Author: Benjamin

Where portions of my life have gone (book – word count): Wheel of Time – 3M 304k Sword of Truth (books 1-6) – 1M 774k (estimate) Harry Potter – 1M 84k A Song of Ice & Fire (books 1-3) – 1M 48k Bible – 788k Mistborn – 712k Atlas Shrugged – 645k Les Miserables –… Continue reading Books books books

I have wanted to read a book about the history of the modern Israeli state for some time, and probably a year ago I received My Promised Land by Ari Shavit as part of an early review program (I was a little late with my review due to a master’s degree and marriage 🙂 ).… Continue reading The “Promised Land”

We just heard this group, they were fantastic: Psalom

And there was evening and there was morning, the first…sixth day. – Gen 1 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. – Ex 20:11 The other night I was playing a board game with some friends, this game… Continue reading Christians, evolution & society

For those interested, and especially anybody who will want to see us in any of these places, here’s a quick run down of our itinerary (flexible and subject to change): Dec 16: Dallas -> Corinth, MS with lunch in Texarkana Dec 18: Corinth, MS -> Dayton, TN to see the niece, nephew & their parents… Continue reading Winter Trip Itinerary

Studying for comps completely took over my life for several weeks as I tried to cram in all kinds of theory, examples and authors’ names and dates they published important works. It was quite stressful, trying to hold basically everything I’d learned for my three core classes in my brain at once so I could… Continue reading I Passed Comps!

We got a nice winter storm that canceled school. Above: My car in the parking lot. Below: a tree fallen across the driveway to said parking lot.

We had a fun thanksgiving with Shanna’s family in Texarkana, where her grandparents are living now. Her sister brought two hams, only one of which we managed to eat less than half of, her grandmother made some amazing macaroni and cheese and her mom made tons of awesome desserts. Russell & I managed not to… Continue reading Thanksgiving

Today Kyle1 came by telling us of a deal to get a Six Flags pass for the rest of the fall and spring – at a really good price (apparently). Shanna & I rather quickly decided that we weren’t terribly excited about it, however, we are taking advantage of being in a big city in… Continue reading Getting Cultured in Dallas

This semester my schedule is (roughly): Language & Society: July 15-Sept 15 TA for Grammar: July 15-Aug 15 Hebrew 2: July 15-Oct 15 A course on machine translation: Sept 15-Dec 15 Old Testament Exegesis: Oct 15-Dec 15 Massive exam which determines if I get an MA or not: all day Nov 23 So far I… Continue reading School & TAing

In October 2011, I flew to Texas to find a wife. Really I didn’t. But I did meet Shanna at a Bible study at one of the professor’s at the university I was investigating’s house. At the time, it was a mostly insignificant crossing of our paths. After I flew back to NC, I added… Continue reading Boy meets Girl