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toll roads are a-opening
Yesterday, the first toll roads in the Austin area opened to traffic. Loop 1 now extends north to the new State Highway 45 which currently stretches between RM 620 and…
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to mike who commented about fr. drinan, sj
My last post dealt with the Jesuit Georgetown University naming an endowed chair after a priest who has been a supporter of abortion. Mike left me a comment saying that…
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georgetown university is not catholic
Jesuit university endows human rights chair in name of pro-abortion priest I do not believe that every Catholic university needs to follow the Ave Maria approach (that is, removing anything…
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gaping hole is best for security
The bill authorizing the “celebrated” 700-mile fence along the 2,000-mile Mexico border has been signed into Federal law. I’m glad that we feel a fence is a best way to…
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what would you think?
A short while ago, I found this e-mail in my inbox: From: Richard Ribb Mailed-By: lists.cc.utexas.edu To: la-students-s1@lists.cc.utexas.edu Date: Oct 3, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: OFFICIAL: graduation information Dear Liberal…
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pictures of the DC trip online
I’ve posted pictures of the trip on my gallery page [since removed]. I haven’t had the chance to go through all of them, so once the captions ended, I just…
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in flight to dallas: st. paul’s college
I’m in flight again over the States as I travel back to Texas. This time, however, I’m in a MD-80 so there are a few more people on the plane.…
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it is 51 degrees
Just wanted to pass along to everyone in Texas that it is currently 51 degrees in Washington, DC and they’re not expecting it to get over 58 degrees by the…
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in flight to washington: busted halo
I’m currently 37,000 feet above the United States, just crossing the Sabine River out of Texas. This is my first flight aboard an EMB. This American Eagle-operated airplane was 13…
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just can’t get going
We shut off our AC. Okay, not completely, but we’ve knocked it up to 85 degrees. Our City of Austin bill, which includes water, sewer, waste removal and electricity, was…