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Tonight I returned with my wife and daughter to an old pastime, St. Bonaventure Basketball. St. Bona’s opponent tonight was University of Richmond. It was a good competitive game. St. Bonaventure lost 71-66. Our first date just over 25 years…
This morning as I was running I kept thinking of the monks and I thought of peace. I run for peace. I’ve been running for peace for at least four years. It’s something Brother Joe Kotula, OFM and I do.…
Tonight I presented on a Linux Terminal Server system that I set up for the local township. No one there was much impressed with the system. I used the K12LTSP distribution. The consensus was that anything for free couldn’t be…
“For the “old man”—everything is old—he has seen everything or thinks he has. He has lost hope in anything new. What pleases him is the “old” he clings to, fearing to lose it, but certainly not happy with it. And…
Tonight I spent about twenty minutes viewing “Meet the Press”. Two politicians, one from each of the major parties were debating the way forward in Iraq. The more I listened to them the angrier and sadder I got at the…
Today after Mass at Mt. Irenaeus and the brunch that followed I drove to nearby Olean, New York to do some shopping. Following a trip to Home Depot I drove down the road past St. Elizabeth’s Motherhouse. It is the…
Today is my brother’s birthday, he is 53 and also the Feast of the Epiphany. It’s the twelfth day of Christmas if you still celebrate a traditional Christmas. I was out and up early. A trip to nearby Arcade, New…
I’ve just finished viewing the “River of Secrets” on CNN and I’m convinced more than ever of the futility of war. This is a gripping story that doesn’t glorify the War in Iraq. It doesn’t demonize our incompetent national leadership…
A friend sent me this link. We’ve been friends for a long time and like all good friendships ours continues through peaks and valleys. We were in business together at one time and this guy taught me a lot about…
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,…