I love the scary message from the State.
“In the guidance released Tuesday evening, the education agency said students, teachers or school districts participating in ‘inappropriate political activism’ could face the following consequences: […] Students being marked absent and districts losing state funding.” (source)
My brothers and sisters, big scary liberal Austin ISD done already marked kids as an unexcused absence if they walked out.
The Friday before the mission week rolled around. During the day, nothing exciting too place. I caught up on a couple of e-mails, sent some postal mail. Really, there was nothing exciting to mention. Around 5 p.m., Vanessa and Teeney, a student from Texas A&M who had previously served at St. Peter’s, arrived from The…
I first heard this idea from the Open Book blog mentioning a similar practice held at St. Meinrad’s Archabbey. I tweaked it a bit and present it below. I’ll note that it is not practical for virtually all parish settings and would be best used in a communal-life setting. The Vigil begins in the normal…
I am slowly making the switch from Microsoft Outlook to various open-source applications. As part of my migration from Outlook to Thunderbird for e-mail, I have decided to give myself the option of secure e-mail. My public pgp key can be found online. You can use this key to verify that e-mails sent by me…
On what is very much becoming an annual experience, I spent last week in Bapchule, Arizona serving at the St. Peter’s Indian Mission. Last year, I was a retreat leader for the Jr. High retreat aspect of the Vacation Bible School staffed by Sts. Simon and Jude parish in The Woodlands, TX. The parish had…
Today, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI gave the pallium, a yoke made of wool, to the newest metropolitan archbishops. This symbol of jursidiction, Pope Benedict XVI said, is an expression of their common responsibility before the “Arch-Shepherd” Jesus Christ. Also at this Mass was a delegation from the Orthodox Church…
[Originally published related to INF312/STS311] Another assignment for my i312 course. The short animated film explained the basic process of data transfer over a network and the Internet. First and foremost, I learned that data packets are boxy little devices that are routed by robotic arms and moving platforms. In all seriousness, the process of…
