One-Hit Wonders, and other links

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• One-Hit Wonders: From Hapax to Googlewhacks -- “In lexicographical circles, this type of literary one-off is called a nonce word — or, using a Greek expression that’s much more fun to say, a hapax legomenon.”
• A House Of Feasting -- “This is my first Thanksgiving, and I really, really want to impress the Tada family with my menu. But bologna rather than oyster stuffing?”
• Bat Lodging -- “A conservationist creates a unique oasis for roving insect hunters in Central Texas.”
• Calvinists and Armenians -- “I am a Calvinist...I personally know only one Armenian.”
• Conserving Ordinate Affection -- “The second means of conserving ordinate affection is to understand what we mean when we use the term affections.”
• Early Flying Machine Predated Wright Brothers’ Work -- “On October 12, 1901, the Scientific American magazine announced the news of construction of an experimental aircraft built by Burrell Cannon of Pittsburg, Texas.”
• Focus on Texas: Extremes -- “Dare you pass up the dramatic scenes and moments co-op members are sharing?”
• Kansas Middle School Ends Operation Christmas Child After Atheist Complaint -- “The [Liberty Middle School located in Pratt, Kansas] must cease participation in Operation Christmas Child or taking any other actions promoting Christianity like including religious references over morning announcements," the [Freedom from Religion Foundation] FFRF said in their Nov. 3 letter.”
• Kentucky Attorney General sues governor regarding in-person school ban -- “Kentucky’s attorney general and a Christian school have sued the state’s governor — charging that a ban on in-person classroom teaching violates the First Amendment and religious freedom.”
• New Book—Bibliology for Beginners: What Does the Bible Say about the Bible? -- “...in the face of many challenges to the Bible's authority, we need to know what the Bible says about itself.”
• Old Landmarkism, What Is It? -- “Lessons on Landmarkism, by Mike Brawner”
• Obama Says We Need More ‘Regulations and Standards’ on the Practice of Free Speech on Social Media -- “Oh, look. It's just the former President of the United States of America slandering half the country as conspiracy theorists and saying that we need local and national, as well as political and cultural work, to make sure that everyone is agreeing on the same facts.”
• Parents sue Simpson Co. School District over ban of daughter’s ‘Jesus Loves Me’ mask -- “Parents of a Simpson County elementary school student file suit in federal court against the school district after she was ordered to remove her ‘Jesus Loves Me’ face mask. According to attorneys, the district singled out the girl and robbed her of her constitutional rights.”
• The Belly or the Bowels -- “A modern reader is not usually familiar with that concept, bowels or affections, in scripture. ”
• The Most Rampant False Doctrine or Religion That You Didn’t Know Its Name: Perennialism -- “...the man said that he had deeply studied twelve or so religions and that he found that they all were the same. In other words, all religions taught the same teachings.”
• The Prayer and The Preaching by W. M. Lea as Published in The Baptist, Feb 20, 1875 -- “The Arminian prays as if his salvation wholly depended on God...”
• Thoughts on Christian Duty No. 3: Reading the Scriptures by James M. Pendleton -- “The Bible is God’s book to man. There is no book like it. The truth that it contains is more precious ‘than gold, yea than much fine gold, sweeter than honey and the honey-comb.’”
• Unplug and Escape at Chic Barndominium -- “I wanted to make it like a cute, cozy barndominium where people could come to unplug and enjoy nature and the beauty of East Texas.”