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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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bush lets libby slide?
I just read that President Bush is commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby because the jail time was “excessive”. Of course he would think it is excessive—screwing up and having to take the blame for it seems excessive to our President. I think mandatory minimums are excessive most of the time, but I doubt President…
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moto proprio for 1962 missal is confirmed on the highest level
The English translation of the daily Vatican bulletin hasn’t been released yet and I don’t know Italian, but it is obvious what this entry is concerning. For literally over a year now, there has been rumors all over the place about a Moto Proprio (a papal declaration made on “his own initiative”) that would “liberate”…
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vanessa has a job!
I’ve been holding back on posting about this, but I just can’t anymore. On Friday, Vanessa received a call from Meals on Wheels and More of Austin offering her a job! She formally accepted the offer today and so now everything is official. She has an apartment, a roommate, a job, a boyfriend. What else…
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pope benedict modifed rules for electing a pope
Today, Pope Benedict XVI issued a Motu Proprio, or a declaration of his own initiative, declaring that the Catholic Church will return to the traditional norms for electing a Pope. Pope John Paul II previously declared that, instead of a 2/3rd majority to elect a Pope, that only an absolute majority was needed after a…
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opt-out of those annoying credit card offers
Are you annoyed at the endlesss “pre-approved” credit card offers that flood your mailbox? I am. For awhile, I was writing “remove from list” and sending the application back to them in their postage-paid envelopes, but that was still leading to a ton of paper waste, extra mail through the USPS and my time. I…
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mt 4
I’m installing a beta version of the CMS that I use for this site. Expect some interesting activity. Update: I fixed the issues that prevented me from posting new entries. I’m running into problems with a subroutine in the template.pm file. At this point, it is preventing me from editing a couple of template entries…