As you might have expected by now, American Airlines has not found my guitar. If you aren’t up on this story, click here. Seeing no other choice, I went through a local music store and found a guitar that I really liked. I’ve used it a few times and am already in love with it.…
Year: 2006
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Uh-huh.
“Fr. Willmar was saing Mass and he was having trouble. He said, ‘There’s something wrong with this mic.’ And Sr. Arvonne said, ‘And also with you.’” From a Garrison Keillor Story, quote seen in the NCR
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The dog’s name is Mary
Here’s an email I (Orin) got from my dad the other day. Yes, this is the entire email: Hi Orin and Erin. Just to let you know that Erick was elected mayor and thedog next door got 5 votes. DAD You see, in my hometown of Tyler, Minnesota, no one had filed to run for…
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Babies! Babies! Babies!
New life is all around us! Oddwalk would like to congratulate several family members and friends on their new babies: -Elizabeth Leahy, a cousin of Shannon, and her husband Brendan welcomed their son, Griffin. -Kim Distler, another cousin of Shannon, and her husband Greg welcomed Molly. -Ricky and Tania Willmann, friends of the Oddwalk family,…
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New Oddwalk Web Banner
If anyone wants to link to us (we’re very popular, you know), that’s always more than welcome. A text link is fine, but you can always use our logo (top-left of the page) or this new web banner: Make sure to click on it first to get the higher-quality, right-sized version – Cheers!
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Coodies, and another Treo-loving Catholic artist
Ryan Meyers is a Catholic musician and absolutely loves his treo! Orin has blogged here often about his… Ryan wrote about one particular game he plays on his that I’ve been looking for for a long time, mostly because my wife Erin now also has a treo and loves loves loves an old Nintendo game,…
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Culture Gap between Rome and America
“Another classic instance [of the culture gap] is differing attitudes towards law. For Anglo-Saxons, law is a lowest common denominator of civil behavior, and hence we assume that laws are meant to be obeyed. If we find that people aren’t obeying a given law, it’s a problem, and we either crack down or change the…
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David and the Pope
Our friend David Muñoz, that’s him on the left, sent us a couple picture of the Pope visiting the Gregorian (in Rome), the school where he (and many others) are studying. David will be ordained a Priest for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate someday (that’s the religious order that owns and operates the Shrine where…