The weekend so far
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Iriish Class–Monday Night, October 20, 2008
Irish Class, October 20, 2008
Rang Gaeilge, an 20ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2008
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We started with a listening exercise, similar to that of two weeks ago. Again I did not do well
at this, though perhaps not as badly as then.
Bad News
My mother is in the hospital again. She was feeling dizzy and weak yesterday and called 911. So far my brother Raven and his family, who live just a couple miles from her in Colorado Springs, have been visiting her and passing along news. My sister and her husband will be coming down from Denver. No word yet on when I will have to fly out, but I am going to pack a bag to be ready.
Halloween Fright
Halloween humor and a dark-skinned son, by the Rev. LeeAnne Watkins
Stories like this are depressingly common these days, but it is quite another thing to hear about how they hit people you know and like.
And hear it I did: LeeAnne worked it into her sermon (mp3 link) this morning. That version is much more vivid and personal. LeeAnne is a good writer, but a truly brilliant speaker.
The saga of James Fallows’s USB stick.
The passion of the USB, with links back to previous events. I particularly like the Book of Common Prayer quotes at Dead men walking, USB-stick variety.
Via (with entertaining comments) The Perils of Pauline — if Pauline were a small solid state device.
I was pleased to see that I have the same model USB drive.
Political News
Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama.
I like the way beamjockey reported this.
Update
I am still suffering from the cold I referred to last last week. Over the weekend I thought I was getting better, but things were much worse on Monday. I missed Irish class that night and choir on Wednesday, though I did get to colgaffneyisdance on Tuesday. I have an appointment at our clinic tomorrow afternoon. This has gone on long enough.
mia_mcdavid is in Chicagoland for the weekend. She is staying tonight with a friend from her old job at First Chicago. Tomorrow she will go downtown and meet up with her mother for the weekend.
Clann Tartan Mythbuster
One thing that find frustrating about colgaffneyis is that members seem quite happy to repeat generalities about the past (sometimes quite implausible) without checking the historical facts. I have a pretty good BS detector, and it frequently goes off in our camp. Here is a draft of the latest result of this. I will be publishing it in colgaffneyis newsletter. Whether anyone will read it and pay attention is uncertain. However, I have already started work on debunking another Clann myth.
A good decision
Iriish Class–Monday Night, October 6, 2008
Irish Class, October 3, 2008
Rang Gaeilge, an 6ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2008
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Listening exercise. I did very poorly at this, but the discussion
afterwards was informative.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 