Laurie

All,

Now that I have your attention (read: confusion), Laurie asked an odd question on Thursday as to the last day you can post/comment on the blog. I call this "odd" because you should remember your Luther: in this case, you students are playing the "good" Christians and I am playing God. Luther remarks that God is not so foolish as to be tricked by any attempt to assuage his wrath via deeds. I.e., he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he recognizes when you are simply trying to get by on the requirements and will grade you accordingly.

Therefore, the prudent student would start posting immediately--especially if the prudent student had not yet posted, but even if the prudent student had. The blog is not about doing the bare minimum. The blog is about being engaged in an intellectual community which recognizes the claims of this course extend well beyond the classroom, infecting and affecting your daily lives and the choices you make.

Or, if all that sounds self-important and highfalutin, here's an arbitrary deadline: 12.01 AM on December 12th, 2009 CE.

Cheers,

-W.