Every Bible verse

The other day I asked the Internet for a ranked list of Bible verses. Not just the top 10 or top 100 or top 1000 verses (many sites offer those kinds of lists): I don't care what "top" means to some random website; I want to find out what verses are referred to the most (and least) in the great big modern textual medium of Internetwebbery.

Completely un-find-able.

No problem: I'll just run some kind of quick query. Iterate over every verse in every chapter in every book in the minimal Protestant canon (I'll get to the apocryphal and deuterocanonical books later) - and ask the Internet how many times people are talking about it. Make a list, two dimensions wide: Verse versus popularity.

Two problems immediately emerged: First, that asking the Internet to compare two search terms may be easy (Google Trends and, deeper, Google Correlate will do this) - but asking to count results many terms is hard. Simply invoking google.com/search?q=some+term will fail in most kinds of automated script: You must be an interactive human sitting at a real web browser for it to work (it's part of their terms of service). Other search engines have similar restrictions: Multiple on-demand comparison metrics is part of what makes an Internet search engine valuable and it is usually not allowed to be requested in bulk and on-demand for proprietary reasons if not for simply practical ones. (How difficult would it be to offer a free Internet search service to the entire world if everyone who felt like running a million-curl-requests-a-second script was permitted to?)

I should have anticipated this first obstacle. (It is such an obstacle - and drifts interestingly near willfully violating search engine terms of service that I will reserve its solution for follow-up discussion.)

The second problem is more surprising: That it is hard to find a simple, plaintext list of every Bible verse.

I thought surely someone had a simple, flat enumeration - the whole set - an entire collection of "Genesis 1:1" on through to "Revelation 22:21".

Nope.

So here you go:

Least popular verse

According to the Internet, Acts 28:23 is the least popular verse in the entire book.

So I'm going to memorize it. And Acts 27:43 (comparably unpopular).



(Acts 1:2 and Acts 3:4 are probably the most popular based on statistics. I like that 1,2,3,4 kind of progression. Yet I despise statistics.... Conundrum!)

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

720-270-4547

Categorized as "spam phone calls". (If I know you, I am sorry to miss your telephone call. I am also sorry not to have your name and phone number well-maintained in my contacts list. Please reach out to me again. Be sure to leave a voice mail and I'll try to get back to you - and update my records.)

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

719-387-8128

719-280-4007

303-369-9152

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

720-270-2978

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

970-344-0400

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

1-855-855-4419

(855) 855-4419

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

719-280-4007
970-344-0400
719-247-6838

719-249-1315
719-377-6738
855-653-4481

406-686-9677

408-342-1343
401-343-9764
703-679-3500
719-423-6001
855-653-4481

215-586-4530
720-403-9442
803-408-9761
786-509-6469

Categorized as "spam phone calls". (If I know you, I am sorry to miss your telephone call. I am also sorry not to have your name and phone number well-maintained in my contacts list. Please reach out to me again. Be sure to leave a voice mail and I'll try to get back to you - and update my records.)

Crummy cold calls (incoming telephone numbers not in my contacts list)

2016-08-08 - to my R. Wireless phone - 201-590-1595
2016-08-03 - to my R. Wireless phone - 855-552-2508
2016-08-02 - to my R. Wireless phone - 215-586-4530

2016-08-08 - to my R. Wireless phone - 201-590-1595
2016-08-09 - to my R. Wireless phone - 206-540-5271
2016-08-13 - to my R. Wireless phone - 720-276-1776
2016-08-16 - to my R. Wireless phone - 719-314-2560

2016-08-17 - to G. Voice - 224-244-7608
2016-08-18 - to G. Voice - 720-549-4431
2016-09-07 - to R. W. phone - 720-307-0912

2016-09-10 - to R. W. phone - 385-243-7063
2016-09-14 - to R. W. phone - 650-753-5471
2016-09-14 - to R. W. phone - 720-270-4769
2016-09-14 - to R. W. phone - 720-577-1915
2016-09-15 - to R. W. phone - 650-753-5471
2016-09-16 - to R. W. phone - 720-270-5561
2016-09-16 - to R. W. phone - 720-683-4293
2016-09-16 - to R. W. phone - 720-334-7730
2016-09-20 - to R. W. phone - 714-242-3263
2016-09-21 - to R. W. phone - 720-577-1982
2016-09-26 - to R. W. phone 720-683-4293 # wrong number

2016-09-28 - 720-683-4293
2016-09-30 - 240-383-7625
2016-09-30 - 720-205-4028
2016-09-30 - 510-864-7400
2016-10-01 - 720-458-1612
2016-10-03 - 720-683-4293
2016-10-03 - 720-344-4482
2016-10-04 - 360-214-3595 with VM
2016-10-04 - 720-388-3229 with VM
2016-10-04 - 256-743-6005
2016-10-05 - 408-342-1344
2016-10-07 - 720-683-4293


2016-11-09 - 720-639-7731
2016-11-09 - 720-569-7460

2016-12-05 - 303-573-1302

2016-12-07 - 303-369-9152
2016-12-07 - 855-566-0204 debt collector (wrong number - not actually collecting from me)

2016-12-08 - 720-281-1154
2016-12-08 - 720-454-3093
2016-12-08 - 720-281-1154
2016-12-08 - 720-454-3093
2016-12-10 - 719-280-4003
2016-12-11 - 970-496-4000
2016-12-12 - 510-864-7400

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Usually no voice mail or a voice mail with silence or call center noise and then hang up.

