Not exactly annotating, but one part of my former conservative religious background that I don't regret is the time my InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter spent doing a manuscript study of the Gospel of Mark. We had double-spaced manuscript printouts with all chapter and verse indicators removed, boxes of highlighters and colored pencils for marking up the text, and stacks of reference materials--although since Mark is supposed to be one of if not the earliest New Testament book, we weren't allowed to reference anything else in the NT--the goal was to insofar as possible not use anything to interpret the text that wouldn't have existed for the original readers. Except, you know, highlighters and colored pencils. Anyway, I can't remember ever being more excited to delve into a text--taking something very familiar and unpacking it in such a way that it was like reading it for the first time.
Still can't bring myself to write in my books, though! It just feels like a sacrilege.
Radon is just in the ground, right? It was a big deal when I lived in MN, but not so much elsewhere. I thought it was sort of like CO2, in that it could build up and poison you, but like Sparky said, easily dissipated.
I think radon has been more of a problem in recent years because houses are so well insulated now. In a poorly-insulated house, the radon can escape easier, but it tends to build up in a well-insulated house.
That, or the men in black are burying radon in the yards of people they have an... interest in....
Here's the EPA's radon links: [link]
Radon is in the ground. The fix is venting the basement/lowest level of the house. We were told this usually costs about $1000-2000 around here because they sometimes have to break up the slab to install a pipe or two.
Anyone have a special celebratory treat on Friday? or reward yourselves for making it to Friday by having some treat?
I always play CDs in my office, as I can't work without tunage. Friday afternoons, I break out my "Best of the Monkees" CD as well as Rhino's "Teen Idols of the 70s." Pop Heaven.
Oooh -- Rhino has a Teen Idols cd/set? I need to investigate us, because I am a definite latecomer to the great(cheesy)ness that is Bobby Sherman.
Anyone have a special celebratory treat on Friday? or reward yourselves for making it to Friday by having some treat?
Normally I treat myself to Fish Fry at the cafeteria, but today I am having stomach "issues" and am reduced to mint tea and bread.
Friday is one of my days off ( I only work part time) but Friday is also the day that if I don't want to do anything, I don't.
I'm randomly getting off early today. Like 3 or 4 hours early.
