Comments on: Catchy blog title

By: ppb

ppb — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:37:10 +0000

Awesome.

By: Mark Schemper

Mark Schemper — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:59:58 +0000

Good title - it reminds me of the beginning of Micah 3 - but I wish there was some way you could incorporate the image of shearing as well - maybe “doth but shear and not flay” (see below).

It just so happens that your younger brother has been lately immersed in a few English Puritans who occasionally used the same image. For example, Richard Hooker in Book V of On the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity uses it to attac:

“In Baptism many things of very ancient continuance are now quite and clean abolished; for that the Vertue and Grace of this Sacrament had been therewith over-shadowed, as fruit with too great abundance of leaves. Notwithstanding to them, which think that always imperfect Reformation, that doth but shear and not flea; our retaining certain of those former Rites, especially the dangerous Sign of the Cross, hath seemed almost an impardonable oversight.”

So just beware that any Puritans out in the digital ether might think charge you with “imperfect Reformation.”

And yes, Erik, babies are awesome.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:21:57 +0000

@Meika: The giant smiley is my bad—I’ll fix it sometime soon.

Congratulations on the baby, btw. Aren’t they awesome?

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:02:22 +0000

I dig it!

By: Meika

Meika — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:44:02 +0000

Whoa… that smiley is freaky. Mental note, skip the smileys on “don’t flay the sheep”… {smiley} How can I outwit the freaky smiley maker? :> :} :]

By: Meika

Meika — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:42:54 +0000

I *love* the title! Fabulous and funny! Love it, love it, love it!!!

And thanks for the compliments on my title - I’ve been a little insecure about it, thinking it just might be a little too obscure to be cool. And who doesn’t want to be cool?? :)