Monthly Archives: June 2005

Avocados, AMD, and Intel

If you are in the geek industry like me (as a computer programmer), you probably heard about AMD suing Intel for antitrust practices. This article contained a hilarious quote about Intel’s monopolistic practices: According to Gateway executives, their company has … Continue reading

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You Will Pay for Your Lack of Vision!

This is one of my favorite lines from the Star Wars movies, said by the emperor. (image removed due to other sites linking to it excessively)

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My First Catholic Courtship

I wrote an account of my first Catholic courtship on my personal site. I think that some of the lessons God taught me from it will benefit you, especially if you are in a courtship currently or hope to be … Continue reading

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Let It All Come Down

“When you wake there’s a new day dawning When you wake there’s a cold wind blowing When day breaks there’s a light shines through” I’ve been a fan of Simple Minds’ music for many years, but I still discover old … Continue reading

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NIB

Here is a picture of my good friend Nathan and I. Nathan and I have known each other since around 8th or 9th grade. Last year I was honored to be the best man in his wedding. This picture is … Continue reading

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Adoration Wake Up Call, Part II

Today I went to adoration at my usual hour. The man who normally has the hour before me could not make it today, so another faithful adorer was filling in, and she brought her young sons, which was neat. I … Continue reading

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Visibly Unimpressed

I showed my good friends this blog today: Nicky and Alex who are brothers and sisters of little Jane (see my earlier post). Nicky thought the blog was cool, especially the pictures of Jane and his parents. Alex was less … Continue reading

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Search Strings Hitting the Vanguard

My website manager has stats on what search strings people type in to find my page (like on google). Some of them are quite interesting (like last month someone searched for “pope benedict darth sidious”): 1 4 4.60% danielle bean … Continue reading

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Catholic Answers’ Apologetics in mp3 Format

I go to Jimmy Akin’s blog a lot, who works for Catholic Answers, but I could never listen to the radio call-in shows that he would put up on his site because they were in Real Media (.rm) format, and … Continue reading

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Prayer Requests

My cousin is going to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in a few days, so please pray it will be successful. My friend Will’s dad fell off a 16-foot high ladder yesterday and broke his neck, collarbone, arm, … Continue reading

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