Virginia Tech I'm not in a jolly mood. I'm not remotely acquainted with anyone at Virginia Tech, and I'm not the type who appropriates another's tragedy for his own emotional indulgence, but I'm a little numb at news that 33 are dead
The Tuesday Eudemon Evidence that America's TV watchers are, indeed, unintelligent: "Predictions that DVRs would kill off TV ads appear to be off the mark: Nielsen reports that viewers watch 40 percent of the commercials they could skip [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200705/calendar]." (Atlantic link) Religious irony
Easter Monday Rough but enjoyable Easter. We got to bed later than usual Saturday evening due to Easter eve high spirits. At 5:50 a.m., Michael came in and announced that Max (3) had vomited. I got up and dealt with that (without swearing once, proof that there's extra
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Holy Saturday Good Friday processions in pictures [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6534171.stm]. Via Godspy [http://www.godspy.com/]. Pictures at Yahoo! [http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/033002pope;_ylt=AneLpTHyEFr8LrzD3XdSkggFO7gF] __________ Pretty cool: pictorial history of the TV [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/
Speed in the Cathedral My most-recent piece at CE [http://www.catholicexchange.com/en/node/60539]. Excerpt: > Speed and efficiency are the products of the new technology. We use the new technology, we become speedier and more efficient. We also start valuing speed and efficiency. I know I have, often to the point
Something for Good Friday “The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His.” George MacDonald
Podcasts Disappearing Can anyone help me solve this problem: Podcasts on my iPod disappear. I download them, listen to them, and then they later disappear off my iPod. It's not a situation in which I delete them from my iTunes library and then my iPod syncs (matches) whatever is in
Holy Thursday Brief blogging today. I'm gearing up for Holy Week (up late watching The Passion last night), and Charter is again malfunctioning. Pages are either loading slower than a caveman solving a Rubik's cube or not loading at all. More "Media Has No Effect on People&
The Wednesday Eudemon Not sure I see the problem [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54997]: > At least 100 employees of the Texas Youth Commission have a felony charge or warrant in their backgrounds, and some have convictions, and while spokesman Jim Hurley says they now are being identified,