Blogaround

This picture of Loki just caused me to stumble. Image source.

1. Read your Bible and drink your coffee (posted May 16) "ABS’ phrase about Bible-readers’ “need for it on a daily basis” just seems weirder and more disturbing the more one thinks about it."

2. Never Do a Superhero Landing (posted May 31) An important science-y video about the forces involved if you land on your knee and fist.

3. it’s a girl: the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven (posted February 19) "Bible versions traditionally translate the personal pronoun here as ‘him’, but the personal pronoun in the Greek is ‘it’ following the neuter grammatical gender of ‘child’. The gender of the child is not mentioned [by the narrator of the Greek gospel of Matthew], and the Greek provides no clues."

4. Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test (posted June 1) "For [poorer kids], daily life holds fewer guarantees: There might be food in the pantry today, but there might not be tomorrow, so there is a risk that comes with waiting."

5. On Being Booted Off Patheos: Patheos Bloggers Speak Out (posted May 29) Warren Throckmorton's blog has been *mysteriously* removed from the Patheos Evangelical Channel, and it's suspicious as hell.

6. The kingdom of heaven is like thousands of Irish women flying home to vote to repeal the 8th.

Blogaround

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1. More Than 300 Sharks In Australia Are Now On Twitter (posted January 1)

2. January 1: Ecce Foreskin (posted January 1) "For medieval and early modern Christians, Jesus’ foreskin remained an object of peculiar veneration, with as many as eighteen different reliquary nubs of flesh competing for attention and honor."

3. A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown (posted December 31, 2013) Physics!

4. 4 Things I Learned from the Worst Online Dating Profile Ever (posted January 4) This is hilarious. Language is NSFW.