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[nishatalitha]

Got hit in the glasses with a frisbee on Tuesday night. Friendly fire. As a consequence, my right eye has been a bit swollen the last couple of days; not much, just enough to make wearing glasses decidedly uncomfortable and leaves me with the choice of having a headache from not wearing my glasses or having a headache from the pressure while wearing them.

Took yesterday off work, did a lot of housework and got really bored from not being able to read or go on the computer much. Was mildly entertained by the Jehovah's Witnesses who called. I'm terrible at getting rid of such people - I get the fact that I'm a Christian and belong to a Baptist church out there and then see what tack they take.

This lot tried talking about the name of the LORD as written in the Bible, and why you don't see Jehovah written in the Bible anymore. *shrugs* Unfortunately for them, I'd already heard both reasons they gave and don't see why, if you show respect in the use thereof, it matters whether His name is written the LORD, I AM, Father, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, Jesus, the Prince of Peace, or the Holy Spirit. Which name is used where if often important, although neither they nor I went into that, because it can show which aspect of Him is foremost, but the who and how that is being referenced is what's really important, not whether you use YHWH, the LORD, Jehovah or Adonai.

This is not to say that I don't occasionally argue finer points of interpretation at times, because I do quite happily. It's just as I get older and I mellow, some of the specifics become less important in favour of the general.

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[darthsappho.livejournal.com]

Ouch. A Torchwood audio play just went online, if you want some entertainment that doesn't require being able to see properly:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/torchwood.shtml
I haven't listened to it yet, so I don't know how good it is.

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I will listen to it at some point.

Think for now I'm going to go to bed and watch more Witch Hunter Robin. Doubt I'll finish it tonight, but I think I'm in the mood for something quiet.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Got hit in the glasses with a frisbee on Tuesday night.

I took one to the eyes a time or two, back in my Ultimate-playing days. No glasses, though; I'm not sure whether that's better or worse.

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

Ouch. No, neither am I; either way, seems like you get headaches and sore eyes. None today, so that's an improvement.

[anarchangel23.livejournal.com]

The different names can also be a clue for scholars of the date at which the section was written.

No damage to the glasses, I hope?

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

Will have to remember that one - see that, I didn't already know.

Glasses might have a few more scratches and be bent slightly more out of shape, but, ya know, not enough to be noticable.