Yesterday afternoon, I had a few minutes free, having let my class go early on the first day. I stopped into the Diocesan Offices, mostly just to say hi to folks. While there, I ran into Karen Bota, Diocesan Communications director. We chatted about the terrible effects of Hurricane Katrina and then Karen mentioned an interview that she had heard ( Read more... )

I should have seen it coming. Why does it surprise me that, once again, the religious right has shown itself to be full of hate and anger? Michael Marcavage, director of the extremist Repent America, has posted on his website that Hurricane Katrina's destruction in New Orleans is an act of God in punishment of homosexuality and licentious behavior ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, September 1, has been designated as a day for bloggers to raise awareness and funds for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Emily has been conversing on AIM with Jeremy Daum, my neice Elizabeth's significant other. Jeremy and nieces Elizabeth and Sarah used to live in New Orleans. Jeremy reports that many of the magnificent historical ( Read more... )

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I checked out the online New York Times download site yesterday. For 75 cents, I can download the entire edition of the times and read it offline. So, while visiting the local free internet coffee place here in Gladwin, I downloaded the Thursday edition, took it back to the house and read it. This morning, I decided to see how it would work with a ( Read more... )

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

When I heard the learn’d astronomer
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add,
     divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured
     with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became ( Read more... )

Okay, for those reading this on Livejournal, I've made some changes to the way I am handling my blog entries at the Church Website. Any new entries I make at jofchurch.org will now be automagically posted also at Livejournal. That way, my friends from there can continue to read the (few) posts that I make without having to check the jofchurch site ( Read more... )

Just in case you want to read it, I've updated my blog at the church website. Click here...

I'll probably figure out a way to do this automatically (if one exists) but for now I'll just put a link here when I have updated my Church blog. For anyone who feels like reading it, click here...