Robert Rae
@backgroundbob.bsky.social
Published theologian (like, *barely* tho) and general lurker everywhere I'm tolerated. All views my own, except when riding the coat-tails of my betters.
I don't know if you saw that they announced a major consultation to overhaul the marriage law in England - www.gov.uk/government/n...
Major boost to economy through wedding law reform
In the biggest overhaul to marriage law since the 19th century, reforms are set to give marrying couples greater freedom and boost the economy by £535 million.
www.gov.uk
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I don't know if you saw that they announced a major consultation to overhaul the marriage law in England - www.gov.uk/government/n...
Hannah Čulík-Baird looks at how and why classicists work with fragments of earlier texts preserved in later ones, while disregarding the 'container' text as a text in its own right - fascinating stuff.
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hannah Čulík-Baird looks at how and why classicists work with fragments of earlier texts preserved in later ones, while disregarding the 'container' text as a text in its own right - fascinating stuff.
Obviously not, Tucker, it's quite difficult to be both single and happily married.
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Obviously not, Tucker, it's quite difficult to be both single and happily married.
"My résumé, admittedly, is a bit unorthodox" is genius.
December 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"My résumé, admittedly, is a bit unorthodox" is genius.
Few things have as much impact on the student experience as the quality of poo their instructors were able to have that morning.
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Few things have as much impact on the student experience as the quality of poo their instructors were able to have that morning.
The ultimate signal of indecisive times, the or-or-or.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The ultimate signal of indecisive times, the or-or-or.
Well, if ever there was an expert on large, round, mostly-faked objects ...
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Well, if ever there was an expert on large, round, mostly-faked objects ...
A young theologian's journey from Milan to Minsk.
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A young theologian's journey from Milan to Minsk.
Even if it has it's in the past so I can't appreciate it anymore, please do a new one.
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Even if it has it's in the past so I can't appreciate it anymore, please do a new one.
To be fair I first played it at 14 or so, when die-and-reload stamina was almost unlimited, and learned all the tricks. Probably the same reason I still enjoy replays of all that era's games. And why I could never play hardcore anything.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
To be fair I first played it at 14 or so, when die-and-reload stamina was almost unlimited, and learned all the tricks. Probably the same reason I still enjoy replays of all that era's games. And why I could never play hardcore anything.
Great choices. Planescape: Torment remains probably my favourite game of all time, and the remaster (amazingly) genuinely just added some gentle QoL instead of trying to 'fix' the janky-yet-integral parts.
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Great choices. Planescape: Torment remains probably my favourite game of all time, and the remaster (amazingly) genuinely just added some gentle QoL instead of trying to 'fix' the janky-yet-integral parts.
They went with the rest of me to get takeout, where did yours go?!
September 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
They went with the rest of me to get takeout, where did yours go?!
There's a reason it was always originally double-billed with Totoro as a chaser. My (now) wife and I saw it on a date - one of a series of spectacularly bad date-night film choices - and went straight home to eat a lot of ice-cream and cookies.
September 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There's a reason it was always originally double-billed with Totoro as a chaser. My (now) wife and I saw it on a date - one of a series of spectacularly bad date-night film choices - and went straight home to eat a lot of ice-cream and cookies.
Or wear and tear, age, or adolescence, in this case.
September 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Or wear and tear, age, or adolescence, in this case.
I feel like you misspelled 'or' there.
September 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like you misspelled 'or' there.
Please let it be Infowars-style supplements, but they're all just gourmet onion powder.
September 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Please let it be Infowars-style supplements, but they're all just gourmet onion powder.
It's the scoring that's statistically unlikely, not the club part! 😅
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It's the scoring that's statistically unlikely, not the club part! 😅
Julian Schnabel? Good! Oscar Isaac? Gooood! Jason Momoa, John Malkovich, Al Pacino? Can't complain! Gal Godot?
a sign that says what is even happening in front of a dumpster
Alt: a sign that says what is even happening in front of a dumpster
media.tenor.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Julian Schnabel? Good! Oscar Isaac? Gooood! Jason Momoa, John Malkovich, Al Pacino? Can't complain! Gal Godot?
Well see that's tricky now for those of us who like your intellectual output and want to inspire more ...
August 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Well see that's tricky now for those of us who like your intellectual output and want to inspire more ...
You say that, but if you're not discerning you'll end up with a Gerard Bulterian Jihad instead of a Judith Bulterian Jihad, heaven forfend.
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
You say that, but if you're not discerning you'll end up with a Gerard Bulterian Jihad instead of a Judith Bulterian Jihad, heaven forfend.
So what you're saying is there are two genders, power and cartoons.
August 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So what you're saying is there are two genders, power and cartoons.
Never underestimate the jellyfish!
August 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Never underestimate the jellyfish!
I definitely have! Mostly academic texts (it's great for finding out about new releases in niche fields when you have interests wider than your actual established disciplinary networks!) but also a few fiction books here and there - I first heard about Margaret Killjoy here, for example!
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I definitely have! Mostly academic texts (it's great for finding out about new releases in niche fields when you have interests wider than your actual established disciplinary networks!) but also a few fiction books here and there - I first heard about Margaret Killjoy here, for example!