Archive for November 14th, 2007

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Fly Fusion Pen

I saw an ad on tv for this computerized pen. So i decided to post the product info…. I guess kids don’t need their dads to help with homework anymore…lol ~Lauren M
How It Works
The Pentop Computer doesn’t need a keyboard. Kids just write with the pen on the specially designed FLY Paper, which is provided […]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

BRAZILIAN OEDIPUS

OEDIPUS Let the storm burst, my fixed resolve still holds,
To learn my lineage, be it ne’er so low.
It may be she with all a woman’s pride
Thinks scorn of my base parentage. But I
Who rank myself as Fortune’s favorite child,
The giver of good gifts, shall not be shamed.
She is my mother and the changing MOONS
My brethren, […]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Brazillian Moons.

Since Moons Wax, as do woman in their 20s nowadays, here’s a little information on Waxing moons and magic. At some point a waxing moon becomes a pregnant moon. Hmmmm. And there are connections suggested here to cutting hair and planting gardens.
MOON PHASES IN HOODOO MAGIC
How to Work Magic Spells by the Moon
and […]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Brazilian Girls (and Boys) in the Digital Age

The following article on pubic hair removal was sent to me by a former student who has been reading our blog. (Thanks Alexis!!) This trend is quite interesting in the context of our class, given the links suggested with circumcision, and it will get even more interesting when we get to Mesopotamia, cuneiform, and the […]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

HEBREW SCROLL VS CHRISTIAN CODEX

If you want to get a sense of just how revolutionary the invention of the codex was, and why it would have been so quickly embraced by the early followers of Christ, read the following NYT article. Notice that Women and children are traditionally NOT allowed to write a Torah. Also, notice that the Torah […]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Oedipus and Circumcision

Here is a very smart and original response paper on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.
Dr. B.
The Root of Foreclosure
There are five choral odes within Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and in the central choral ode is the line “[Hybris] sires the tyrant….” According to Aristotle, the first word, hybris, is an act of physical or verbal assault […]

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