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Auld Lang Syne

02
Jun 2012
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Dearest Friends, I want to share this with you; it is a recording of the faculty of Glendale Preparatory Academy 2012 singing Auld Lang Syne at the Spring Concert.  I helped to organize this group, but could not have done it without the help of Tracy Peterson, who really whipped us into shape for the […]

Category: Folk Music, It Is What It Is, Music, Poetry, Robert Burns  Leave a Comment  Tags: , , ,

Update: Things of Interest

16
May 2012
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I’ve been away for a bit, so here’s a quick update on what is going on. 1. I went to graduation over this past weekend at the University of Dallas to see my sister, Mary, graduate.  It was a great weekend, full of joyous times.  I got to see old friends, make new ones, visit […]

Category: Art, beauty, Catholics, Folk Music, Jerry, Music, Poetry, St. Gregory's Academy  One Comment  Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Average length of local cell phone call in 2003 was 3 min; in 2010 it’s 1 min 47 sec

07
May 2012
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Here’s a read for you; this article presents some data that sort of shocked me.  Thanks to Douglas M. for the recommendation! Today we worry about the social effects of the Internet. A century ago, it was the telephone that threatened to reinvent society. In 2009, the United States crossed a digital Rubicon: For the […]

Category: cell phones are taking over, Neo-Luddism, Nietzsche, obedience, Out of Control, Post-Modernity, rallying round the piano, technology that scares me, texting and driving is the new drinking and driving, texting=monkey thumb speech  One Comment  Tags: ,
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