the return of the Mush

I made again today the strange lentil-based mush that got me through so much time in Austria. I present, for your delectation, the barest outline of what might pass for a recipe

In a large sauce pot with a lid:

Saute a chopped yellow onion and a few cloves of garlic, if that's your thing, in olive oil until onions begin to become transparent. If you want to put in mushrooms, this is a good time to do that. Add rosemary and thyme, and anything else you might like.

Pour in a can of red kidney beans. Do not drain the beans, you want the brothy stuff that comes with them.

Add a cup or two of pre-washed red lentils, and add about a cup or two of water to the pot to let them soak. You can sub in broth for the water if you like.

Cover pot, and set simmer until lentils are cooked to your taste. Serve hot, with a little bit of butter or sour cream. If you want to get portable, you can slather it on toast as well.

"Madam, I'm Adam." "Funnily enough, so am I."

Everyone is named Adam.

So, reading and writing one last paper (and oh, internet, why does it seem like everyone else is already done with finals? Are you trying to make me sad?)

This paper is on Irenaeus, for whom one of the major things that Christ accomplished in the Incarnation is the recapitulation of all things, summing creation from beginning to end in one person, and perfecting it. This is particularly egregious in his thoughts on the role of Christ as that of a "second Adam," who was supposed to come and redeem the humanity by doing the opposite of the first Adam, e.g. being obedient to die on the cross (a tree) while Adam had been disobedient in regards to not eating the forbidden fruit from a tree.

You know how things come in threes? I'm reading about Christ as a Second Adam, and taking a break, I poke around tvtropes, and I find something that was already booted around in my brain- Mary Shelley called Frankenstein's monster (who is not named Frankenstein, unless you're in movie or a later work where he is named Frankenstein) Adam. As in, a second Adam.

So that's Second Adam number two. And it's a coincidence, but it makes me wonder, honestly, if she had known about Irenaeus' writings. It wouldn't be impossible- Against Heresies was in publication for centuries. More likely, given the story, she just borrowed it from Adam #1, who also had a rather famous falling out with his creator, and used that.

And then I'm popping around, trying to get my fix of Harry/Marcone before Yuletide opens and lets out the new crop (30 requests in The Dresden Files bookverse alone! Woohoo!), and I revisited The Dresden Omens, by shiplizard, which features a crossover between The Dresden Files and Good Omens.

The Antichrist was named Adam, too, in Good Omens.

Just let that sink in. Three Second Adams. Three. Really? Really? People, a meaningful name is a wonderful thing, but there are limits to all good things.

Actually, this kind of makes me want to write a paper on the use of religiously-themed names as a method of characterization/ literary heritage, but that would be kind of insane as I have yet to finish the first paper. But enough time wasting, back to work.