July 2009
38 posts
An Open Letter to Apple re: App Store Approvals
I write as an Apple shareholder to complain about what appears to be arbitrary decisions to either not approve apps, or to pull previously-approved apps from the App Store. I read on various news outlets and blogs about the Google Voice App not gaining approval, and then about how you’ve pulled apps like GV Mobile, which provided 3rd-party functionality for Google Voice, and I am EXTREMELY...
Pro-Life Nurse Ordered to Assist in Abortion →
A nurse in Brooklyn was ordered by her supervisors to assist in an abortion, over her stated conscientious objection. The hospital later revealed that the procedure, performed under the pretense of an emergency, was actually a non-life threatening situation - except for the child, who was killed by the doctor.
Prevailing Ideology
My facebook wall was all atwitter last week after I posted a note urging folks to support legislation before the US House of Representatives to ban federal funding of Planned Parenthood. At one point during the back-and-forth on the wall, I made a statement about the pervasive paradigm of sexual liberation that defines our society. In the manner that I wrote it on my wall, it appeared that I was...
Wangdoodle Recipe #1
“A real quick, kid-friendly recipe. Served over hamburger buns it is a little less sweet and/or spicy than most sloppy Joes. It is also good served over rice.”
35 min | 15 min prep | SERVES 6
3/4 cup chopped celery
1 medium onion, chopped
1 lb ground beef
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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“However widely the weather varies from place to place and time to time, when...”
– “Another Ice Age?”, Time Magazine, June 24, 1974
Read the full article, and you’ll find the the same modern “Climatological Cassandras” that gave us “An Inconvenient Truth”, but set at 180-degrees opposite.
Suck it, Algore.
Lookin' Good!
That is all.
is relaxin’ w/cocktails in South Bend after spending the morning unloading Padre Esteban’s stuff on the ND campus. We made it! #usatrip
can confirm that the Maker’s Mark distillery is totally worth visiting. The nicest people ever, and you get free tastes of bourbon! #usatrip
back on the road after a delightful night at St. Meinrad. Good to see Jason, Jack, Jim, Alan & families. Even made it to Vespers! #usatrip
25 minutes to Vespers @ St. Meinrad Archabbey Church, and we’ve got 18 miles of curvy roads to go… will we make it? #usatrip
just finished a salad at Cracker Barrel, my first salad since last Weds. (This tweet unrelated to my comment re: “runs” earlier.) #usatrip
Fixin’ to enjoy some Gates BBQ in Kansas City. #usatrip
Magnificent
I was born. I was born to sing for you. I didn’t have a choice but to lift you up. And sing whatever song you wanted me to. I give you back my voice. From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise…
Nebraska runz on Runza (Reg. Trademark). #usatrip
For those of you following my #usatrip, the highlights of today’s drive across all of Wyoming on I-80: <not found>
Not meaning to offend, but highlight of Temple Square tour is hearing pin drop in Tabernacle? Give me a sacramental Church anyday! #usatrip
Just passed Democracy Ave on way out of Twin Falls. America is truly strong! #usatrip
In Twin Falls, silly bastards regularly jump off of a perfectly good bridge. WHY WAS I NOT WARNED? http://twitpic.com/99w6l
Bliss, ID: a nice town to pass while speeding on to other destinations. But really, “bliss”? Delusions of grandeur, methinks. #usatrip
Wow, the left is holding one big collective circle jerk over the #palin announcement. The stench of pinko hubris is overwhelming. Happy 4th!
Now @ Old St Francis School McMenamins. Here for the long haul while we wait for the ladies to arrive from PDX. Drive safely! #usatrip
He Deschutes, he scores! Downtown Bend, OR is a beer fan’s dream: two craft breweries within stumbling distance of one another! #usatrip
Madras, OR: perhaps the nicest town in the world named after a cloth. Take that, Calicut! #usatrip
Passing thru Welches, OR, we didn’t see a single drop of grape juice. Bastards wouldn’t pay for a losing bet, either. #usatrip
Just passed Boring, Oregon. Can confirm it’s not false advertising. #usatrip
