Archive for June, 2005
Tuesday, June 28th, 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 paid a
high price for even its limited AMD dealings. They claim
that Intel has “beaten them [...]
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Monday, June 27th, 2005
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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Sunday, June 26th, 2005
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 one day.
Excerpt:
In light of the difficulty both of us had had in our pasts [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Saturday, June 25th, 2005
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 songs of theirs that I “hear for the first time” and suddenly enjoy. One of those hit [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, La Musica by Devman
Saturday, June 25th, 2005
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 neat because we both have one where our poses are almost exactly the same, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Friday, June 24th, 2005
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 was amazed that these boys, probably ranging in age from 9 to 14, [...]
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Friday, June 24th, 2005
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 impresssed. When she saw the video the G took of me [...]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
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
2 4 4.60% elliot segal
3 4 4.60% life of st. joseph
4 4 4.60% life story of [...]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
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 I refuse to use Real Media player due to its annoying adware-like behavior and cpu-sucking [...]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
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, ribs, and suffered a bad concussion. For all that, he is doing pretty [...]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
I’m Beginning to Get Embarrassed
…About all these Danielle Bean posts, but what can I say, she’s writes some great stuff. She made a post on her blog today for single Catholics like me, and so I just have to share it with you!
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
Susan Torres and Her Family Need Help
I recently read the story about Susan Torres and her family and wanted to spread the word. Please pray for them, and if you can, donate to the fund to offset the medical expenses ($1500/day not covered by insurance).
Susan is “brain dead with no hope of recovery”, and 23 weeks pregnant. They hope [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Monday, June 20th, 2005
The Vanguard Is Honored…
…and the Devman is ecstatic, for the faithful and talented Danielle Bean sent me an email reply to the message I had sent her a few days ago! When I saw an email from her in my inbox, I did a double-take because I could hardly believe it. I didn’t ask her if [...]
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Sunday, June 19th, 2005
St. Louis University to Host GLBT Conference?
I read on Bill Cork’s blog that St. Louis University, a Jesuit-led Catholic school, is hosting a Gay, Lesbian, etc. conference of Seventh-Day Adventists this July. Below is my letter to the president and vice-president of St. Louis University. If you feel this is wrong, please charitably exhort them to rethink their position [...]
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Sunday, June 19th, 2005
Discerning God’s Call to Religious Life and the Priesthood
I just wrote an article chronicling my discernment of the priesthood and religious life. Quoting myself as the epitome of vanity:
Nonetheless, in becoming Catholic, I knew that in order to be honest with God, I had to learn about this new vocation and figure out whether it might be possible that God was calling [...]
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Saturday, June 18th, 2005
Movie Review: Batman Begins
“Pack it up, pack it in–let Batman begin…”
Robert and I watched “Batman Begins” today. I recommend it! They definitely hit the Reset button on the whole Batman franchise with this one, and they did a great job with the new effort. I was a fan of the original Batman series, though the [...]
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Friday, June 17th, 2005
I’m an Intolerant Christian with Double Standards
I blogged earlier about how I put up articles and pictures about the Catholic faith outside my cube at work. Today, one of my coworkers who likes to give me a hard time about being a Catholic came by my cube and was irritated by my Catholic propoganda. He wanted to tell me [...]
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Friday, June 17th, 2005
Saint Wulfric (the Wild)
My friend Robert recently got a second dog which he named Wulfric after Saint Wulfric. I love the name because it’s a good boy dog’s name, it’s a saint’s name, and because of the Nintendo game Defender of the Crown that had a guy you could play called Wulfric the Wild.
Robert’s in town this [...]
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Thursday, June 16th, 2005
Answered Prayers
Today I went to my adoration hour at St. Louis, and as I went to sign in, I saw a very faithful woman named Leonor signing out. She is an older woman who goes to adoration very often. Last week, when she was leaving adoration, she asked me to pray for her fifteen [...]
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
G and R at Freebirds
I was blessed to get to go to Freebirds, World Burrito tonight with my good friends Gerardo and Robert (aka G and R). R is in town for work-related visits (we all work at the same company). Thanks be to God for good friends!
G
R
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
God’s Love
Today I went to Mass at St. Albert’s and sat near the front. Just after I had received Jesus in the Eucharist, I went to the pew to kneel and saw my good friend Sharon and her daughter Jane. I was happy because I love them very much and hoped to get to [...]
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Monday, June 13th, 2005
DC Vouchers
Read how Washington DC Catholic schools and kids are benefitting from vouchers - grants that allow parents to send their kids to private schools, including Catholic ones, instead of publich schools. These programs are especially aimed for low income families that are stuck with low performing public schools. I think it’s a great idea.
The fourth-grade [...]
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Monday, June 13th, 2005
Computer Tip O’ the Day: Internet Explorer Font Fixing
Have you ever launched your Internet Explorer web browser and noticed that the font size was bigger (or smaller) than what you are used to? If so, and you want to adjust the font back to normal size, or if you just want to try a bigger or smaller font, while Internet Explorer is [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life, Technical by Devman
Sunday, June 12th, 2005
Being a Parent Is Hard
Today I went to a late Mass at 11:30 am. There was a family with two little daughters (probably 2 and 3 years old) sitting in front of me, whom I have seen several times at Mass over the past year. The little girls were restless from the beginning, climbing around and making [...]
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Saturday, June 11th, 2005
Interview with Danielle Bean
I regularly read CatholicExchange, an excellent Catholic web portal, and today I stumbled across an interview they had with Danielle Bean, my favorite Catholic mom-author.
To all young Catholic women aspiring to be a wife and mother one day: Read all of Danielle Bean’s writing!
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Saturday, June 11th, 2005
Grape Vines: Alive and Kicking
I started growing some grape vines a few years back, and I am happy to report that this year, 2005, which is their second in the ground, the vines are doing great! Two or three of them look strong enough to where they may produce grapes next year, though I am guessing, since I [...]
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Saturday, June 11th, 2005
Don’t call it a comeback
Astros beat the Bluejays tonight, they’ve won six of 10 and nine of their last 14…
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Friday, June 10th, 2005
Take 2 on I am David
I too enjoyed this movie. It was different than the normal fare, showing flashes of creativity from the director Paul Feig. Ben Tibber, the boy who plays the role of David, does a superb job of acting. He’s able to portray the struggles and traumas that David has with nuance. For example, it’s hard to [...]
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Friday, June 10th, 2005
Movie Review: I Am David
The G and I watched I Am David, an interesting movie starring a young boy and Jim Cavaziel. The movie is about a boy’s escape from a prison camp and his journey across several countries, culminating in an abrupt and surprising ending. Along his journey you learn more about him through flashbacks to [...]
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Friday, June 10th, 2005
Virtues not Rules
Speaking of good writers, John Allen, reporter for the National Catholic Reporter, has a couple of gems in his Word from Rome this week. He reports on a speech given by Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, the former Master of the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). On Christianity in Europe:
On goodness, Radcliffe asserted that most Europeans don’t [...]