I was looking at the Mass schedules for the cathedral and for Sacred Heart to find a Mass to go to this morning, and the 11 AM Mass at Sacred Heart will be in Swahili! I think I'll be going there ( Read more... )

Since this place is in a valley, there were two things I didn't expect. First, the place was layered. There were several layers. I had parked at the top, and I kept looking out over the place and scrambling down snowy icy sloped to get to a lower level. Second, arriving late in the afternoon meant that the sun had already gone below the ( Read more... )

I drove across the border into Oregon to take a look at an abandoned factory. I thought it was a cement factory (I think there's one a couple miles further west), but there were signs indicating a place name of Lime, so it might have been a lime manufacturing or mining facility. I didn't want to park on the road by the plant, so I drove past it ( Read more... )

Unlike jadeejf's parents, Dad's tech savvy. And has been trying to troubleshoot a webcam by initiating a video conference on Skype with me, all night.

I did have a nice video chat with my nephews Sunday night when they visited. If short--I was trying to get grades done.

I've seen the future, and it is now.

There's what looks like the ruin of an old cement plant or something here (google Satellite map; you can see it from above), just off the interstate (which is how I know it's there), about an hour and a half from here ( Read more... )

St. Paul's is closed because the semester ended, so I had to go elsewhere for Mass today. I had intended to go to the cathedral, but I didn't leave in time, so I went to the grocery store and then to Sacred Heart on the way home ( Read more... )

I was sitting at my borrowed desk yesterday, and the guy in the desk beside me was making small talk. (I try not to be here during the day because it's just a borrowed desk, so I haven't had much of an opportunity to talk with him ( Read more... )

I revert to being a night owl way too quickly. As soon as class is over--even for a weekend--all of a sudden, I'm a night owl. Except when I have a quiz bowl tournament, I guess ( Read more... )

We're giving presentations this week (and next--they tend to take a while) in Arabic class. One person gave her presentation on an Iranian painter, Iman Maleki.

http://imanmaleki.com/

He's a realist, and he has done some pretty neat stuff.

( Some of my favorites )

It's been a busy year, in terms of visitors. Rick and a friend were through last night and left again this morning. That makes 9 people who have come over 4-5 visits this year, after having only one before this summer. They were planning to come Tuesday, but he had to stay an extra day to do some final instructions for his replacement, so he ( Read more... )