The Chronicle of Anthony K. Valley

Bible Pathway #031 - January 31 - Exodus 40

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 40
Highlights: Tabernacle completed and erected — Furnishings arranged — Consecration of Aaron and sons — Glory of the Lord fills theTabernacle

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Steve’s place has a nice Perl Tutorial.

Just in case you need a refresher.

Bible Pathway #030 - January 30 - Exodus 38-39

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 38-39
Highlights: Brazen Altar of burnt offering — Tabernacle courtyard — High priest’s garments

Microsoft may drop Xbox to $99, launch Xbox 2 in 2005

CNN Money released this article that may interest gamers of all kinds, “Microsoft may drop Xbox to $99, launch Xbox 2 in 2005.” Now isn’t that something to ponder.

Wired News: MyDoom Spawns More Potent Variant

Wired News reports, “MyDoom Spawns More Potent Variant” We should expect a little more viral mayhem.

A new, nastier variant of the MyDoom worm has been released and is beginning to spread across the Internet, according to antivirus experts.

Computers infected with MyDoom.B will launch a 12-day denial-of-service attack on Microsoft.com beginning Feb. 1. They will also launch a separate attack on the SCO Group’s website on the same date, just as the original version of the worm is coded to do.

MyDoom.B also alters system files in order to block infected computers from accessing a list of 65 websites, most of them belonging to antivirus vendors, in an apparent attempt to stymie users attempting to download antivirus application updates or information.

Update your virus definition files. Please.

Bible Pathway #029 - January 29 - Exodus 35-37

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 35-37
Highlights: Freewill offerings for the Tabernacle — Construction of the Tabernacle — The Ark of the Testimony — Mercy Seat — Table of Showbread — Candlestick — Altar of Incense

Reverend Mike's House of Homiletic Hash: Which Founding Father Are You?

Which Founding Father Are You?

Imitated from : Reverend Mike’s House of Homiletic Hash

Netflix: the fly in the ointment of VoD

The Register in the UK has posted this article that specifically deals with the possibility of movies being legally delivered to homes via broadband internet connetions as an alternative to renting from the local video store. For contrast, Netflix’s business model is mentioned.

I informally consider myself as an evangelist for Netflix, a US based video-rental-by-mail company. It’s a wonderful service with rock solid execution.

The question that most people as it exactly how long does it take to receive the next DVD in queue? For me, since I am two mail days away from the Houston, TX distribution center, my complete DVD life cycle is six to seven days.

How so? If I mail a DVD on Monday, it arrives at the Distro on Wednesday and is processed as a return. A confirmation email is sent when Netflix receives the DVD in the the warehouse. Usually, the next DVD in queue is processed and mailed the same day, but the next day at the latest.
Let’s say that the DVD was shipped Thursday. It will then arrive in the mail on Saturday or Monday.

My family in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have a three to four day DVD cycle since they are closer to Houston.

Bible Pathway #028 - January 28 - Exodus 32-34

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 32-34
Highlights: Moses delayed on Mount Sinai — Aaron’s golden calf — Its destruction — Death of 3,000 Israelites — Law renewed — God’s Covenant — Three feasts

MT Extensions: Removing Duplicates Using MySQL 1.0

An essential for your Movable Type toolbox: MT Extensions: Removing Duplicates Using MySQL 1.0

update:
I updated the SQL query so that it better suits my needs:

SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT as ‘SQL’
FROM mt_comment AS t1 JOIN mt_comment AS t2 ON
t1.comment_entry_id = t2.comment_entry_id &&
t1.comment_author = t2.comment_author &&
t1.comment_email = t2.comment_email &&
t1.comment_text = t2.comment_text &&
t1.comment_url = t2.comment_url
WHERE t1.comment_id < t2.comment_id;

Music Royalties Rise, Even as CD Sales Fall

From the New York Times article, “Music Royalties Rise, Even as CD Sales Fall”:

Despite the travails of the music industry, with CD sales still slumping and record executives still suing suspected Internet pirates, one part of the business is thriving. Royalties paid to songwriters and music publishers from radio and television broadcasts of their songs, and from live performances, are at record highs.

