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a twin in austin?
On page 14 in the March issue of Catholic Spirit, the newspaper for the Diocese of Austin, there is a photospread of various vocation office events held over the past…
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church robberies in the austin area
It’s sad that alerts like this exists. This came from the Chancellor of the Diocese of Austin. This is to alert you to a series of robberies that has been…
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another 1 on the tower
Everyone close to campus remembers the crazy mob of people who visited The University of Texas following our football National Championship win at the Rose Bowl. The Tower was lit…
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a little fun with the site
Early Sunday morning, I realized I had some incorrect settings for my site’s DNS. In trying to fix it, I accidently knocked off the site for most of today. There…
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a visit to st. mary
On Tuesday, a friend and I made a visit to St. Mary’s Seminary. Associated with the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s provides the major seminary experience for students from…
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i rode on a ferry today
I’m in the Galveston area for a day or two and found myself with some time to kill. SH 87 includes a TxDOT-operated ferry leaving Galveston Island. Since I’ve never…
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broken lent
Today is Monday of the Second Week of Lent. Today is the 13th day of Lent 2006. For 13 days, we have fasted, sacrificed, prayed more, and done more good…
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tokens and the creation of writing
The use of tokens in the early Mespoptamian region as a precussor to the written symbol is a plausible and interesting idea. It makes the transition from speech to writing…
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turing machine
It is funny to think how much we take Turing and his work for granted today. My roommate is an electrical engineer and I’ve tinkered in programming since 1990 (I…
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head’s up: the pope drops a title
It has been reported that Pope Benedict XVI has dropped the title “Patriarch of the West” from his list of official titles. I’m still reading up more on this to…