Isidore of Seville Born: c.560 in Cartagena, Spain Died: April 4, 636 Canonized: Feast Day: April 4 Patron Saint of: computers, computer users, computer programmers, Internet … So, how does Saint Isidore of Seville become the patron saint for the Internet? The Observation Service for Internet, who drew it’s mission […]
Christian Brady
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[I actually began this post last year. Now is the time and all that…] Every year the Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday (Matt. 6.1-6, 16-21) in the Episcopal and Revised Common Lectionary strikes me as a bit ironic. In the liturgical traditions that practice lenten abstinence and the placing of […]
Today is the beginning of Lent, a time of repentance, discipline, and preparation for Good Friday and on through the Easter. Over the years that I have been in the Anglican tradition I have tried (and usually failed) to keep some measure of discipline at this time, either fasting in […]
This is a genuine question. On various Episcopalian lists that I belong I regularly read of people excitedly reporting that they have just gotten the NZPB or that they are going to use it for this service or that. This past weekend we used it for compline and it was, […]
Leopard’s Spaces is dead to me. After what, two months of install? Windows started disappearing and had to use Exposé just to find them. Bah # @pvponline All of Mr. Mann’s references were to pre-OSX and Intel based Macs. Not the pre-reformation reference. Prior: prayer and ritual. # Why is […]
UPDATE: I am only about 30 minutes into it and Christopher Hitchens is doing his typical, I can tolk over anyone I like and use as much profanity as I like because I am a wit. He is not. Stephen Fry is, but he is too often a mere chuckle […]
(These are auto-generated form my Twitter feed, ostensibly, at midnight. BUt as you can guess were not posted yesterday but Sunday night during the Super Bowl.) We can no longer say the AFC is the best is the best conference. # The commercials are pretty good, but nothing tremendous. Even […]
Here they are all in one place. My top picks would be: the Bud Light fire breathing episode Bridgestone Richard Simmons/Alice Cooper Doritos Mouse Trap Iron Man! (which is not so much a vote for the commercial as eager for the movie, same is true for Wall-E) NFL Oboe commercial […]
Belichick leaving the field before the final play, most of their players already in the tunnel. The Giants defense and Eli WON this game. Now, can we stop saying that the AFC is better than the NFC?