Even the Devils Believe

Ok, the new blog is ready for business. Here’s the link:
The Gifts of God
The design could use some work, but I made a quick banner with an image of St Monica on it to start. Please read the welcome post for more.
I’ll keep the site up for about a month and then take it down [...]

This edition of Friday cat blogging will sadly be the last. But first the cat pictures, then the blog news.
First, one of Mahler resting on the bed. His mother, Nermal, has the same beautiful green eyes:

Next, a video of Tomato sitting at the computer with me. He likes pretending to use the laptop [...]

I just got back from a great lunch with the Rev. Scott Wells, of Boy in the Bands fame. Getting to meet so many bloggers and others folks I’ve known online for years is one of my favorite parts of traveling, and this summer in DC should be unusually good in that regard. (Lee, [...]

I guess you could say I’m (temporarily) a member of the Washington punditocracy as of Saturday — we got in to DC that evening and got the car unloaded. It’s been raining since Sunday morning, but both of us enjoy rainy cities for the most part.
I should resume posting — and get [...]

That’s the question Alexis asks in this post.
I’ve been blogging just about every weekday since 2002, with two or three breaks of a month or more — first about language, especially Slavic languages and literary translation from Russian to English, later including computational linguistics. During my last year of college, starting during a senior [...]

We are in the home stretch of figuring out our housing situation for the next 15 months or so. Yesterday, we agreed on renting a townhouse in Durham for the rest of Sue’s time at Duke, starting in August. It’s a nice, big place owned by a cat-loving Duke prof, so we should [...]

As you can see, the blog has a new look as of this afternoon. I’ve adapted a theme called Floralia created by developer Sadish Bala. I found him through Amy Welborn, who uses another of his themes as the base for her blog. A tip of the biretta to both of them.
The photo [...]

Bls tagged me for the Bible meme that has been making its way around. Here are my answers, and feel free to play if you’re so inclined!
1. What translation of the Bible do you like best?
I suppose the NRSV. I start from the assumption that any translation in English that is intended for [...]

No new cat photos from this past week — I haven’t emptied the camera yet — but here is an older one I haven’t posted. This is documentary evidence of one of Tomato’s many attempts to “help” his mom:

Sue was making a poster for the Women Law Students Ass’n and Tomato decided it needed [...]

If you’re reading this, you’re seeing the blog on my new webhost. You can leave comments and they’ll be reflected on the permanent site now.
Any comments made on the old site (since about 11:30pm on Thursday) will not be reflected on this site.
UPDATE: There were some slight problems in the move, but those should [...]