Orin passed his comprehensive exams! With honors! And is turning in his major paper this week! And will be done! DONE DONE DONE! And likes exclamation points! A lot!!! Gracie is the same color as the floor. The end.
Category: AI
AI
With One Final Click…
…of the “submit” button, Orin has finished his last class at Aquinas Institute of Theology. Yay! While happy and relieved, there is still the matter (in the Spring) of the major paper and the written and oral exit exams… But still! Classroom lectures, note-taking, etc. things of the past! When I started school, I posted…
AI, family, odd
Erin (H) Saves the World in Her Own Unique Way
Orin’s wife, Erin H, is changing the format of her blog a bit. Right now she has this amusing story posted: For Church History I we were assigned a ginormous annotated bibliography to help us further along our research. I was having some trouble finding recent enough scholarship on the Early Irish Church, when I…
AI, odd
Many Ford Escorts
The other day, Orin drove to school, and parked in the garage in his usual spot, and noticed that his spot was between two other Ford Escorts. Like many of Orin’s stories, that’s about all there is to this one. Enjoy.
AI, announcements, friends
Congrats, AI Graduates!
Peering out from behind the pillar is Timothy Radcliffe, OP, speaker at AI‘s graduation Friday. Congrats to all graduates (Orin plans to be one next year), including Oddblog friend Michael (here, with Radcliffe):
AI, catholicism, joke
Usually in humor is a hint of truth
I might preface this joke two ways: 1) Aquinas Institute is a Domincan school, and 2) It’s possibly only Orin finds this funny. Saints Dominic, Francis and Ignatius of Loyola are transported back in time and place to the Birth of Our Lord. St. Dominic, seeing the Incarnation of the Word, is sent into ecstasy.…
AI, family
Hint: he’s wearing a burgandy shirt
So, Orin’s image finally made it on to the Aquinas Institute of Theology website. While not the focus of the image, he’s at least glad that there is some visual record of his ever being there. Can you find him?Here’s the original page.Here’s our post from a long time ago when Orin’s wife made the…