Confessions of an Errant Mind

I took my first official step toward grad school today--the Graduate Record Exam (or GRE). It's basically the SAT for grad school--written by the same people. Thankfully, I did very well. (Not to brag, but... 91st percentile math, 99th for verbal). Given that it is a $100 investment, it's a sign that I'm moving in that direction. Next up is a course I'm taking this fall in Geography (the field I'm planning on applying to). My plan is basically to take a course a semester for the next few years and have everything but the dissertation done by 2011 or so when Sarah gets her degree.

Another good number--25. That's the pounds I've lost on Weight Watchers so far. I didn't think I was really that overweight, but it's amazing how much healthier I look now. (Again, excuse the vanity.)

It feels good to have some positive motion.

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I came across this blog entry today on the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-rigby/christians-who-want-democ_b_22942.html

While the overall vibe of this piece is too liberal for my taste--the "lamb of God" is first and foremost a Passover reference, for example--there's much here that I've been mulling over as of late. Some OT scholars talk about how a lot of the "Lord is king" talk in the Psalms was a way of reinforcing the Hebrew monarchy--that David is just so great. And, of course, working in an academic world where any claim to power and privelege is viewed with suspicion has caused more than a few thoughts about how such claims within my faith can be used to exclude or oppress. In any case, it's an interesting read.

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