“When it comes to the downloading issue, which is killing record labels and music publishers, we’re only indirectly affected by it,” said Bill Velez, the head of Sesac, one of the leading performing rights organizations in the United States. “We’re able to weather economic storms better than other segments of the entertainment industry.”

In 2003, America’s three recognized performing rights organizations - Sesac, B.M.I. and Ascap - reported record revenues, which, in turn, have generated bigger royalties distributions to songwriters and music publishers.

[ Full Story @ New York Times ]

Source: The New York Times © 2004 New York Times

Bible Pathway #027 - January 27 - Exodus 29-31

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 29-31
Highlights: The rules and sacrifices for the priests — Continual burnt offering — Altar of Incense — The ransom of souls — The holy anointing oil — Sabbath regulations — Moses receives two tablets of stone

Bible Pathway #026 - January 26 - Exodus 26-28

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 26-28
Highlights: Directions given for constructing the Tabernacle, court, furniture, and enclosure — Plans for altar — Aaron’s priestly garments — Ephod

RE: Blacks and Latinos Try to Find Balance in Touchy New Math

David L. Evans, my cousin in whom I am well pleased, responds to the New York Times article, Blacks and Latinos Try to Find Balance in Touchy New Math

In his email, David prefaced the letter as such:

Descriptive political terms like African-American, black, Hispanic, Latino, white, women, etc., have never been monolithic. There was always overlap and subdivision—even in the one-drop-of-black-blood era. It is, therefore, too simple to say that “Hispanics outnumber blacks…,” when overlapping membership runs into the millions. Moreover, white citizens who were born in South Africa are technically “African-Americans” and blond, blue-eyed Americans whose ancestors came from Spain are technically “Hispanics.” With this in mind I wrote the following letter that appeared in Saturday’s New York Times. — David L. Evans

First a snippet from the New York Times article under scrutiny, Blacks and Latinos Try to Find Balance in Touchy New Math:

The Web site for Black Entertainment Television put the question bluntly: “Does it bother you that Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans in the U.S.?”

The response has been torrential. One visitor to the site wrote, “Blacks are beginning to experience another wave of racial bias and favoritism not in our favor.” The writer complained that employers now have a preference for bilingual applicants, and bemoaned “attempts to replace our threatening stance against discrimination with a Hispanic vote.”

But another cautioned: “Sounds like the same old trick to me. `Divide and conquer.’ Are we really going to let some numbers dictate how we treat one another?”

The BET.com message board is only one forum, but it has evoked some of the emotions, worries, hopes and even awkwardness that have been felt nationwide over a singular moment in American demographics. Last summer, the Census Bureau announced that Latinos had surpassed blacks as the country’s largest minority, with blacks making up 13.1 percent of the population in 2002, and Hispanics 13.4 percent.

Finally, David’s response, posted in the New York Times on Saturday, January 24th.

To the Editor:

Re: “Blacks and Latinos Try to Find Balance in Touchy New Math” (front page, Jan. 17):

The numbers don’t permit an exact comparison, but the political relationships of blacks to Latinos and blacks to women is somewhat analogous. The groups are not mutually exclusive, and the millions of black women members have dual identifications imposed on them.

The common experience of widespread discrimination, however, doesn’t guarantee a seamless coalition between either of these overlapping demographic couples. Their histories are different and their political issues are not always the same. Occasional conflict is inevitable.

As an African-American, I suggest that liberal blacks and Latinos do what conservative women and Hispanics have done: recognize that mutual political interests sometimes require selective interaction inside and outside their political groups.

DAVID L. EVANS
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 17, 2004

David, thank you for sharing.

Michael Bremmer's Sola Scriptura!

Sola Scriptura!
A Reformed Theology Resource — Dedicated to the Praise of His Glorious Grace

A wonderful resource for the Reformed/Calvinist Christian

Bible Pathway #025 - January 25 - Exodus 23-25

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 23-25
Highlights: Laws instituted — Three feasts which must be kept — Angel promised for a guide — Instructions for Tabernacle furnishings

What is Open Theism?