Categorized as "spam phone calls". (If I know you, I am sorry to miss your telephone call. I am also sorry not to have your name and phone number well-maintained in my contacts list. Please reach out to me again. Be sure to leave a voice mail and I'll try to get back to you - and update my records.)

Voting in Aurora, Colorado, USA (80013)

The ballot as it came to me, annotated for researching the candidates and issues.  I researched the federal level least (it is easy to find information about these candidates).

(Press "Refresh"/F5 often; I'm editing this as new information comes up.  Let me know if you have any details that I lack: http://facebook.com/brian.flannery/posts/10154724170475401.)

• Federal
• United States Senator
• Mark Udall (D), Cory Gardner (R), Gaylon Kent (Libertarian), Raúl Acosta (Unaffiliated, signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 terms), Bill Hammons (Unity), Steve Shogan (Unaffiliated)
   
• Represenative to the 114th United States Congress - District 6
• Mike Coffman (R), Andrew Romanoff (D), Gary Swing (Green), Norm Olsen (Libertarian)
   
• State
• Governor/Lieutenant Governor
• Bob Beauprez + Jill Repella (R), John Hickenlooper + Joe Garcia (D), Hempy [1] + Olson (Green), Hess + Young (Libertarian), Dunafon + Roberts (Unaffiliated), Fiorino + Whitley (Unaffiliated)
   
• Secretary of State
• Joe Neguse (D), Wayne W. Williams (R), Amanda Campbell (American Constitution), Dave Schambach (Libertarian)
   
• State Treasurer
• Walker Stapleton (R), Betsy Markey (D), David Jurist (Libertarian)
   
• Attorney General
• Don Quick (D), Cynthia Coffman (R), David K. Williams (Libertarian)
   
• Regent of the University of Colorado - Congressional District 6 [info]
• Naquetta Ricks (D), John Carson (R)
   
• State Representative - District 40
• John Buckner (D), JulieMarie A. Shepherd (R), Geoff Hierholz (Libertarian)
   
• County
• County Clerk and Recorder [info] [info]
• Joan Lopez (D), Matt Crane (R)
• County Treasurer
• Sue Sandstrom (R), Doug Milliken (D)
• County Assessor [info]
• Corbin Sakdol (R), PK Kaiser (D) [info]
• County Sheriff [info]
• David C. Walcher (R) [info], Tyler Scott Brown (D)
• County Coroner
• Kelly C. Lear-Kaul (R), (no others)
   
• Retain Judges
• Spreadsheet analyzing the retention advice for each judge.
• http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/evaluations-2014/
• http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/know-your-judge-citizen-input-on-districtcounty-judges-2014/
   
• Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
• Brian D. Boatright, Monica M. Marquez
   
• Court of Appeals
• Terry Fox, Alan M. Loeb
   
• District Judge 18th Judicial District
• Michelle Ann Amico, F. Stephen Collins, Paul A. King, Charles M. Pratt, Gerald J. Rafferty, Theresa Michelle Slade, Elizabeth Beebe Volz, John L. Wheeler
   
• County Judge, Arapahoe
• Dana Elizabeth Murray, Cheryl Rowles-Stokes, Robert Charles Tobias, Darren Louis Vahle
   
• State of Colorado
• Big spending on amendments and propositions:  http://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-ballot-measures-rack-lions-share-state-level-political-ad-spending
   
• Amendment 67 (unborn "persons")
• info: http://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Definition_of_%22Personhood%22_Initiative,_Amendment_67_(2014)
• yes: (Google result for "aurora colorado 2014 amendment 67" has few results in favor of Amendment 67 besides the Colorado Right to Life website , "A Voice for Brady", and a rare neutral/clarification post.)
• no: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/amendment-67-dont-fooled-end-run-medical-rights-privacy/
   
• Amendment 68 (horse racetracks, school funds)
• info: http://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Horse_Racetrack_Limited_Gaming_Proceeds_for_K-12_Education,_Amendment_68_(2014)
• info: http://kdvr.com/2014/10/12/sorting-out-the-facts-and-fiction-surrounding-amendment-68/
• yes: http://washparkprophet.blogspot.com/2014/08/vote-yes-on-colorado-ballot-issue-68.html
• no: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/prop-68-dice-race-track-gambling-colorado/
• no: http://durangoherald.com/article/20140812/OPINION01/140819861/Amendment-68
   
• Proposition 104 (school meetings open to the public)
• info: http://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_School_Board_Open_Meetings,_Proposition_104_(2014)
• yes: http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_26681587/proposition-104-shines-light-teacher-contract-talks
• no: ?
   
