Footnoting and telling people that when one writes "was, " it does not mean its always passive voice.Collecting Bibles, run-on sentences, starting sentences "For the most part, " Bill O'rielly's "Talking Points, " flipping a trillion Hebrew flashcards, memorizing Classical Hebrew and Greek verb paradigms, updating my CV, counting the number of published material by Jacob Neusner, the Noahide Laws, checking my email every 20 minutes, and excessive sushi eating.Dislikes: camping, commericials - including radio, No Monk episodes, waking up early, Greta Van Susteren, Ashleigh Banfield, the Colorado Avalanche, Jimmy Carter, broken air conditioners, small hot water tanks, the outdoors, CROCKS, airlines overbooking flights, traffic, Nashville drivers, Jordan TooToo, Peter Webber and Terry Crisp, Nashville Predator Fans.
Josephus, Elisha ben Abuya, Hans Brix (Blix), and most important, the great Dave Davis and the essential Anna Davis.
Right Wing Talk Radio.
Good Will Hunting, The Lord of the Rings, Bourne Identity, The Matrix, American Pie (I, II, III). Harold and Kumar.
Monk, Project Runway, Top Chef, Dexter, Rome, Curb, Entourage, and Fox News
As a Driven Leaf, The Gold Coast, The Art of the Biblical Narrative, The Book of Genesis, Jewish Sources in Early Christianity, Jesus the Jew
My mom, ema sheli.