Not much to report on the research front today, unless you feel like reading really boring details about prospective suffixes in Late Biblical Hebrew. I was able to start writing the paper today and got about six pages done. This is something I have been thinking about for several months, so when I finally got to a research library everything started falling into place.

I did want to make a plug for a type of software. I got a free copy of Microsoft OneNote, a note taking program. I have been using it to take all of my research notes for the last eight months, and it is so wonderful to have everything right at hand when I need it. It arranges things well, and I can create subpages, do searches within the notes, and mark things that I need to come back to later. So, when I started writing the paper, it was simply a matter of organizing the materials into paper format. I wish it had better bibliographic tools, but other than that it works well.

Now, I am not necessarily endorsing OneNote on this. I just happen to use that one because I got it for free. What I am endorsing is this type of software, as it is a big step over taking notes in word processing files. There are several other note taking programs out there, including some that are open source and are therefore free. If you are a scholar or a student and have not tried one, you might want to take a look at it.

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