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Played Hooky….
I skipped Irish class last night to stay home with mia_mcdavid. We had a good evening together.
Another ice pack
For the second time in 48 hours I am wearing an ice pack. The nurse at the Red Cross decided to try a different vein for apheresis (platelet donation). It did not work. Two other nurses tried to adjust it. No joy. In fact, considerable pain. They had to unplug me.
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The wrong attitude
This morning our church service ended with a parade through the neighborhood. It was led by one of our younger members carrying a Holy Spirit banner. Our Rector said that this banner had been carried at the consecration of Gene Robinson to the Episcopate. Two thoughts immediately went through my head:
- Wow! That it is a piece of history.
- I wonder what it would fetch on eBay.
The Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games
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A good birthday
Yesterday, May 14, was my birthday, when I turned 30 (if you count in base 19). It was a good time–one of my best birthdays. I am very gratified by the good wishes I got from all of my family and friends.
Monday Night Irish Class, May 12, 2008
Irish class, May 12, 2008
Irish class, May 12, 2008
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We began with an English→Irish translation exercise. Not a lot of restrictions; just use
whatever Irish we could to give the general sense. Even so, this was quite hard.
Chicago in the Twin Cities
Pentecost
Today is Pentecost, one of the three chief festivals in the Western Christian church year. It would be hard to imagine a complete lack of coverage of Christmas or Easter but Pentecost, the least commercial or secularized of the three days, doesn’t receive much media coverage at all.
I rather like it that way.
Heard in Church
Today is the Feast of Pentecost. At St. Mary’s, as at other churches I have known, part of one of the Bible lessons was read in multiple foreign languages (See Acts 2: 1-11). Afterwards a small but very clear voice in the congregation said: “That was freaky.”
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 