An Update, A Rave, and a Rant

Update on the Update:
Once I work out some technical glitches, the updated Discworld page will be up. I didn't realize how much I'd drawn since October ... holy smokes. Pottery updates will come later as there are fewer of them and I'm going to have to figure out how to categorize some of the odder doodles from last year's end-of-the-year sketchbook fill-'er-up. Wheee.

I've managed to catch up on about half the BBC shows I usually listen to [sob] ... Of course, Small Gods had to be one, and even though I only got to hear it in little five minute chunks (many reasons, won't go into them here) it was darn good.
( Bla Bla Bla Small Gods )

( Tealin Rants About Church Music... )

Well, I have to wake up in the actual morning so I'd better take some deep breaths and go to bed.

And that Hist'ry, it goes Round and Round...

Islamic 'Calvinism'? (BBC article)

"Making money is a sign of God's approval, and this is also similar to what Weber said about the Calvinists."
And also the Victorians and their Social Darwinism, a belief that persists (sometimes disguised) in conservative Christian America (whose religious constituents are largely Calvinist in origin or philosophy) – see? Girard is right: mimetic rivals appear to grow more and more different but actually become more and more the same. You've got a lot in common! Put down those rockets and have a potluck!

Yeah, I don't know nearly enough history or theology to make a valid argument. But I try. Madly flailing in waters way, way out of my depth.