We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The Associated Press reports “[a]n Italian priest has developed an application that will let priests celebrate Mass with an iPad on the altar instead of the regular Roman missal.”
Read the full story on Yahoo! News: iPad coming to church altars with daily missal app.
A very funny post from the “rants and raves” board on the Lansing, Michigan area Craiglist. It was flagged for removal from Craigslist, but fortunately, I had preserved it in PDF format in case of just such an occurrence. Worth the read for the comic relief! Click to read “To the Straight Guy at the [...]
Mashable.com reports that Starbucks Used Social Media to Get One Million to Stores in One Day. Starbucks is leveraging Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter to drive customers into their stores.
Helen Keller died 42 years ago today. For 85 years, the members of Lions Clubs International have been responding to her challenge to us to be the “Knights of the Blind in the Crusade against Darkness.” Let us all take a moment today to be inspired by this truly remarkable woman who achieved so much [...]
To:
Joseph Ratzinger (bishop of Rome)
Henry J. Mansell (archbishop of Hartford)
Patrick J. McGrath (bishop of San José)
I have not identified as a catholic for about ten years. Until now, that has been sufficient remedy and relief from a lifetime of damage inflicted upon my spirit by Roman catholic dogma and practice.
Given the depth of the Evil [...]
This just in from race organizers:
From: Sandy Maz
Subject: Soap Box Derby to be on TV this week
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 9:24 PM
All,
We want to let you know that we were given a great opportunity to promote Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby and our upcoming local race on TV.
Last week, Joe, Chris, and a few [...]
Flat Stanley is a popular storybook character among second graders. As the story begins, he is a real boy who is later flattened by a falling bulletin board. Stanley learns that life in two dimensions has its advantages, such as being able to slide under closed doors, into sewer grates, and traveling by mail.
Second grade [...]
This morning, we hit the road with the rest of the country, heading to a Thanksgiving table with friends in another city. A lot to think about during the seven hour drive ahead. Time to reflect on what to give thanks for this year. So much! What a Thanksgiving! Along with all the usual things [...]
Seasonal Chef has another recipe for Tokyo Turnips that we look forward to trying.
In case it disappears from the source cited above, here’s the recipe:
“These are one of my perennial farmers market favorites. Here’s what I do with them: I trim off the roots and with a paring knife, scrape off some of the [...]
Got our first FBF CSA box this weekend. Tonight we prepared Tokyo Turnips for the first time ever. Never had them before. Found a recipe online at Fork & Bottle for Braised Tokyo Turnips and decided to try it. Very tasty! Not sure if we cooked all the health benefit out of ‘em or not, [...]
