When I was a kid, the rumor was that the school district superintendent would decide to have a snow day based on how fast his dog came back to the door when he was let out for his morning constitutional. I could see that being true in the early 90s. If it were true now, we’d have a livestream cam on that dog to see if he’d take a shit or run back inside.
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Preparing For Lent
Lent is just around the corner, starting with Ash Wednesday on March 9th. Vanessa and I are starting to plan our Lenten observances and there is one thing that is common this year to every year. When we decide to give up something for Lent, we never want to start early. Lately, I’ve been spending…
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Austin Catholic New Media now live!
The website for Austin Catholic New Media went live a few hours ago. I have an introductory blog post online on the site soon, but it will be a great tool for exploring the intersection of the Catholic world with today’s new media. Add the feed to your reader, follow them on Twitter, like them…
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Maria Catalina
On Monday night, after O went to sleep, V told me “I think it might be time.” We started timing contractions–10 minutes apart. We called the on-call OB for V’s doctor’s practice. He tells us to wait until they are five apart, then go to the hospital. They start inching closer to five. At 7…
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Flashing Yellow Coming To You?
The way we turn left in Texas, or at least how we know when to turn, may be changing in Texas if the Federal Highway Administration get their wishes. In signal-controlled intersection with dedicated left-turn lights, we’re used to the following, or some similar variation: RED “ball”: Stop. YELLOW “ball”: Light is changing to red.…
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Almost Zero Hour
We’re due February 16th. That’s not very long from now. There’s plenty to do, but at the same time, we’ve been through it before so it’ll be fine. In all of the final preparations for the new one, I hadn’t stopped to reflect on Olivia in a few months. I still have this mindset of…
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Not really a cool time
I just wanted to make a quick note that it is currently 11:11:11 a.m. on 1/11/11. I just read some folks getting excited by it all. No. I’m waiting until November for a random, pointless post about a moment in time that doesn’t make any difference in the world. Umm… ignore this post though… this…