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…
Month: October 2007
announcements, haiku challenge, oddwalkia
Haiku Challenge IV
Hey, we haven’t done this in a while (here are rounds I, II, & III)! The rules are simple – a haiku is composed with three lines, of syllable-lengths 5-7-5. Add yours in the comments, below. Your haiku must begin with the last word of the one just before yours. You may play more than…
announcements, music
Keep In Mind
On Tuesday, October 9, 2007, Reverend Lucien Deiss, CSSp, celebrated what he often referred to as “the most joyful day of my life” in returning home to be with his Lord. Fr. Deiss, a native of France and resident of the Seminaire des Missiones in Larue, France, was during his lifetime a pastor, liturgist, author,…
oddwalkia, poll
Another New Look
You might have noticed that we’ve done another facelift here at the Oddblog. Let us know what you think of it by voting in the OddPoll over in the sidebar: What do you think of this look for the Oddblog? – Groovy! Keep it.– Eh.– Bring back one of the older ones!– Hey, I ordered…
merchandise, odd, oddwalkia, travel
Why Do Shannon’s Blog Post Titles Always Contain Bad Puns?
Or, “I’m Tire”d, Part II (by Orin) Saturday Morning, Oddwalk hopped in their rental car and drove 5 hours west to Cedar Rapids, IA for a middle school rally, themed “SuperGod” as evidenced by the picture of the team members’ shirts. Oddwalk had a great time, and a couple pictures will help tell the story.…
odd, oddwalkia, travel
I’m "Tire"d (Part 1 of this weekend’s saga)
Before starting this post, I would just like to say that Orin and I are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to do what we do. If it weren’t for the growth of our ministry, none of the following would be possible: So…Thursday morning, Orin and I led music for the all-school Mass at Althoff…
holiday, odd
An Early Start to Halloween
Returning to the Shrine after a long weekend (more about that to be posted here soon, just you wait), Orin opened his unusually shut door, only to discover this little person waiting for him behind his desk. Some of the staff for Youth Sing Praise had been sorting through costumes and props this weekend, and…