Author: Brandon Kraft

auto-destruct dvd (story from the bbc) pope takin’ a drive (story from zenit) going postal down under (story from ABC-AU) I have three sites for you today- one a new twist on the video rental arena, another… well, it’s a messy topic and then lastly, what a slow news day looks like for the Vatican.…

Giant preschoolers wrestle, eat ice cream (story from cnn) Injured dog limps to hospital (story from cnn) Man wakes up after 20 year coma (story from cnews) Sony Recalls 18,000 Laptops (story from reuters uk) ::giant:: Whoa. Everything in this issue is from free sites so I won’t recap it too much. This preschooler is…

Wow, talk about a long week folks. This was the first week of the Summer II semester at Midwestern State University and simply put, it was long. Classes start at 7 am- I’ve never had a regular, every day event at that time so getting used to such a radical schedule has been something else…

Summer Holidays Are a Time to Rediscover Interior Life, Says Pope VATICAN CITY, JULY 6, 2003 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II says that summer vacation is a good time to rediscover the authentic values of the spirit. “Numerous occupations and the accelerated speed of life at times make it difficult to cultivate this important spiritual dimension,”…

I went down today to Rother’s Bookstore today to purchase my books for the Summer II term at MSU. The books- all used- cost me $229.33! That’s more than the entire long semester (fall and spring) at UT!! It included a dissection kit. I never realized the university wouldn’t provide lab tools. That just bothers…

Mishap Mars Opening of Constitution Museum (registration required) This tripped me out. There was a new constitutional museum being dedicated and opening yesterday up in Philadelpha. From the story: The opening of the National Constitution Center, a museum devoted to the United States Constitution, was marred today when a huge wood and steel frame collapsed,…