• Proposition 105 (labeling genetically modified food)
• info: http://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Mandatory_Labeling_of_GMOs_Initiative,_Proposition_105_(2014)
• big money for ads:  http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/prop-105-food-label-measure-colorado-sparks-big-spending/
• yes: http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/10/im-voting-yes-105-label-gmo-foods/
• no: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/proposition-105-vote-recipe-disaster/
   
• City of Aurora
• (full text of all ballot issues and questions: [ballot.1], [ballot.2], [ballot.3])
• Ballot Issue 2A (increase tax on marijuana)
• info:
• yes: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/yes-2a-aurora-retail-marijuana-tax/
• no~ish: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/aurora-balks-adams-county-ballot-question-pot-tax/
• no: http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/3427/denver-greens-encourage-no-votes-on-marijuana-tax-proposals/
   
• Ballot Issue 2B (fund transportation)
• info: http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=27853#.VFgvM_nF9bE
  
  [...] [V]oters in the city of Aurora will decide whether to extend collection of a property tax to benefit transportation projects.
  Question 2B on the local ballot for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties will ask voters in the city of Aurora whether to continue collection of a 1.685-mill levy to pay for about $75 million in construction, maintenance and repairs to transportation infrastructure during the next 15 years.
  Projects benefiting from the tax would be determined by public meetings and citizen surveys.
  [...]

• yes: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/tooning-into-aurora/yes-2b-better-aurora-roads-without-new-taxes/
• no: ?
   
• Ballot Issue 2C (fund public safety)
• yes: http://www.aurorafirefighters.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&homeID=449284
• yes: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/editorial-little-things-election-can-make-big-difference/
• no: ?
   
• Ballot Question 2D (keeping of pit bulls)
• history: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/city-lawmakers-uphold-auroras-ban-pit-bulls/
• info: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26710906/auroras-repeal-pit-bull-ban-ballot
• yes: http://www.regbnb.org/aurora-co-yes-on-2d.html
• no: http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/proposition-2d-putting-end-auroras-dangerous-pit-bull-charade/

Notes:

• [1] Please agree that this is the perfect name for a Green party candidate (http://www.gp.org/fec/marijuana.html and http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/3427/denver-greens-encourage-no-votes-on-marijuana-tax-proposals/).
• 
  
• [ballot.1] https://www.auroragov.org/CityHall/ElectionsandPublicRecords/ElectionsandCampaigns/CurrentandUpcomingElections/index.htm
• [ballot.2] https://www.auroragov.org/cs/groups/public/documents/document/020665.pdf
• [ballot.3] http://www.arapahoevotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TABOR-Notice_2014_9_24_Layout.pdf

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Child drawing: Family of airplanes.

Mommy airplane with purse and hair-do, daddy airplane with fly swatter (see the fly?)
and baby airplane who has a teddy.

Child drawings: Elaborate plots.

Mermaid by a seahorse near an underwater city.  Also, a snowman on his side.

People taking a walk near a large (human-inhabitable) beaver's dam.

The princess and the frog, night and day.  That's not blood on her shirt.

Child drawings: Zoo

Pony.

All five Flannery kids, according to their designated colors, riding a hippo.  (And the number 3.)

Balloo bumping fruit off a tree.

Zebra and the word "fish" for some reason.  Not a zebrafish.

Whale with balloons in its tummy.

Frog with dinosaur at the museum.

Puppets.

Cookie Monster and his children (or else Bert and Ernie) with cookies in hand.

Child drawings: Birthday cake!

That's her braids in motion next to her head (motion lines, not sound lines).

Child drawings: Dog and cat.

Dog.

Cat.  (Saying "meow".)  A severed human hand on the letter 'C'.  Also, a fish, a blue rainbow with balloons, hearts, a whale and Lana hiding Easter eggs near an Easter basket.

Child drawing: Aladdin and Jasmine on a flying carpet.

Child drawings: Parents

In order:  Dad, Lana and Mom.  (Mom has short hair.)

Mommy with a baby in her belly and itchies (mysterious allergic rash, early 2011), next to dad.

Child drawings: Religion

Lana has been jumping into this Judeo-Christian legacy with both feet.  Some of her religious development overflows into her art:

Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea on dry ground with the water standing tall beside (including fish and a whale).

Jesus (glowing), a cross and an empty tomb.

When I asked her about this creepy crucifixion, she said it was just a mistake.  The holes in the hands are actually just the palms of the hands.  She forgot to draw fingers.  It's not Jesus or Spartacus; it's Lana.  Should've known from the smile and nervous eyes.

Child drawings: Vikings and monsters!

A girl viking with dragons.

A boy viking with scratches on his face.

Monster viking holding dirty baby bunny next to a moose (that looks like a small bird) in a big cave.

Another viking monster!

More viking monsters.  Those are the kind that speak in Spanish.

Child drawing: A pig's birthday, named Recess