I just hope than any of the people who try to steal and/or profit off of the children will be swiftly caught and killed.
That's not very nice. I mean, fair, but not Nice.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2010 10:25:00 am PST #4649 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gudanov - Jan 28, 2010 10:28:21 am PST #4650 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
My daughter did the gifted program testing today. Hopefully she'll get in, it'll be a blow to her ego if she doesn't get in when her little brother is already in the program.
flea - Jan 28, 2010 10:29:37 am PST #4651 of 30001
information libertarian
So, in the same vein, I had a fascinating question at the reference desk today. A student asked for books on biblical texts, and explained he was having an argument with a friend who insisted that the King James Bible was the only religiously correct version in English of the bible, and the proof of this was it was not in copyright. I scarcely knew where to begin to address that little logic problem, but I sent my student off to books about the history of the King James, and biblical textual and translations issues.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 10:29:58 am PST #4652 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hopefully she'll get in, it'll be a blow to her ego if she doesn't get in when her little brother is already in the program.
To be fair, Leif's got that whole Evil Genius thing going for him.
Calli - Jan 28, 2010 10:31:49 am PST #4653 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
a friend who insisted that the King James Bible was the only religiously correct version in English of the bible
Maybe under the "truth is beauty, beauty truth" argument, as I find the language in the KJV the loveliest of any translation I've read. Is the student arguing with Keats?
brenda m - Jan 28, 2010 10:32:18 am PST #4654 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
and the proof of this was it was not in copyright.
The what now? Okay, that's a new one.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2010 10:35:13 am PST #4655 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A student asked for books on biblical texts, and explained he was having an argument with a friend who insisted that the King James Bible was the only religiously correct version in English of the bible, and the proof of this was it was not in copyright.
??!?!!?
flea - Jan 28, 2010 10:35:14 am PST #4656 of 30001
information libertarian
Fascinatingly, it IS under copyright, in the UK at least, until 2039 - only certain publishers can print it. See the start of this entry: [link]
Jessica - Jan 28, 2010 10:36:36 am PST #4657 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and the proof of this was it was not in copyright
Ooh, does this mean all public domain books are fair game for being religious source texts? I'm gonna form a religion based on the works of Jane Austen - who's with me?
DavidS - Jan 28, 2010 10:37:25 am PST #4658 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm gonna form a religion based on the works of Jane Austen - who's with me?
I thought it was already a religion!
I don't know any woman that doesn't worship Elizabeth Bennett.