1 to 2 May

Internet: I read a whole lot of stuff! On Boing Boing I read about how people can go insane being in solitary confinement because we need people to give us feedback. To adjust our behaviour and to have a sense of who we are.


Orphans of the Sky: I finished the Heinlein. Interesting thought that if we did not have daily and seasonal changes (such as a controlled environment) we might not think to measure time. There might be just then and now.

God is Closer Than You Think: Read about how we have a yearning to know what is beyond death and beyond our knowledge of life. Found a quote that drilled itself into my Masters, it being so exactly what I needed, and I abandoned reading for the time being.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: I very seldom watch TV. But I bought this dvd and watched 50 minutes - and then the dvd drive on my pc gave in (as it usually does).

James 4: James seems to be writing into a different context to the other NT writers. I realised recently that the Jews were businesspeople of note, even in NT times. There were communities scattered throughout Asia Minor - and they were rich. In fact, much of the persecution of Jews was in the form of taxes - not because of religious issues, but because they were rich. So I wonder if James doesn't write into the context of communities like that. But he was based in Jerusalem. I don't know.