A historical look at the chile pepper
jmbNYTimes (via archive.is): How the Chile Became Hot --- Why did the consumption of hot peppers — after centuries of…
AI vs. the screen writers?
NY Times: TV’s War With the Robots Is Already Here --- A.I. screenwriting, a point of contention in the Writers…
Advice via AI – How can capitalism be defeated?
What follows are some results I received today from Bing's AI tool wih this question : Tell me how capitalism…
Oklahoma needs public television! Save OETA!
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2023/05/08/outdoorsman-tell-gov-stitt-and-your-legislator-to-support-oeta/70194158007/ Please take a moment and call or email your state legislator, urging them to override Gov. Stitt's painfully stupid…
A presentation: Comparing the Anabaptist and Jewish traditions
https://youtu.be/UdzvQzXSRR4 Video: Two Traditions that I love: Comparing Anabaptism and Judaism The following is the text of a talk I…
Experimenting (again) with blogging via wordpress but also as part of the fediverse
Hello friends, I’ve blogged for many, many years mostly under the name of JMBzine.com, but a while back I got…
A response to the Word Nerd about LGBTQ-inclusive theology
The following is a letter-to-the-editor that I wrote to Bible Study Magazine in response to “Word Nerd-Language & the Bible,” a column…
Picture from E-bike – August 2022
Here are a few pictures I took on yesterday's #ebike ride in a nearby neighborhood. #Oklahoma #OKC #Photos #Birds #Heron
Negative covid test
Finally got a negative covid test today, which means I'm likely not contagious anymore. It won't change my behavior in…
Covid retest – still positive but fading
COVID retest today (5 days since previous test) is positive but fainter.