Monthly Archives: July 2008

Chickens and First Blooms on Coral Vine

The big and little chickens: The coral vine beginning to blossom (with pink flowers), which the bees are gonna love.  My apologies for the bad photo:

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Tower Defense: Graphics Getting Finalized

Here’s the latest screenshot of my Silverlight Tower Defense game: There are currently five distinct tower types and images to go along with them; the cloud-looking things are the first enemy type that has been created, with the life meter … Continue reading

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The Reluctant Pope And the Eager Candidates

I was struck recently by the difference between the world leader of 1.1 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict, and the next world leader of the United States of America, either Sen. McCain or Sen. Obama, specifically with regard to their motivations … Continue reading

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Forgiveness

Our associate pastor, Father Juan Carlos, left our parish this past week to take a new assignment as pastor of a parish in Cameron, Texas. Near the end of his farewell talk at the end of Mass, after he had … Continue reading

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The Democratic Senate…

…with the lowest approval rating in the history of our country, refuses to hold hearings to either confirm or reject qualified, nominated judges, whose only misfortune in life is that they have the gall to be Republicans. This has been … Continue reading

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