Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Austin, TX

Education

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)

  • discovering that they are loved by God…

    Ed. Note: This marks my 500th post on this blog. I probably should figure out my organizational structure soon! Discovering that they are loved by God, people come to understand their own transcendent dignity, they learn not to be satisfied with only themselves but to encounter their neighbour in a network of relationships that are…

  • god and violence

    I’m not here to voice support for Pope Benedict XVI’s statements in Germany that has caused the uproar in the Muslim community. Nor am I here to dictate to the Pontiff that he should apologize or do anything else. The point of his speech was to focus on God and violence as being incompatible. Violence…

  • ohio state fans weren’t too bad

    PARKING LOT 108, 1500 Block Assault by Contact: An unknown subject wearing Ohio State shirt entered into the parking lot. When told that the parking lot was full, the subject drove past the parking attendant and entered the lot yelling “I have a pass.” After parking his vehicle, the subject walked past the attendant and…

  • pope’s parents met through single ad

    According to the Catholic News Agency, Pope Benedict XVI’s parents met through a singles ad in a Catholic publication. Perhaps, more interesting, he didn’t know it himself until recently discovered. London, Sep. 11, 2006 (CNA) – Pope Benedict XVI and his brother, Fr. Georg Ratzinger, 82, were surprised to learn this week that their parents,…

  • septemeber 11, 2001

    Today in the blogosphere every website seems to be posting reflections upon the events that took place five years ago today. When the planes hit the two towers of the World Trade Center, I was outside in the parking lot of Hirschi High School practicing the marching set in band. We finished our practice and…

  • the new facebook

    Have you all seen the new Facebook. It is rather freaky. The format points out everything that changes with your friends. I read that two people ended their relationship and a little while later, one of them changed their relationship status from “In a relationship…” to “Single”. I can now know when two people become…