Random Musings by Kraft

I was reading a bit this morning on Amtrak’s Julie. Julie is an automated phone system that responds to callers in a conversation-style. I know other companies, such as American Airlines and AT&T Wireless, have also dabbled in conversative automatic phone systems. Some of them work rather well while others make me curse out the…

It has been almost a month since I arrived back to Austin from my visit to Notre Dame. After spending a very wet week in Austin, I see pictures of the trip and wish to be back. The campus was simply beautiful. The fact that I’m a poorly traveled Texas boy is obvious when I…

As part of my personal mission for the website, I include from time to time various things that I wish to be accessable whenever or whereever I may be in an easy-to-acquire form. Some items I feel could benefit others and thus are also posted to the public. I was given a Manual of Prayers,…

Tonight was Lambda Omega Alpha‘s Fall Semi-Formal, held this year at Coppertank in Downtown Austin. Everyone was decked out and looking their best. As for myself, I was wearing a pinstripe three-piece suit with a gray satin shirt with a similar-colored tie. I would describe my date, Maure’s dress, but I am simply not the…

This week will be light as far as posting is concerned. This week is WOBL for Lambda Omega Alpha. In other words, our week of inititation. After tonight’s activities, Babb, Fischer and I looked through some of the old records of the fraternity. We’ve had them for some time but never really just looked through…

This topic started to make some headway in the Comments section on my Catholic Peace post. It a point worth bringing to the forefront. Capital Punishment is executing someone who is guilty of a crime. It is a valid punishment according to the Catholic Church. CCC 2267 states that “the Church does not exclude, presupposing…