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Back to choir
Tonight was the first choir rehearsal of the Fall at St. Mary’s. It was great. I had forgotten how good it felt to be part of the choir.
More on Early Modern Irish
A few weeks ago I wrote a note on classical literary Gaelic/Early Modern Irish. Today I found more about Dán Díreach at Medieval Irish Poetry.
I hope I remember to look up Mo-chean do theacht, a sgadáin in Lent next year :-)>
Looking at the parent site, I noticed that the author is also interested in science fiction and filk.
Not so bad after all…
It was a lovely, relaxed weekend. I have not had many of those lately, and it looks like they are going to be in short supply for at least the next couple months. It was so relaxed that I completely forgot I had to edit, print, and mail the hard copy edition of colgaffneyis Newsletter. I remembered that around 8PM last night. Continue reading
Not like the demonstrations and arrests of my youth…
Everybody has access to the Ramsey County Jail Bookings, in a searchable database.
The State Fair
mia_mcdavid was weaving this morning as a demo for the Minnesota Weavers Guild exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. I followed along somewhat later. Continue reading
Sermons and politics
It is not proper for a preacher to explicitly say “Vote for X” in a sermon. That could lead to serious trouble with IRS. Our clergy at St. Mary’s are very careful about not crossing this line. However, after listening to Moses as Union Organizer (mp3 link) this morning I thought of my old math textbooks: Identifying X was “a trivial exercise for the reader” (listener). I am OK with this.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 