I'm reluctant to call it a poem and reluctant to call it a prayer. What lies between? Perhaps a meditation.

StrengthLove is patience ( Read more... )

For our final week outdoors, the Sunday Soccer Club refused to let nature take the upper hand, and played all-out IN THE SNOW. People slipped and slid, slush flew, collisions abounded, and a wonderfully hardcore time was had by all.

It was EPIC. Everyone should do it.

Today, after seeing the UPenn a cappella group "Off the Beat," I have decided that a cappella groups are inherently cool ( Read more... )

Okay, so, apparently ( Read more... )

"Who killed the electric car?" - A documentary that rather outraged me, and which I highly recommend. Not for those who love capitalism ( Read more... )

Apparently a year or two ago a pair of hawks took up residence on campus, but eventually disappeared. A couple weeks ago Pat said one was back. Then on Friday this got proven, as the hawk placed itself on the grass not four feet from two separate sidewalk paths, and elegantly went about devouring a dead squirrel, holding the ripped pink body under ( Read more... )

The Writing faculty did a reading tonight (they're all published authors), and it was a lot of fun. Senior writing students introduced each of them before they spoke, and I must say that Tom Bailey's intro as well as his own comments before reading proved quite entertaining. His introducer gave this anecdote ( Read more... )

Being back at school, I have no more time for pleasure reading... probably. Here's what I read since last episode:

Cell by Stephen King. Silly in places, yes, but otherwise excellent, intelligent, engrossing.
For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Sappy and sentimental, however still emotionally impacting.
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas. First ( Read more... )

(Replacing) observation seventeen: Too often people think they simply disagree when in truth they don't thoroughly comprehend.

Personally, I believe the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje are completely authentic. They started in 1981 and continue to this day.

Well, guess what modern technology has given us? You can E-mail your petitions, which will then be presented to Our Lady by one of the visionaries ( Read more... )