noelfigart, I’m sure you know this. I remember Heinlein saying something about the purpose of marriage being to preserve capital and provide for offspring. I can’t find the exact quote. Help, please?
Style Change
Is it hurting your eyes? I’m not quite happy with the background color yet. I liked the old style, except for the absence of the links to go ahead and back by one entry.
Fight Putting Discrimination in the Constitution!
Send a fax, email, or letter to your state representatives about the Federal Marriage Act. H.J. Res 56/S.J. Res 26 would not only deny the right to marry to same-sex couples in committed relationships but would also invalidate all state…
Papers Please/What Has Really Damaged
Papers please: Dudley Hiibel case Web site recounting the case of a Nevada rancher who was arrested for failing to produce ID after a policeman requested it. The legal battle that resulted has reached the Supreme Court. Video of the…
Email Down
Our main email addresses, along with our websites, are still down, so Sam, Katie, and I aren’t getting comment notifications. My spamcop.net address (technomom@) is still working if you wish to send a message to me that way. I’m scheduled…
I Miss Intelligent Discourse!
Why do I bother? I know the other students are unlikely to ever LOOK at the responses I’ve posted to their posts in the class discussion board. I find myself constitutionally incapable of NOT refuting something like this: “The Egyptians…
Fixed-Width Font?
I want a nicer fixed-width font than Courier or Courier New. It needs to be TTF and freely available. Suggestions?
Catching Up On the Lit Class
In the last week, I’ve finished units 1-3 of my literature course. I’m about halfway done with Unit 4. That represents about two months of assignments, so I feel pretty good about it. I do want to go back and…
Egyptian Influence on Ancient Hebrew Literature
If you read these, I must assume that you are a true glutton for punishment. Did ancient Egyptian literature have any influence on ancient Hebrew literature?
The Afterlife in Gilgamesh
And more, poor put-upon readers. The question was: The tragedy of mortality — the tragedy gains poignance by the absence ?? of a well developed system of belief in afterlife.