03 Mar
WheelieCatholic was nice enough to tag me on this. Don’t think I should have done it at work; the results are perhaps not quite average:
Rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
Improving Online Public Access Catalogs, by Martha M. Yee and Sara Shatford Layne.
2. Open the book to page 123.
Got it. (Just [...]
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28 Feb
From a Web site whose anonymity I am protecting:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Next drawing is on Saturday, February 30, 2008
Ummm, okay. I won’t count on winning, then….
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28 Feb
Just perfect. I’m not a mom, but I had one. So I know this is the real deal:
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25 Jun
Random comments from my DC conference / tourist experience:
Went to vigil Mass at St. Patrick. Actually heard the priest preach about the sanctity of life! “This passage shows clearly that God is in love with us from the womb. … We must love life from the womb. It is just that simple.”
Today was a day [...]
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18 Apr
We’re out of plastic bags (imprinted with our name and hours– promotion meets protection). So… it’s raining hard for the first time in days and days. How much would you like to bet that by the time the new bag order shows up we’ll be in clear skies?
The first bus I tried to catch this [...]
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16 Apr
We all are, I suppose.
Even for those not directly involved, the effects of the shooting will endure. Pray for healing, and as best you can, pray also for the shooter, who is in the hands of God.
Events like these — (and how sad it is that I can actually write “events like these”!) underscore the [...]
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03 Apr
I “happened” to miss the bus the morning, so I went across the street to pick up some lunch from the deli in the grocery. (That’s faster than going out to eat, if not cheaper.) The woman in the lane behind me was buying a stuffed animal and birthday flowers and balloons.
The cashier asked who [...]
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