What exactly is Open Theism? Antithesis offers this explaination of Open theism

What is Open Theism?
Open Theism (also called Free Will Theism) connects with the spirituality of many Christians throughout the history of the church especially when it comes to prayer. Many Christians feel that our prayers or lack of them can make a difference as to what God does in history. The Openness of God is an attempt to think out more consistently what it means that God enters into personal relationships with humanity. We want to develop an understanding of the triune God and God’s relationship to the world that is Biblically faithful, finds consonance with the tradition, is theologically coherent and which enhances the way we live our Christian lives. On the core tenets of the Christian faith, we agree, but we believe that some aspects of the tradition need reforming, particularly when it comes to what is called “Classical Theism.” We believe that some aspects of this model of God have led Christians to misread certain Scriptures and develop some serious problems in our understanding of God which affect the way we live, pray and answer the problem of evil.

The General Tenets of Open Theism
“[Open Theism] . . . Presents an understanding of God’s nature and relationship with his creatures, which we call the openness of God; in broad strokes, it takes the following form. God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom to cooperate with or work against God’s will for their lives, and he enters into dynamic, give and take relationships with us. The Christian life involves genuine interaction between God and human beings. We respond to God’s gracious initiatives and God responds to our responses . . . and on it goes. God takes risks in this give-and-take relationship, yet he is endlessly resourceful and competent in working toward his ultimate goals. Sometimes God alone decides how to accomplish these goals. On other occasions, God works with human decisions, adapting his own plans to fit the changing situation. God does not control everything that happens. Rather, he is open to receiving input from his creatures. In loving dialogue, God invites us to participate with him to bring the future into being.”

Resource: John Sanders: The Openness of God

TTLB - A bear, the world, and the strong urge to hibernate

The Truth Laid Bear, TTLB
A bear, the world, and the strong urge to hibernate
More about the bear
The Blogosphere Ecosystem at TTLB

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Bible Pathway #024 - January 24 - Exodus 20-22

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 20-22
Highlights: Ten Commandments and other laws and regulations given

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And just like that...Booble no more

You know, sometimes it is just scary, how predictable the internet can be. We all knew that Google would crack down on nuisance that was Booble, the inappropriately named vaporware (because it disappeared as fast as it came online) that was an adult search engine.

Jane Perrone contributed this to the weblog at the Guardian Unlimited.

Google/Booble part two
January 22: My calls to the Google press machine have borne fruit. Here’s the entirety of the message I received last night from David Krane, Google’s director of corporate communications:

Greetings Jane…thanks for your inquiry.

We were just made aware of the Booble.com website yesterday when theylaunched. Upon discovering these types of sites, Google typically takes the appropriate action necessary to protect our trademarks.

Thanks and regards,

David

I guess that answers my question, then …
· Jane Perrone

Google/Booble mystery
January 21: While my colleague Neil McIntosh is discussing Yahoo’s latest moves in the competitive search engines market over at the Guardian Unlimited weblog’s stablemate Onlineblog, I’ve been investigating a slightly more lowbrow development in the world of search: an ‘adult’ search engine called, ahem, Booble. After a story in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, Booble appears to have been unceremoniously yanked from the web, perhaps because it’s a self-confessed parody of Google’s less-is-more front page design. (Google has kindly provided a cached version if you’re curious about the logo). I have calls in with Google’s UK and US press offices but no word on whether Google’s lawyers were involved.
· Jane Perrone
Update: I’ve just seen Tom Coates’ exasperated post about Booble.

Dean Goes Nuts

Must… resist… cannot.. control linking…
Aaaaah. Forget it.

Blogos brings www.deangoesnuts.com to the Blogdom.

I’m still touched.

Gay man attracted to undercover officer -- Drug bust ruled entrapment

Now I have seen it all. When a man’s attraction to an undercover officer can be ruled as entrapment, where does it end?

An appeals court in Florida ruled Wednesday that a detective working undercover was too good-looking for a gay man to be charged in a drug sting.

According to the Sun-Sentinel, a Florida newspaper, Detective Mike Nahum went to a gay club in Fort Lauderdale in 2002 to investigate suspected drug activity. According to court records, he met Julio Blanco, a self-described “lonely gay man.”

Blanco testified that Nahum said he wanted to have a “good time” and to “party.” While Blanco hoped Nahum was making a pass at him, the officer thought he was clearly asking for drugs.”

