#mg says stuff

[emjee]

Thinking about how the main character of Conclave is a man with doubts who is not enjoying himself and his name is Thomas Lawrence which in terms of saints translates to Man With Doubt Being Roasted Alive. It’s so on the nose and I absolutely love it and wouldn’t change it for the world.

[emjee]

Peter Wimsey chats with you at some cocktail party and you think you’re having some kind of innocuous conversation with Local Silly Ass About Town but he ends it by dropping the name of a discreet club that turns out to be the local queer spot. A week later you learn the host of the cocktail party has been arrested for drug running.

sherlock holmes deduces you are trans before you've figured it out yourself and refers to you with those pronouns and then when you look confused is like "ah...had you not arrived at that conclusion yet?" and wafts away in his dressing gown to smoke seventeen pipes, leaving you in a gender crisis

[sporkberries]

WHAT

[bidonicart]

words are very unnecessary

(full 🔞 on bsky)

[machinegrl]

𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 & 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 🍷🕯️🥀

[emjee]

Your mileage may vary but something that I have found really helpful is just. Picking a book and reading it all the way through. The Bible is a library and it’s okay to treat it that way! When I was a kid the first books I read on my own were Esther and Ruth because 1. Short 2. Linear plot and 3. About women. One year for Lent as an adult I decided to read the gospels all the way through in an edition that had very little commentary so I wouldn’t get distracted by footnotes and could just go look stuff up later.

Find a reliable translation in your preferred language. I read the Bible in English and for single volume/translation by committee I recommend the New Revised Standard Version. For individual translators, I go with Robert Alter for the Tanakh and David Bentley Hart for the New Testament. Some of Alter’s translations (which include very good commentary) are available as single volumes (Genesis, Samuel/part of Kings, etc).

For introductory books that talk about reading the Bible/Bible study, I recommend Inspired by Rachel Held Evans and What Is the Bible by Rob Bell. The Bible for Normal People commentaries are short, accessible, and by well regarded scholars so I would recommend those as well.

I am always happy to talk about this so drop by if you have more questions! Happy studying!

What do you recommend for someone who's starting to read the bible? Like where to start, complementary readings, methods of study, etc

short answer: not really, i am so sorry. i have not found anything i would publicly recommend. there has always been some really heavy drawbacks that make me not want to back them.

the only thing (method-ish) i would recommend for Gospel readings wholeheartedly is the podcast Imagine: A Guide to Jesuit Prayer . however, it IS a contemplation podcast. not a bible study.

long answer: hmmmmm… my buddy El really recommends the The New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE) but i do not own it, i pretty much only read the bible in Spanish (REINA-VALERA‼️🔥) but the NRSV is a very good, recent and accurate translation 👍 or so i’ve heard…

in regards to Bible studies… i’ve taken so many Bible study/Theology online courses and they have all SUCKED 👎 i don’t have many (if any) recs on that end.

many (many) people would recommend “Bible in a Year” with Fr. Mike Schmitz, however! i cannot stand him (respectfully) i am SO sorry…

this America article has some really good points on how to approach Catholic bible studies and has some recommendations.

i must finally add that i will be checking out the Agustine Institute’s podcast on the Bible/Bible in a Year because i’ve really enjoyed the experience of the “Amen” app. but i’ll have to give it a shot first.

i’m sorry this was SO unhelpful. i’m sure some people on here might have some actual suggestions and recommendations. pls add them. pls….. for the sake of us all…..

[zeeckz]

[end-orfino]

strangelove and the boss make me fucking SICK honestly. in a good way. they're so fucking great

[ridl]

snake's reaction when literally anything goes wrong

[newtness532]

i want to eat lunch just so i can stop studying but i had a late breakfast and i made the mistake of having a snack before sitting down to study so im not hungry yet which means i have to keep studying

[emjee]

Thinkin about retired Steve Rogers who lives in Brooklyn with his husband and is just part of the neighborhood wallpaper but also every place he becomes a regular at mysteriously unionizes or becomes employee owned within six to twelve months of him showing his face

[skyburger]

venn diagram of these guys

[sporkberries]

Never forget when solid snake fought in the frontlines of the yaoi wars

[tea-blankets-andstars]

