaiden:<b><i>I really wish I knew more about Obama's plans.</i></b><br /><br />So do we here in the US. The problem here in the US is that President Obama is dishonest about his intentions. We know that he wants single payer but he has been lying saying he's not for it. Here in the US, Congress starts the legislation process and the President agrees or disagrees.<br /><br />I don't have time or space to go into all the arguments against Obamacare. But here is the main one. Obama says he wants to be able to pay for universal care by raising taxes and healthcare saving costs (through "cost savings" of medicare.) Everytime you read "cost savings" of health care that means rationing. The reason why is because you only spend healthcare on sick people, not people that are well. So the only savings you can make is by spending less money on people that are sick and you can only do that by rationing their care. <br /><br />So, for example, you have long lines to see specialists. It takes months to be referred to a specialist in Canada or the UK. Here in the United States, it's days. So if you think about it, if you have rationed care and takes a while to see a specialist and you have been diagnosed of some disease like cancer and it's in an advance care, under Obamacare many of these people who are diagnosed would be dead before their disease can even begin to be treated.<br /><br />I forget what the percentages are, but I think seniors are 70 or so percent of the healthcare costs in the US. Well, that goes without saying. Because as you get older you get more sick. The only way you can save healthcare costs is that you have to save some money where the majority of the costs are being spent. They are being spent on seniors. How do you spend less money on seniors, you ration their care.<br /><br />I said is as BTW, but thanks to Gov. Palin, the death panels have been removed from the Senate Finance Committee Bill. Gov. Palin wasn't the only one to use the term Death Panels. Sen. Grassley (R) whose also on that Finance Committee used the term "government death panels."<br /><br />He's a nice guy, but unfortunately, he's also a nobody. It was Gov. Palin's accurate labeling of the Death Panels that caused the uproar in state-run media which caused the electorate to investigate what was all the commotion about. That uproar led to the Death Panels being removed from consideration of the Senate Finance Bill.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-74873214169654081672009-08-15T20:28:21.269-05:002009-08-15T20:28:21.269-05:00The Egyptian thing reminds me of the Bangles. (wit...The Egyptian thing reminds me of the Bangles. (with a little Michael Jackson and The One thrown in)Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-33181076909495200642009-08-15T17:03:15.401-05:002009-08-15T17:03:15.401-05:00Dan, neither, maybe just a slight difference in pe...Dan, neither, maybe just a slight difference in perspective.<br /><br />Both products point to our current president as the answer to repentance and prayer, and while one uses the holy writ to do so, the other uses a clearly biblical concept that points directly to the act of redemption so that now they are potentially confusing the purpose of repentance from the get-go. Both tremendously disturbing on so many levels. But - maybe I'm just so horribly used to that verse being ripped all out of context to mean all kinds of things, but when I think of repentance bringing change, I can't see how that is something that would be misconstrued (unlike the Chron. verse) into some sort of odd nationalistic concept. Ain't the first time in history that verse has been twisted that way, (though usually by the prosperity proponents) won't be the last.<br /><br />But the word and concept of repentance? Yikes - when I think of the change wrought through repentance I think immediately of the new birth, redemption, the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit giving us that which belongs to the real Messiah. <br /><br />Still, I think if they're going to make an Obama bible cover, they really needed to go with 1 Samuel 8. That would make far more sense.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604068110452745043noreply@blogger.com