27 Tishrei/15 October, 2009
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bearshortyRainy cold day. Yesterday was the best of October, today was the worst of October. It is a day when I just wished I could curl up with a blanket.
Final day of the midterms was today. A surprising number of people were late. I even managed to grade a bit during them and look over all the job market stuff and what I need to put together.
Helped my neighbor Alexis with her homework again. She had to do addition in math and a reading comprehension. I even let her put pass/non-pass on some of my midterms; kids are easy to amuse.
Bones S5E5. Now we are back to fun old “Bones.” Brennan got to be all nerdy and geeky over an Egyptian mummy and the mystery was interesting. Two mysteries actually, since Bones obviously solved a 3000 year old non-murder too. Hand wave. But it was a fun episode with a different side to Bones. She also went on a date with Booth’s boss’s boss, which was interesting but not insulting dynamic since the guy was sweet and double checked with Booth. And she knows lots of personal info on Booth too, it was very sweet. TPTB should have let them have that kiss at the end, it was annoying to interrupt them. Deliberately postponing when the characters get together due to network notes is just silly and makes the whole situation very unrealistic/ridiculous. But the characters did have a very sweet moment at the end. Overall, it was a “Bones” in its usual form. A fluffy mystery with fun characters.
Leviticus WTF moment of the day: last two chapters of Leviticus are about rewards for obedience and punishment at disobedience and redeeming God’s stuff, that one previously dedicated to God. God actually says that is all his rules are followed he won’t hate us and will let food grow and kill our enemies. And on the other hand, if we disobey, God will send wild animals to eat our children and other fun disasters. God does say that if he gets super angry, like Hulk, we would have to resort to eating our children. But God won’t kill everyone, he would still remember the covenant. Still this quid pro quo is better that threatening with hell. At least the consequences should be more immediate. That’s it for Leviticus. Leviticus is named “Leviticus” because Levi tribe is Aaron’s tribe and they got consecrated as priests, with this book outlining most of the rules for priests. And of course, most laws are irrelevant today without the Temple. Yet, people still seek wisdom from the book for some other rules, without considering the context. Tomorrow I will start Book 4: Numbers. Writing about what I read really helps me to actually sit down and do it. I can’t believe I actually read three out of five books of the Torah already.
Final day of the midterms was today. A surprising number of people were late. I even managed to grade a bit during them and look over all the job market stuff and what I need to put together.
Helped my neighbor Alexis with her homework again. She had to do addition in math and a reading comprehension. I even let her put pass/non-pass on some of my midterms; kids are easy to amuse.
Bones S5E5. Now we are back to fun old “Bones.” Brennan got to be all nerdy and geeky over an Egyptian mummy and the mystery was interesting. Two mysteries actually, since Bones obviously solved a 3000 year old non-murder too. Hand wave. But it was a fun episode with a different side to Bones. She also went on a date with Booth’s boss’s boss, which was interesting but not insulting dynamic since the guy was sweet and double checked with Booth. And she knows lots of personal info on Booth too, it was very sweet. TPTB should have let them have that kiss at the end, it was annoying to interrupt them. Deliberately postponing when the characters get together due to network notes is just silly and makes the whole situation very unrealistic/ridiculous. But the characters did have a very sweet moment at the end. Overall, it was a “Bones” in its usual form. A fluffy mystery with fun characters.
Leviticus WTF moment of the day: last two chapters of Leviticus are about rewards for obedience and punishment at disobedience and redeeming God’s stuff, that one previously dedicated to God. God actually says that is all his rules are followed he won’t hate us and will let food grow and kill our enemies. And on the other hand, if we disobey, God will send wild animals to eat our children and other fun disasters. God does say that if he gets super angry, like Hulk, we would have to resort to eating our children. But God won’t kill everyone, he would still remember the covenant. Still this quid pro quo is better that threatening with hell. At least the consequences should be more immediate. That’s it for Leviticus. Leviticus is named “Leviticus” because Levi tribe is Aaron’s tribe and they got consecrated as priests, with this book outlining most of the rules for priests. And of course, most laws are irrelevant today without the Temple. Yet, people still seek wisdom from the book for some other rules, without considering the context. Tomorrow I will start Book 4: Numbers. Writing about what I read really helps me to actually sit down and do it. I can’t believe I actually read three out of five books of the Torah already.