Seems like standard cop talk for drugs to me… Not necessarily Nahum making a pass at Blanco.

Blanco said Nahum started asking for cocaine repeatedly. After the third request, Blanco said he had enough and tried to leave, but the undercover detective said, “Come on, can you get me some?”

Here’s the so-called “entrapment”

Blanco said Nahum was too good-looking to resist. He went to the restroom, where he bought some crystal meth and gave it to the officer. Nahum gave him $60 for the trouble, bought him a beer and even exchanged numbers, promising to call in a few days.

Police arrested Blanco two weeks later.

But wait, there’s more, even the lawyer and the judge play vital roles in this undermining of the American justice system.

During Blanco’s hearing in 2002, Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow said “The whole situation seemed very clear to me. I mean, the detective walked in dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, and, for the record, he was a very attractive man and … “

That’s when Blanco’s attorney, Kevin J. Kulik interrupted and asked Judge Lebow to enter her opinion of Nahum’s attractiveness as an official finding.

She did.

Can the attorney/judge do that manuever ethically?

On Wednesday, the Fourth District Court of Appeal agreed with Judge Lebow’s assessment that Blanco had been entrapped by “nonverbal communication used” by the undercover — and, as a matter of record, very attractive — detective.

[ Unopinioned Story @ Yahoo!News ]

Source: Yahoo!News © 2004 Yahoo! Inc.

Bible Pathway #023 - January 23 - Exodus 17-19

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 17-19
Highlights: Thirst causes murmuring against Moses — Water from the rock — Amalek defeated — Jethro’s advice — God speaks at Mount Sinai

Bible Pathway #022 - January 22 - Exodus 14-16

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 14-16
Highlights: Crossing the Red Sea — Song of Moses — The waters of Marah — Murmurings — Manna and quail

Inspired by sleeping (Sleep Essential for Creativity)

Got a creative block or need to make a big decision? Sleep on it. That’s what this study mentioned at Yahoo! recommends, sleeps spurns creativity. Maybe we can sleep at the office when big issues arise.

For the first time, scientists say they have proved what creative minds have known all along: that our sleeping brains continue working on problems that baffle us during the day, and that the right answer may come more easily after eight hours of rest.

The German study is considered to be the first hard evidence supporting the commonsense notion that creativity and problem-solving appear to be directly linked to adequate sleep.

Some researchers said the study provides a valuable reminder for overtired workers and students that sleep is often the best medicine.

Bible Pathway #021 - January 21 - Exodus 11-13

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 11-13
Highlights: Death of the firstborn —The Lord’s Passover —The Exodus — Pillar of cloud and Pillar of fire

RANT :: On recent searches at In the Faith and the depravity of Mankind

I am really baffled, I mean completely baffled. The obviously Christian Blog, In The Faith is constantly searched for keywords that a rational thinking person would not expect to find on a Christian website. For some reason people think that “In The Faith” houses a hidden treasure trove of depravity and debauchery.

Who are these people and why do they search for Mel Gibson’s email address, Kirk Talley Nude, Kirk Talley Nude Pictures, Nude pictures the Abercrombie catalogs, and a myriad of other stuff.

Understanding Google’s preference for weblogs, I am sure that the searches will now bring the readers here.

Thus, here is my message to the wandering searcher:

Dear Sir/Madam:

I regret to inform you that neither In The Faith - A Chronicle of the Christian Faith or The Chronicle of Anthony K. Valley contain links to the aforementioned questionable material. We do offer several links to a promote a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, feel free to explore those sites, instead.

God Bless you, and good bye!

Thank God for His Sovereignty

I am SO grateful that God is absolutely sovereign.

Considering my propensity to sin and inability to purge myself completely of the “lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, and the pride of life”, it’s reassuring, to say the least, that God ultimately controls all things.

My “free will” does not override His plans. While I am on that note, if my “free will” could override what God has already planned in eternity, who is really the God here? Apparently, He could not be God, since I was able to do something that He had no idea about. Discounting him being the Omnipotent One, as He bends to my will and the Omniscient One, as my decisions are a mystery to Him.

But that is not the case, He is still God and I am not.

A Google-like search engine for the porn-impaired

As if smut was difficult to find, really has anyone not checked their spam-riddled inbox, lately?

