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    Swine Flu

    Apparently, it’s the new reason to panic. I haven’t been paying a great deal of attention to it, but I’m not (yet) sure why it is so much worse than…

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    Rocco is back at it

    Rocco of Whispers in the Loggia is back in high-gear publishing quite a bit of text in the last couple of days. Go check it out. Something I find particularly…

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    Review – The Noticer

    Arriving in stores tomorrow is The Noticer by Andy Andrews and published by Thomas Nelson. In the book, the author follows the life of a homeless youth who is found…

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    McD’s Responds

    In response to the issue mentioned on this blog earlier, McD’s responded: Hello Brandon: Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald’s Customer Service Center to bring your recent…

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    Pope: Families are Schools of Obedience

    I would post the full-text, but the Vatican website only has Italian and Spanish.

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    Appointmentpalooza 2009

    Bishop Gregory M. Aymond announced an incredible list of appointments today for the Diocese of Austin. I can’t remember a list being quite so long. In bold are appointments of…

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    What’s Your Emergency? Noise?

    Austin’s ABC affiliate, KVUE, has a top story on their website about a woman claiming she called 911 and was placed on hold. At face value, this is possibly newsworthy.…

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    Back to the Stone Age

    Today, I ended my BlackBerry data plan. With a kid on the way, a two-income household becoming a single-income household, and trying to move toward a more balanced online/offline life,…

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    Facebook’s Voting Problem

    A brief post related to Facebook’s latest vote for governance. The vote would be binding if 30% of active users, defined as those who logged onto the website in the…

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    McDonald’s is unfriendly to people with allergies

    My sister went to the McDonald’s location in Wal-Mart on Lawrence Rd in Wichita Falls yesterday. She ordered a hamburger for my niece, who is a toddler, and is very…