{"id":3006,"date":"2007-12-22T00:10:06","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T00:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/12\/weekly-meanderings-80.html"},"modified":"2007-12-22T00:10:06","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T00:10:06","slug":"weekly-meanderings-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/12\/weekly-meanderings-80.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Skylilne … can’t beat it:
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\nThe world’s largest snow sculpture (from China):
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\nKris and I went down to the City for the afternoon and early evening last Saturday. Here’s a pic of the Daley Plaza’s famous Christmas tree.
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\nGreat news! Peter Enns<\/a>, professor at Westminster, now has a blog\/website. Add it to your blogroll and send him your questions.
\nBarna<\/a>, Americans, the resurrection and virgin birth and other passages … are they historically reliable?
\nChristmas weekend bonus interview by Trevin Wax with Tom Wright<\/a>.
\nAre you a cyber-chondriac<\/a>? If so, here’s some help.
\n1. Students who pull all-nighters have lower gpa’s<\/a> — and they can fall asleep during exams!
\n2. As you age, avoid mental ruts<\/a>.
\n3. Room in this inn<\/a>!
\n4. Kris and I have been to two or three music concerts, one by …
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\n… now that she’s leaving Vegas, and since we’ve never been there, maybe we’ll get to see here again.
\n5. This is one cool professor<\/a>.
\n6. The Pope and his rhetoric<\/a>.
\n7. Return to tradition<\/a> — big piece in USA Today<\/strike> US News and World Report<\/em>.
\n8. Bob Robinson<\/a>‘s posted a good piece about free speech and who owns what.
\n9. Uggs for Elephants
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\n10. Curt Schilling<\/a>, never afraid to give his opinion, writes a long-winded blog about steroids and lots and lots of comments.
\nSports:
\nI always like this SI collection<\/a>.
\nThe story of steroids is not going to be pretty. NY Times on one of the informers<\/a>.
\nTracing the connections to David Segui and Todd Hundley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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