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The end of limbo, Catholic style?

One of the numerous things that bemused me in Catholic grade school was the fate of “pagan babies,” as the nuns tended to call them. The story was that infants who died unbaptized ended up in limbo. That was part of the reason we had to raise money for missions. We needed to help save […]

PC Hell

Little posting cause I’ve been in PC hell.

Figured it was time to move from my old Compaq Win98SE desktop so bought a new Compag desktop at Best Buy this past week. All the bells and whistles, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive, XP Profesional, etc., etc. Even started planning ahead on getting software, etc., moved […]

Springsteen sans me

Okay, sadly I’m not at this moment sitting in Northrup Auditorium listening to Bruce solo on the Devils & Dust tour for a second time. The sitting restrictions from my back surgery just seemed to make a trip to and from the Twin Cities a bit too much.

Had I not seen the St. Paul […]

Agony and ecstasy of the BDM

The Agony

1:45 p.m. — Scheduled start time of first matinee of Serenity at local multiplex.

1:52 p.m. — Electrician, last in series of servicemen, leaves my house at conclusion of approximately six hours of home repair. While the theater is probably five or so minutes away and I know the previews will drag on, […]

You know you’re old when

As part of my post-surgery recovery, my orthopedist told me to walking every day and build up to two miles a day within a month of surgery. A bit of rain kept me from walking early this morning so, after a couple hours at work, I decided to get in at least 35 minutes when […]