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Truth triumphs at least some of the time. The right wing media outlets are having fun disparaging Mr. Gore’s selection to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Those of use who’ve seen An Inconvenient Truth and live in climates where rivers…
I’ve been very busy this week and haven’t had time to do much writing. I’m going to be presenting on open source software opportunities in K-12 education at the NYSCATE conference in Rochester, New York next month and I’ve been…
You can roll a barrel only when you are outside of the barrel. When you are caught by fixed ideas, it is as if you are trapped inside of a barrel, so you cannot freely use your mind. If you…
I took advantage of the Columbus Day holiday for one more day of driving, shopping and sightseeing. I had some destinations and objectives today. I wanted to visit the Once Again Nut Butter Factory in nearby Nunda, New York.
A couple of nights ago I woke up to the sound of rain and I thought of Thomas Merton. Whenever it rains I think of Merton. I came up here [to his hermitage] from the monastery last night, sloshing through…
This afternoon my wife and I got in our PT Cruiser and drove down the road to Salamanca, New York in the general direction of Allegany State Park. On the way there we stopped at Subway for what we call…
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.–Gandhi Earlier in the week I wrote about an archbishop’s decision to withhold a sacramental rite from a politician got me to thinking again about…
A fellow Franciscan sent this to me today and I think it’s a great cause and one that is another example of how we can embrace the poor and each other. Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The…
One of my best friends told me today he preferred to read about the three eared rabbit and less about Iraq. I haven’t seen my dear three eared friend in a couple of months which makes me wonder if he’s…