AntiFaust.com is a new blog by an old friend. Old, as in, from my grade school days. Yeah, we’re old.
Ganns has migrated to a new domain: Superblessed.net.
Farewell, Brother Dunne
Brother James P. Dunne, high school guidance counselor and irreplaceable mentor to the Days With the Lord spiritual retreat in Ateneo, passed away yesterday. Bro. Dunne was a pillar of the Days experience and an inspiration to the entire Ateneo community. You could never miss him in our high school days, a huge Catholic Scotsman, limping through the school halls with formidable cane in hand, his body wracked by sclerosis but his spirit filled with the peace and joy of Christ.
My most vivid memory of Bro. Dunne did not come from my Days experience itself, but from some months later, when I sat outside his office waiting for him — I have forgotten for what reason. He had been speaking to someone about how delicious the bacon in the school cafeteria was, and in the background, his cassette player blared, of all things, rowdy bar songs from Scotland. It was a strange, yet somehow comforting, anachronism, those rough, homegrown Scottish ditties backdropping that kind, gentle, yet fiery man of God.
Bro. Dunne, we wish you a warm welcome to your Home in the Kingdom, and we will miss you sorely.
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Moon Over Bank Street
The moon shines from behind the clouds, seen from across the Bank and Centre St. parking garage in Little Italy.
Photo taken with a Palm Zire 71.
Opinion
Shatwhat?
More William Shatner than you can shake a stick at. I’m not sure what to make of all that, but now I really want to see Nightmare at 20,000 Feet while wiping my hands with some Star Trek Towelettes.
Honk Honk!
Local officials call the geese a nuisance, saying their droppings are causing health and safety problems.
The county has rounded up hundreds of geese and killed them in portable gas chambers, angering animal lovers.
“It’s genocide of a wild species,” said Sue Russell with Center for Animal Protection.
New Jersey animal rights activists say there are non-lethal means of separating geese and people, such as using dogs to chase them away.
They charge that Union County chose gassing because it was fast and easy. “It’s a horrific way to die for a human or a bird, especially birds as sensitive as Canada geese,” said Russell.
Some New Jersey residents agree. Goose lover Hana Sedlackova says the community has been shattered by the gassings.
“It’s like losing a pet, a member of the family really. It’s brutal,” she told CBC News.
The gassings have fuelled a movement that’s pressuring some states to find ways to allow the geese to live in the community. But so far it’s met without much success. Gassing remains a popular method of goose control in a number of places.
Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Canada geese have crossed the border and have now claimed the United States as their home.
Shatdot
WilliamShatner.com now uses PostNuke. That practically makes it a blog, doesn’t it? Or more like a Slashdot-type community.
And why is Shatner’s hair turning gray? I thought it was implanted; shouldn’t it stay dark? Unless he’s dyeing it so he looks his age.
Pinoy Food Blog
A Filipino cooking weblog!. Of course, “Beef Kaldereta Spaghetti” gave me pause for a moment, but old classics like Pata Tim and Chicken Adobo are there, much to my glee.
Away in NJ
I am currently spending the holiday in the quiet little suburban town of Union, New Jersey, and will not be back till Monday. Ssshhh.
Movable Photoblog
For later reference:
Tutorial for Creating a Photoblog in MT
I will soon be resurrecting the old photolog, but it will be a long, tedious process, as my old template structure was rather cumbersome, and the photos will need to be re-uploaded, named, and captioned one by one. I’m swamped with work, heat, and a daily two-hour commute, so things are moving quite slowly. In the meantime, enjoy the new webcam page, complete with semi-customizable history mode.