-17 degrees
That is what it is here this morning. We have been below freezing now for 18 days in a row--that is a lot of cold. Personally I was graced with a respite when I was away in Wichita, KA last week and it was a balmy 67 degrees. There is a glimmer of hope, it is supposed to be 33 degrees tomorrow with three inches of snow and some sleet thrown in to make it interesting, I guess.
Monday, January 27, 2003
BUCS WIN!
From the The Tampa Tribune - Online Edition
Too much. Free beer for every Buccaneer touchdown at Kazbor's Sports Grille in Zephyrhills. Count 'em, six rounds for hundreds on the house. Too much, groaned co-owner Kristy Anderson.
Not many would have predicted the Bucs scoring 48 points! I had only predicted half that many. I know to the casual fan it must have been a bore but to a Bucs fan you could not have asked for a better game.
From the The Tampa Tribune - Online Edition
Too much. Free beer for every Buccaneer touchdown at Kazbor's Sports Grille in Zephyrhills. Count 'em, six rounds for hundreds on the house. Too much, groaned co-owner Kristy Anderson.
Not many would have predicted the Bucs scoring 48 points! I had only predicted half that many. I know to the casual fan it must have been a bore but to a Bucs fan you could not have asked for a better game.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Need an Interesting Speaker for Your Catholic Group?
I'm available. Here is the talk I'm currently scheduled to give both at the St. Louis Catechetical Congress and the NCEA convention this year. If you visit my home page and click on appearances you'll get some idea of various parts of the country I'l be visiting throughout this year. If your parish is nearby I would be happy to schedule a talk in conjunction with travel I'm alread planning. In most cases my wife Amy could also speak. Check her site out too!
I'm available. Here is the talk I'm currently scheduled to give both at the St. Louis Catechetical Congress and the NCEA convention this year. If you visit my home page and click on appearances you'll get some idea of various parts of the country I'l be visiting throughout this year. If your parish is nearby I would be happy to schedule a talk in conjunction with travel I'm alread planning. In most cases my wife Amy could also speak. Check her site out too!
I was Right! Thanks to Amy for Finding the Proof!
Ever since I first saw this beer commercial I said that it was a rippoff of Tom T. Hall's "I Love." Hopefully Coors is paying him big royalties.
From the NY Times:
The team of Aaron Evanson and John Godsey provided the ''Love Songs'' idea. Two hours before the meeting, they were driving back from a focus group in Indianapolis when Godsey, 38, came up with the idea of writing a love song for guys. His inspiration was ''I Love,'' a 1974 hit by Tom T. Hall in which the country musician extols the virtues of, among other things, pickup trucks, coffee in a cup and little fuzzy pups. Knowing that puppies weren't likely to sell beer, they began to compile a list of things they thought would -- ''sports, supermodels, eating and hanging out with friends,'' Evanson says.
Ever since I first saw this beer commercial I said that it was a rippoff of Tom T. Hall's "I Love." Hopefully Coors is paying him big royalties.
From the NY Times:
The team of Aaron Evanson and John Godsey provided the ''Love Songs'' idea. Two hours before the meeting, they were driving back from a focus group in Indianapolis when Godsey, 38, came up with the idea of writing a love song for guys. His inspiration was ''I Love,'' a 1974 hit by Tom T. Hall in which the country musician extols the virtues of, among other things, pickup trucks, coffee in a cup and little fuzzy pups. Knowing that puppies weren't likely to sell beer, they began to compile a list of things they thought would -- ''sports, supermodels, eating and hanging out with friends,'' Evanson says.
Saturday, January 25, 2003
Friday, January 24, 2003
As Usual the Bruderhof Publishes a Great Story (this time by Mark Twain) on Their Site
Here is a teaser...
"I come from the Throne - bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd and shall grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import - that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of - except he pause and think.
For the whole story go to
Bruderhof Communities - The War Prayer by Mark Twain
Here is a teaser...
"I come from the Throne - bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd and shall grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import - that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of - except he pause and think.
For the whole story go to
Bruderhof Communities - The War Prayer by Mark Twain
Today is the feast of St. Francis de Sales the Patron Saint of Writers
To read more about him, check out the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis de Sales
There are two elements in the spiritual life: first, a struggle against our lower nature; secondly, union of our wills with God, in other words, penance and love. St. Francis de Sales looks chiefly to love. Not that he neglects penance, which is absolutely necessary, but he wishes it to be practised from a motive of love. He requires mortification of the senses, but he relies first on mortification of the mind, the will, and the heart. This interior mortification he requires to be unceasing and always accompanied by love. The end to be realized is a life of loving, simple, generous, and constant fidelity to the will of God, which is nothing else than our present duty. The model proposed is Christ, whom we must ever keep before our eyes. "You will study His countenance, and perform your actions as He did" (Introd., 2nd part, ch. i). The practical means of arriving at this perfection are: remembrance of the presence of God, filial prayer, a right intention in all our actions, and frequent recourse to God by pious and confiding ejaculations and interior aspirations.
To read more about him, check out the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Francis de Sales
There are two elements in the spiritual life: first, a struggle against our lower nature; secondly, union of our wills with God, in other words, penance and love. St. Francis de Sales looks chiefly to love. Not that he neglects penance, which is absolutely necessary, but he wishes it to be practised from a motive of love. He requires mortification of the senses, but he relies first on mortification of the mind, the will, and the heart. This interior mortification he requires to be unceasing and always accompanied by love. The end to be realized is a life of loving, simple, generous, and constant fidelity to the will of God, which is nothing else than our present duty. The model proposed is Christ, whom we must ever keep before our eyes. "You will study His countenance, and perform your actions as He did" (Introd., 2nd part, ch. i). The practical means of arriving at this perfection are: remembrance of the presence of God, filial prayer, a right intention in all our actions, and frequent recourse to God by pious and confiding ejaculations and interior aspirations.
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