Yahoo!News mentions a search engine for the “lust of the flesh.”

The unnamed (he knows what’s good for him) investor interviewed states this about his take on Google, named Booble:

“We don’t have any relationship with Google but we have put a link to their site on outs and so far we haven’t heard from them,” the anonymous founder said.

“We don’t want to do anything is illegal — it’s a parody, it’s funny and we’re not out to confuse anybody so we hope they will take the joke in the spirit in which it was intended.”

I expect the Google Lawyers to make a move pretty quickly.

[ Continued Idoicy @ Yahoo!News ]

Toyota Offers Automatic Parallel Parking Option

Sigh… I knew that this day would come. No need to learn how to parallel park.

From Slashdot

For drivers who can’t parallel park very well, relief is available in Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is offering a $2,200 option package for its Prius (a gas-electric hybrid car) that includes a computer imaging system which stuffs your car into parallel parking spaces on demand.

I wonder when it will be available in America.

If PETA only knew about this one...

I wonder if PETA knows about this game — Smack the Penguin

Bible Pathway #020 - January 20 - Exodus 8-10

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 8-10
Highlights: Plagues of frogs, lice, flies, death of cattle, boils, hail, locusts, and darkness

Bible Pathway #019 - January 19 - Exodus 5-7

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 5-7
Highlights: Moses’ demands to Pharaoh — Aaron to speak for Moses — Moses’ rod turned into a serpent — Plague of blood

The Big Five Personality Test

This is another test circulating around the Christian Blogsphere…

The Big Five Personality Test

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Introverted	||||||||||||	48%
Friendly	||||||||||||||||	70%
Aggressive	||||||	30%
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Disorderly	||||||	30%
Relaxed	||||||||||||||||||	72%
Emotional	||||||	28%
Openminded	||||||||||||||	58%
Closeminded	||||||||||||	42%

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Bible Pathway #018 - January 18 - Exodus 2-4

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Exodus 2-4
Highlights: Early life of Moses — His flight into Midian — The burning bush — His commission to free the nation of Israel — His return to Egypt

What Christian Theologian Am I?

I am Desiderius Erasmus. Walloworld posts the results from his taking the “What Christian Theologian Am I?” eval. So I thought that I would, in turn, do the same.

Bible Pathway #017 - January 17 - Genesis 49-Exodus 1

Bible Pathway #017 - January 17 - Genesis 49-Exodus 1
Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 49-Exodus 1
Highlights: Jacob’s prophecies — Deaths of Jacob and Joseph — The Hebrews oppressed in Egypt

All the News Aggregators you'll ever need

The RSS Feed Reader / News Aggregators Directory over at hebig.org/blog basically covers the ground that I intended to cover in a new post.

Enough said…

Bible Pathway #016 - January 16 - Genesis 46-48

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 46-48
Highlights: Jacob’s vision at Beersheba — The journey to Egypt — Joseph and the famine — The best land given to Jacob — Joseph’s sons blessed

Bible Pathway #015 - January 15 - Genesis 43-45

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 43-45
Highlights: Jacob’s sons return to Egypt for food — Judah offers to take the place of Benjamin — Joseph makes himself known to his brothers

Bible Pathway #014 - January 14 - Genesis 40-42

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 40-42
Highlights: Dreams interpreted by Joseph — Joseph made a ruler of Egypt — His brothers buy corn and bow down to him — Simeon detained

Bible Pathway #013 - January 13 - Genesis 37-39

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 37-39
Highlights: Joseph’s dreams — Joseph sold into slavery — The cruel lies of Potiphar’s wife — Joseph imprisoned

Homegrown Google RSS Feeds

Google RSS Feeds are a hot commodity if you can find them. A perl script, not recommended or supported by Google, that parses the Google topic pages has been released to the public.

Note of caution, do not abuse this hack as Google will ban your IP address, then try to live without Google.

Google may be the site that we love to hate, but honestly, who does searches better?

"The Matrix Revolutions" DVD Details

Revolution WILL be televised, well, sort of… You can have your own on April 6th, 2004.

