Speed draw of a Seljuk Turkish ghulam (slave soldier).
Cornelius
A reimagining of the biblical conversion of Cornelius set in occupied China during WW2.
speed draw – Excubitor
Speed draw of an early Byzantine imperial guardsman.
arming a samurai
Speed draw of the step by step arming process of a 17th century samurai.
speed draw – Greco-Baktrians
Speed draw of the warriors of Greco-Baktria, a mysterious Greek kingdom now lost in the Afghan hills.
speed draw – celts
Speed draw of an ancient Celtic horde.
speed draw – cadian troopers
Speed draw of a pair of Cadian Shock Troops, of Warhammer 40k fame.
on two types of self-censorship
Both my parents are pretty artsy people, so there is some nude art at home. There’s a statue of some kind of nymph – that used to terrify me as a child, not so much because of her nudity but because of her dead-eyed, Nefertiti-esque face – and a couple of nude paintings. But one time, anticipating that family friends (and their young kids) were coming over, my mom decided to discreetly stash away some of our collection for the time being. Continue reading “on two types of self-censorship”
good news
Paul and his companions then left Paphos by ship for Pamphylia, landing at the port town of Perga. There John Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem. But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia.
On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services. After the usual readings from the books of Moses and the prophets, those in charge of the service sent them this message: “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, come and give it.” So Paul stood, lifted his hand to quiet them, and started speaking. “Men of Israel,” he said, “and you God-fearing Gentiles, listen to me.
“The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them multiply and grow strong during their stay in Egypt. Then with a powerful arm he led them out of their slavery. He put up with them through forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance. All this took about 450 years.
“After that, God gave them judges to rule until the time of Samuel the prophet. Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years. But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’
“And it is one of King David’s descendants, Jesus, who is God’s promised Savior of Israel! Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized. As John was finishing his ministry he asked, ‘Do you think I am the Messiah? No, I am not! But he is coming soon—and I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the sandals on his feet.’ — Acts 13:13-25
Good news! That test you have next week is really hard. And the teacher is going to add some more stuff to the revision syllabus.
…that’s not good news. Continue reading “good news”
