Hair length = 38 1/4"

Come on hair, you can do better than this. You've been almost mid-thigh length in the past.

In other news, the uni finally decided that I am getting a distinction to go with my rather pathetic degree. Due to having completed only three years when the standard undergrad here is four, and despite one of those years being Honours, I am gettin an MA (Gen), unclassified though with a nice distinction, where any English university would have given me a first-class BA (Hons). Ah well. What I can't figure out is why it took them so long to figure it out, since every single mark I got for my Honours year was a First. As long as it gets me into the OU postgrad programme, I'm beyond caring by now. I'm contemplating whether or not to attend the graduation ceremony. Current thinking is Not.

Hair length = 38 1/4"

Come on hair, you can do better than this. You've been almost mid-thigh length in the past.

In other news, the uni finally decided that I am getting a distinction to go with my rather pathetic degree. Due to having completed only three years when the standard undergrad here is four, and despite one of those years being Honours, I am gettin an MA (Gen), unclassified though with a nice distinction, where any English university would have given me a first-class BA (Hons). Ah well. What I can't figure out is why it took them so long to figure it out, since every single mark I got for my Honours year was a First. As long as it gets me into the OU postgrad programme, I'm beyond caring by now. I'm contemplating whether or not to attend the graduation ceremony. Current thinking is Not.

Bible translation recommendations

For those who haven't picked this up, I'm a Liberal Jewish student of English Literature, and I've decided the time has finally come for me to get a decent translation of the Bible - and the entire Bible, please, Apocrypha and all. At the moment I'm using the KJV, which has its merits and is useful if you look at the literary canon, but accuracy is not its strong point. What would people recommend as a good, literal translation that doesn't have a Christian axe to grind? I'm currently eyeing the New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha.

Bible translation recommendations

For those who haven't picked this up, I'm a Liberal Jewish student of English Literature, and I've decided the time has finally come for me to get a decent translation of the Bible - and the entire Bible, please, Apocrypha and all. At the moment I'm using the KJV, which has its merits and is useful if you look at the literary canon, but accuracy is not its strong point. What would people recommend as a good, literal translation that doesn't have a Christian axe to grind? I'm currently eyeing the New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha.