Category: Reflections
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Google’s AI Will Call Places For You
This video from Google I/O today is mind-blowing. In it, Google shows off an in-development feature where Google Assistant will call some places to interact with someone on your behalf. “Google, please make me an appointment for a haircut on Tuesday.” Ideally, I would expect Google to interact with an API that ties into the…
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For The Love of The Game
It has taken me almost 25 years to start getting over the 1994 baseball strike.
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Honoring Papaw
After my grandfather passed away late last year at 98 years old, his “retirement job” of 31 years, named a building after him.
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Peace in 2018
Today is January 1st, which in the Catholic tradition in the Solemnity for Mary, Mother of God and, since the 1960s, World Day of Peace. Global peace is a hard nut to crack and something I feel powerless to directly impact. But, for 2018, I pray that we all can create for ourselves a little…
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20 Years
I’ve struggled with what to write to mark 20 years since my dad died. It’s probably the most common regular topic I’ve written about over the years. Earlier this month, a very close friend lost his mother. A few days ago, I talked heart-to-heart with another friend who lost his father earlier in the year.…
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Two Explosions Kill at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but they came weeks before Pope Francis is to visit the country. Source: Two Explosions Kill at Least 31 at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday As we pile into the car to head to Palm Sunday Mass ourselves, the absolute senselessness of violence, and…