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Happy “this-is-the-way-nesday” to all who celebrate.

I’m glad to see Leicester have found someone for the manager role till the end of the season. With things going as they were, they looked the most likely to go down. I have no idea if Dean Smith can turn it around but I hope he can.

I’m a big fan of Scribd but today I experienced the downside of the “netflix” model.

I had been using Federic Bush’s excellent commentary on Ruth-Esther for an essay, but it’s been taken down (and won’t come back till after my essay deadline).

It’s not cheap to buy, but I have my highlights

I’m glad to see the Polish tax website has added Ukrainian as an option. I’m less glad to see the English translation has disappeared! Por que no los tres?

Road trip for Easter coming up later today so I’m looking for some audiobooks to listen to in the car.

What would you* listen to for a 3hr journey?

(*I’m deliberately not asking for a recommendation for ME as I want more diverse answers.)

I tried using ChatGPT to get some useful journal articles for an essay I’m writing on Ruth. It just made up articles! The sad news is some of its ideas sounded really good!

I was feeling really down last night. It had been a tough day and in my mind it felt as if everything was a pixel or five off here or there. I resisted the temptation to stay up later playing video games and it was the right call. When I woke up, everything seemed to be back in place. Sometimes all you need is a bit of sleep.

Reading Ruth after so many church abuse scandals is so refreshing. Be like Boaz.

Listening to Marco’s latest flip-flop (phone camera is enough and better than mirrorless 99% -> dedicated cameras can be better) on ATP initially made me feel very cynical (especially as John made such a good counter case in the past) but then I realised that we’re all irrational like this. We genuinely believe our opinions are informed and rational but sometimes we just haven’t tried the right tool.

Other notes -> I suspect marco hasn’t played with the JPEG settings on the Ricoh GR as you can dial in some great looks; they’re not fuji like mind.