While reading background material for these Old Testament books, I’ve noticed that the Prophets all have what the fashion mavens currently thronging New York would probably call “a look”. There’s a standard-issue beard for these guys. Naturally, we don’t have photographs of the Prophets. So it’s possible that the samey-ness of the beards is a [...]
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Beards of the Prophets
Posted in Free Association, Isaiah, Light Reading, Moses, Pop Culture Echoes, Prophets and Prophecy, Silliness, tagged beards of the prophets, prophets beards, Silliness on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“An Aaron Spelling Drama With Togas”
Posted in Epics, Free Association, Hesiod, Light Reading, Pop Culture Echoes, Theogony on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was kind of pleased with that phrase from the last post, and started thinking about how there might actually be a literal cult of Aaron Spelling characters someday, after we’ve all died from watering our plants with Brawndo and the cockroaches reach sentience and find tapes of Dynasty and Beverly Hills 90210. It seemed [...]
