Author: Brandon Kraft
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The Final Week
Now that we’ve celebrated the Sixth Sunday of Lent, which is actually Palm Sunday, so now past almost all of Lenten journey toward Easter. I pray that it was a beneficial one for you. Mine… well… let’s say that it started with me enjoying a homemade pizza on the First Friday of Lent, complete with turkey pepperoni. It…
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Whale Beached on South 1st
Today, I was planning to pick up a friend on South 1st (an arterial route south from downtown) near Barton Springs when he called telling me to “look out for the beached whale on South 1st”. Since Austin, much less South 1st, is 200 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, yet he told me to…
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Prayers Requested – Fr. Jesse Euresti
Details are sketchy, but pray for Fr. Jesse Euresti, pastor of Cristo Rey parish in Austin, who is scheduled to retire in May. His family via KXAN are reporting that his home in Nuevo Laredo (newly purchased and where he plans to live in retirement) was found with his alarm off, garage door open, knife…
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for April
His general intention is “That the Lord may bless the farmers with an abundant harvest and sensitise the richer populations to the drama of hunger in the world.” His mission intension is “That the Christians who work in areas where the conditions of the poor, the weak and the women and children are most tragic,…
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Google Apps Mail Now With Themes!
In a “Gmail already had it for awhile” update, Google Apps appears to be adding Themes support (screenshot above). I only noticed this on one of four Google Apps accoutns I have, although this particular account had a glitch which held back Gmail Labs for months after other Apps users saw it. Maybe a olive…
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Congrats New Mexico!
Last week, Vanessa and I were in Santa Fe on vacation. A couple of the headline’s mention that all eyes were on Governor Bill Richardson as he decided whether or not to sign a bill that would end the death penalty in the state. New Mexico House Bill 285 ( full-text, pdf) was signed, making New…