i plagued su-lin into giving me a sunday school lesson this morning, but after awhile she thought i was so stupid she referred me to higher authorities, namely julian. i asked julian what languages philistines spoke. he said he didn't know but said helpfully that he could tell me about universalism instead, if i like. julian is taking a class in c.s. lewis and reading narnia books and is happily telling me that lewis was a heretic, or something, and why, his dear girl, don't i just do some research? i said that i am, the most convenient method of research being word of mouth. but when i asked him to tell me about persecution and the roman empire he said he had to go feed the lab rats.