CHARGING MY MINI IPAD SO I CAN GET A FLIP PHONE BUT STILL TALK TO YOU GUYSSSS <33

[microwavetoaster-selfships]

Guhhb. I need someone to lose my mind to right now. I ocould say a mountain of text but also. Nothing. Mhnvjvg. I. The voice actor for Axlerod- Eddie Izzard- I love listening to her comedy sketches I really do. I could go on about all her stuff but I love her things she is brilliant. Uh. And of course the reason I looked her up ages ago was because I wanted to hear just more stuff as Axlerod right. Wanted to hear Axlerod say more stuff cause she doesn't change her voice or anything when doing his voice right. But most her sketches are all on Amazon Prime, there's like two up on YouTube. But. I recently learned that she has a Spotify? ?and. She uploads some of her comedy sketches there. Which I think seeing them with video is best because the gestures and like things that she does during them is really good and adds to it but I will not complain for a minute about podcast format, nonetheless because with as much as I like her stuff I'd be better of me to just buy a CDs of all her stuff than repeatedly do a subscription for them. Anyway. That's all brilliant and fantastic cause I love her stuff and I get to hear it as Axlerod. And I don't know why but sometimes when I listen to her stuff my brain like... doesn't pick it up as Axlerod? Which it's the same exact voice. But sometimes she'll say certain things and it'll really hit me. And that's important for my second bigger thing.

So I decided to go back and listen to her sketches on Spotify again because I was looking for a particular bit but I don't know which act it's from(not that I mind going through all of them anyway) and I decided okay. Just so I keep track of which I have and haven't heard I'll start at the very bottom/with the oldest and work my way up. Which I discovered some other really really cool and awesome things there that maybe perhaps I'll just save sharing it for another day. But there were some like. Music things? That she was featured in? Like compilations of a bunch of artists that got together and did things and okay I just scrolled to where her name was at and it said she was doing it with another artist and I listened to it and I was like hm... I feel like I'd super recognize hearing her sing, no? I mean I've never heard her sing before and I am desperate for that perhaps for blatant reasons becuase. Axlerod. So I was like maybe I can look it up and see a video of it. And I felt a little bit better cause okay she didn't sing I didn't completely fail myself by not recognizing her voice. But oh. Oh. She was DOING THE PIANO. The piano. That's fantastic. Didn't know she played piano in any capacity. Maybe I will project that onto Axlerod in some time we'll see.

Now. Hold on. It gets better. So I go to the next seperate thing she was featured in, completely different compilation. Also music centered. Scroll down looking for her name. It seems to be from some other movie thing but whatever. Ah. Her name is by itself now. Perhaps I. Will hear her sing. Now. As I mentioned earlier sometimes my brain has the distinction between hearing her and Axlerod and I don't know why cause it's the same exact voice. Maybe it's the way she projects her voice or a slightttest inflection that makes the difference. Mm. Auto correct is saving me right now. I click on the Spotify thingy. Funky music starts playing that I can't explain ya just gotta hear it. Not funky as in silly bouncy but funky as in like 80s-90s funky. Like the villian is doing a swagger walk up to the protagonist with a fiendish grin like they're about to sing their entire plan and destruction. I have never seen whatever film this is from I have no clue what takes place in this darn thing. Ah. I don't know how to explain it but. Yes she does sing. And this is the most Axlerod sounding thing ever. Good grief man. Oh my days. I think it's cause in the movie Axlerod is mostly projecting his voice and doing speachy sort of things so hearing Izzard speak in a more relaxed tone my brain is still connecting the wires. But in the song she is projecting her voice more so it is there more. And I'm pretty sure if you watched me you would see it in my eyes. I could be put in a glass cage in a zoo for enrichment for others to watch right now. Pausing every five seconds and replaying it cause I want to savor this I don't want it to end. I wish there was a word for this. It's him it's him he's doing the thing guys.!!*×&#$>'w828. W. Same vibes. Same vibes. I'm going to lose it.i have to pause or else I will actually explode and erupt. Start screaming and shouting and jumping up and down and flailing and shaking my arms and my hands and running around and falling to my knees.

[totally-not-an-awkward-okapi]

A giant golden orb weaver (sometimes called the skull spider), a three horned rhinoceros beetle, and a fire-tailed resin bee.