I (Orin) heard on the radio this morning that at about 7am central-time America’s population surpasssed the 300,000,000 mark; supposedly it was a baby born near Atlanta that tipped us over. 300,000,000 is a lot. But we still have Montana and Alaska! (Sorry, folks, that’s the best I could do.)
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Happy Dictionary Day!
From Oxford University Press: NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — On October 16, people everywhere will beputting decorations on their dictionary trees, hiding dictionaries fordictionary hunts, proudly flying their dictionary flags, and goingdoor-to-door reading dictionary entries aloud for candy. Well, no. October 16 is National Dictionary Day, but the celebrationsaren’t that elaborate or widespread. Yet.…
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We regret to inform you…
Shannon and Orin both got our official emails letting us know our songs had not been selected as the NCYC 2006 theme song. We had lots of company, at least, some 25 others weren’t picked either. Ah well. To listen to Orin’s submission, check the audio blog Gcast thingy over on the left. To hear…
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For our esoteric readers
The Nietzsche Family Circus From the site: The Nietzsche Family Circus pairs a randomized Family Circus cartoon with a randomized Friedrich Nietzsche quote. Hours of fun for the whole family! The caption I got with the cartoon on the left was: A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the…
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Dear Dad,
A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to “Dad”. With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.Dear Dad, It…
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Cards vs. Mets
So, last week we talked briefly about the Catholic signifigance of Cards vs. Padres, this week it’s Cards vs. Mets. “So what” you ask. Well, Mets is short for Metropolitans, and while we’re sure the team isn’t named for them (pretty sure anyway), Metropolitans, in the Catholic Church, are basically what we know as archbishops.…
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Sacramental Techno-Gadgets
A conversation at the end of class at Aquinas tonight. Jack, seeing me check my email on my Treo asked if I could get sports scores too. I quickly showed him the Detroit-Oakland game score. In awe, Jack said: Jack: That thing’s cool. [pause] Almost sacramental.Orin: You can’t download grace.Jack: [with a twinkle in his…