Post Exile Jerusalem Ezra 1:1 to 9:1 1:1 During the very first year under the rule of King Cyrus, the new king of Persia, the Jews enslaved in Babylon got some excellent news. The king posted a written public notice that read as follows: OFFICIAL NOTICE God has told me to be the boss over […]
September 26, 2012
NASA Social JPL – Safe on Mars
Euphoric Trepidation I kept checking the clock because it felt like 10:30 was barreling down on us like a freight train. Spacecraft launches can often be delayed but this landing was mostly being coordinated by Isaac Newton. He tends to keep to the schedule. I kept imagining the sky crane with Curiosity tucked away inside, […]
September 23, 2012
Off With Their Heads
The Fall of Jerusalem Second Kings 8:1 to 24:1 8:1 The woman whose son Elisha had revived from illness was sent by that holy man to Philistinia to survive a famine. She eventually returned and the king was nice enough to give her back the land he had taken from her earlier. Things seemed pretty […]
September 19, 2012
NASA Social JPL – VIP Constellation
Celebration Internet rumors had been flying around before we tweeps even arrived in Pasadena for the Curiosity Rover landing that “surprises” were in store for us. Somehow we all intuitively knew that this meant a celebrity or two would be stopping by. The two names that I remember being passed around the rumor mill most […]
September 16, 2012
With a Grain of Salt
Elisha Second Kings 1:1 to 6:8 1:1 With Ahab dead, Ahaziah took over as king but soon became very sick. The Moabites took this opportunity to rebel against their Israelite overlords. Meanwhile Ahaziah sent men over to Ekron to ask their god Zebub for help getting well. Elijah intercepted them and asked “Zebub? Really? Have […]
September 9, 2012
A Dog Eat Dog World
Elijah and Ahab First Kings 11:28 to 25:51 11:28 Solomon promoted Jeraboam to number one head boss of all the tribes. One day Jeraboam met a prophet who grabbed at Jerry’s new clothes and tore them into pieces. He used the pieces of clothing to illustrate his predictions of the future political situation. It was […]
September 4, 2012
NASA Social JPL – The Belly of the Beast
To My Tweeps I have a message to those thousands of space geeks who wanted to go to the JPL Mars landing tweet-up, to those who wound up on the waiting list hoping for an opening, and especially to those rogues who showed up anyway and tweeted the event from off-campus. I sympathize with you […]
September 1, 2012
Don’t be Such a Big Baby
King Solomon First Kings 1:1 to 11:28 1:1 King David was getting very old and feeble. He even had trouble staying warm so the country was searched for the perfect beautiful young virgin girl to cuddle with him. She was found and tended to the old king’s physical needs but he didn’t have sex with […]
August 31, 2012
NASA Social JPL – Mars Curiosity Landing
The Ultimate Tweet-up When NASA tweeted about the JPL social I didn’t even really understand what it meant. I clicked on the link and it became apparent that a rare opportunity was being presented for a handful of people to spend a few days touring JPL and to be on site at the facility during […]
August 26, 2012
Splish Splash
Bathsheba Second Samuel 1:1 to 24:1 1:1 David was hanging out in Ziklag, just hanging with not much going on. A dirty, ragged man showed up in dirty, ragged clothes. 1:4 The man was an Amalekite and he brought word to David of King Saul’s and Prince Jonathan’s defeat at the hands of the Philistines. […]
August 23, 2012
The Bible According to Brad
GENESIS 01:01 Adam & Eve In the Big Inning 04:01 Cain & Abel Don’t bring God fruits 06:07 Noah’s Ark We’re gonna need a bigger boat 11:10 Abram & Sarai She works hard for the money 18:01 Sodom & Gomorrah If I knew that you […]
August 19, 2012
Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
David and Saul First Samuel 22:1 to 31:1 22:1 David hid in the hills and stayed mobile with his small band of guerrilla insurgents and barely managed to stay one step ahead of Saul’s pursuit. David’s troops ran smack into a band of Philistines but crushed them. 24:3 King Saul’s son, Prince Jonathan, met with […]
The Big Blog Theory
Suddenly, there was a huge cacophonous sound. The event was actually unimaginably tiny, and there was probably nothing quite like sound yet, but FINALLY, after who knows how long, time itself was invented. And so it begins.Deep Sky Zodiac
NASA Social JPL – Mars Curiosity Landing
The Planets
Stonehenge
Bible Satire
Neakita – An American Story
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September 30, 2012
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