Dark Horizons has all of the details on “The Matrix Revolutions”

The third and last Matrix film may not have had the warm reception that many were expecting, but it still earned a heap and is getting a pretty good DVD release. Despite the January talk last year, the two-disc set in both full and widescreen editions is now confirmed for an April 6th release. Below are the final specs and artwork for the release courtesy of DVD Answers:

- 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- English Dolby Digital 5.1 Track
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Track
- French Dolby Digital 5.1 Track
- Matrix Recalibrated (Making Of) Documentary
* Neo Realism: The Evolution of Bullet Time
- CG Revolution (Effects) Documentary
* Super Big Mini-Models Segment
- Super Burly Brawl Featurette
* Double Agent Smith Segment
* Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of The Matrix
- Before the Revolution 3D Timeline
- Future Gamer: The Matrix Online (Game) Feature
- Multidimensional Stills Gallery
- Matrix Revolutions Theatrical Trailer
- DVD-ROM Features: Weblink & Matrix Test
- English, French, Spanish Subtitles

Goodbye Levi Strauss...

Levi’s Strauss has left the country. Prefers China for “less expensive labor”

Levi Strauss, the privately held 150-year-old maker of jeans and more, is closing down its last two sewing plants in America. (We pause now for a 21-button salute.)

Call it an inevitable result of free markets or call it a crying shame. Either way, due to difficulties competing with clothing stitched overseas at a fraction of the cost, the denim icon has struggled in recent years. A recent article by Dave Marino-Nachison pointed out some other problems, including sub-optimal distribution methods that ignored discount chains such as Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) for too long.

Levi’s has also been criticized for neglecting its brand, allowing it to fall from that top shelf of American icon brands that boasts the likes of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Ford (NYSE: F), and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD).

Levi Strauss’s revenues peaked in 1996, at $7.1 billion, but that plunged to $4.1 billion by 2002 and is projected to come in even lower in 2003. Twenty years ago, Levi’s 63 plants across the U.S. cranked out millions of pairs of jeans annually. Soon, the company will abandon the continent altogether, once three remaining Canadian plants are closed. Who’s getting the business? China, and other nations with less expensive labor.

[ Full Story @ The Motley Fool ]

Source: The Motley Fool © 2004 The Motley Fool. All rights reserved

Bible Pathway #012 - January 12 - Genesis 34-36

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 34-36
Highlights: Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, is raped — Simeon and Levi’s revenge — Jacob’s return to Bethel — Abrahamic Covenant renewed

Bible Pathway #011 - January 11 - Genesis 31-33

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 31-33
Highlights: Laban’s jealousy — Jacob flees — Jacob wrestles with the Angel of God — His name changed to Israel — Peace between Jacob and Esau

Bible Pathway #010 - January 10 - Genesis 28-30

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 28-30
Highlights: Abrahamic Covenant conferred upon Jacob — Vision of Jacob’s ladder — Journey to Padan-aram — Jacob’s marriages to Leah and Rachel

Searching for the true RSS 2.0

I am looking to optimize my RSS files for my blogs for cool aggregators like Bradbury Software’s FeedDemon. While looking around at the site, I browsed the FAQs to see find additional information on building a better syndication. That perusing lead my to an article at Harvard Law about RSS 2.0 Specifications.

Of course in the circle of life, all things point back to Six Apart’s Movable Type templates. Not really being satified that SA’s MT is the answer for all things, I googled a little more down the road finding a nice RSS haven of rest at Dancing About Architecture. The search still continues…

Bible Pathway #009 - January 9 - Genesis 25-27

Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Genesis 25-27
Highlights: Abraham’s death — Birth of Jacob and Esau — Esau sells his birthright — Isaac blesses Jacob with the Abrahamic Covenant

One of my favorite songs of ALL TIME

OH THE GLORY OF YOUR PRESENCE
Steve Fry @ 1983 Birdwing Music
(ADM. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) / BMG Songs, Inc./ ASCAP

Jesus all glorious
Create in us a temple
Called as living stones
Where you’re enthroned
As You rose from death in power
So rise within your temple
Rise upon our praise
And let the hand saw you raised
Clothe us in your glory
Draw us by your grace

Oh the glory of Your presence
We your temple
Give you reverence
Come and rise from Your rest
And be blessed by our praise
As we glory in Your embrace
As your presence now fills this place