After far too much wasted time on Wikipedia, I wound up at the statement that “in the process of forgetting, memories fragment and gist and verbatim traces can become independent.” Time to revisit Augustine of Hippo, perhaps. The latter part of his Confessions address […]
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Fiesta de Santiago – Año Santo Jacobeo 2010
On the western ecclesiastical calendar, July 25 is the feast of St. James the Apostle, son of Zebedee. Any year that his feast falls on a Sunday is considered a year of jubilee, a holy year — Año Santo. For this reason, millions of […]
fun times
Several months ago I walked into a computer shop that specializes in Apple goodies and bought a copy of Snow Leopard. Finally this week I had gathered the necessary gear and gumption and settled in to install OS X on my ASUS 901 EeePC. […]
Canada Day in Montreal
The Parish Life Conference begins today, and here I am in beautiful sunny Montreal. The view from the 28th floor includes the St. Lawrence River, but I think this evening I’ll head up the mountain to catch some fireworks. From there we should be […]
HELP !!!
The other day I received an email from an old friend of mine. He was mugged while on vacation in the UK — no more credit cards, cash, or bank card — and needed quick financial assistance. The problem is, this friend of mine […]
R.I.P.
Grandpa breathed his last a few hours after his grandchildren came to visit him in the hospital. He was one month short of his 91st birthday.
Such Playful Thoughts
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. In his acceptance speech, he wrote the following: One day Dostoevsky threw out the enigmatic remark: “Beauty will save the world”. There’s just one problem. Dostoevsky never said any such thing. This quote […]
