It’s been a long time since I went to a Catholic church, but today I went to my friend’s grandfather’s funeral. I am amazed how rote the experience of Mass is for me. I think that given the readings for a given day, I could probably recite 60-80 percent of the Mass from memory. The [...]
This is for Facebook. RULES: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about [...]
It has been really cold in MD for the first few weeks of 2009. Well below normal temps. I’m pretty used to cold weather from my days at Penn State, but it’s been a while here — with every winter since 2002 being warmer than normal. In December 2006, the leaves still haddn’t fallen from [...]