But we do have more snow today than we had yesterday…

Okay. So. First.

On the personally “alarming news” front–

They’ve cut my hours at the train station. But it will only last “from 2 to 4 MONTHS” !!?? Yowza.

So, while the bad news is: “less money”. The good news is: “more TIME”.

I am, or course, someone who always, always, really, really LOVES to have more TIME… We’ll see how this goes.

Yesterday, I heard from Ken Wolf at Manhattan Repertory Theater that he should have his notes for me about my play within the next 2 weeks. Yay.

Meanwhile, I am back to work on my novella, “Novitiate”. Yes, the same novella that I had hoped would be completed by the end of 2023, but which is still only about 1/5th the way done. But I’m working on it! And God knows, I have plenty of NOTES to work from. 

As loyal readers of this lofty blog recall, the notes, alone, were really disturbing and mind-numbing and changed how I saw the entire decade of the 1960s, basically.

Anyway, that’s what I am working on, writing-wise.

Yesterday, I purchased — yes! — another online course. It was on sale! 36 lectures on the “History of Christianity in the Reformation Era.” This era is not my strong suit in Christianity, so I’m looking forward to taking it.

I still have quite a few lectures left on “St. Augustine’s City of God”, so it will be a few weeks before I begin this new course.

But, yesterday, I also purchased a year’s worth of the Mondly App. I had been using the free app for a couple of years now — ever since that Writer’s Workshop that I was supposed to teach in Perugia, Italy, got cancelled. I was using the full app to study Italian, then I switched to the free app to just keep up with my French.

But now that I am likely to be in France more often because of Abstract Absurdity Productions, and since Mondly had an incredible sale yesterday ($3.99 a month to study any language you wanted to!!), I went ahead and bought a whole year. And knowing that I’m paying for it again, makes me want to study my French more.

But also!!!

James Tabor told us (in his Patreon group) about a great YouTube video series on learning Biblical Hebrew. I studied Biblical Hebrew from the time I was 5 years old, up until I was 10 years old. Then I studied it again, a million years later, when I was in Divinity School. I recently bought a course in Ancient Hebrew which is nothing like Biblical Hebrew — it is more like learning hieroglyphics — so I have really dragged my feet on getting started with that one…

But I started the free YouTube series on Biblical Hebrew last night! 10- minute lessons, you go at your own pace.

Hebrew – First Words – דְּבָרִים רִאשֹׁנִים – Free Biblical Hebrew – Lesson 1

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Speaking of James Tabor!! Another new lecture in his great new series!!

Jesus Archaeology # 6 Exploring the “Ground Zero” HQ for the Jesus Movement (37 mins):

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I cannot remember if I posted this or not. It is from Saturday. Very interesting series, indeed. Especially if you are curious if Moses ever really existed…(And if he didn’t exist, then where did the 10 Commandments come from?). (If you ever studied the Noah story in Genesis, then you are likely aware that the scholarly research points more toward a retelling of the Tale of Gilgamesh, and Noah not really existing… the Moses story is a little like that.)

Ross K. Nichols continues his look at Moses - Facing Pharaoh – Vaera (Exodus 6:2 – 9:35) (I hr 16 mins):

And while we’re at it — if you never saw this great documentary, by Simcha Jacobovici, from many years ago — you should watch it!!! I loved it!! It all just makes you think, gang.

The Exodus Decoded – (Trailer) (7 mins):

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Okay.

Today’s installment of Charlie Ward’s new “daily news” series has mysteriously disappeared. It was very interesting, though, so if it reappears, I’ll post it here later.

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This was a little heartbreaking.

A brief look at all the doctors, internationally, who were silenced back in 2020 when they were trying to alert the world that the scamdemic wasn’t real and that there was something really, really WRONG with the vax.

Amazing Polly _ The True Covid Dissidents Tried to Warn Us From the Very Beginning (12 mins):

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This is upcoming — in about an hour. You can watch the replay at the same link if you miss the live:

Dan Bongino – Trump Wins Huge in Iowa, What’s Next? (Ep. 2166) – 01/16/2024 (LIVE): Watch replay HERE.

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This happened last night, but I haven’t watched it yet (3 hours!!)- Phil’s replay:

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Nigel Watson (UK) – How do we collapse their system? Is not paying council tax a good tactic, or is it a trap? (15 mins):

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And that is kind of it for now!

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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My driving-to-town music in those arctic temperatures — from yesterday!! (I’ve posted this here before, but I just love this song.) France Gall, from 1964: “Laisse tomber les filles”. Enjoy!!!