Marion was telling me about a party that her and Marie went to to celebrate Marie’s programming partner’s birthday. Programming partner implies CS major; which is correct. Marion was telling about all these things that made it a little different than a normal party- people gathering around the computer, people doing logic on the board, etc. I heard what she said but it was something different to see it.

Notice: Girls dancing.
Notice: Guy dancing with girls.
Notice: Beverage in hand.
Notice: White board on the wall of apartment.
Notice: Logic written on white board on wall of apartment.
Thinking about it, I would never logically put all those statements together.

Kelly and I went to TGIFriday’s last night for a little dinner and saw the real-life Teen Girl Squad. There was a group of eight girls, probably in junior high. No way they were high school. It was just comical. It was one of the girl’s birthday and having a balloon tied to her wrist and to her hair was, I think, the funniest thing that has ever happened to her with the way her face looked.
It was our guess that they were the popular kids in their school; they all had makeup on and skirts I don’t think I would let my daughter wear until they were out of the house. Tip for any future parents out there- when you let your daughters wear short skirts, teach them first the right and the wrong way of getting out of a booth. Kelly caught that one and well, it’s a lesson these girls should have been taught.
Kelly and I felt old while watching them. We were the old couple going “those pesky kids these days. Laughing at balloons! In my day, girls wore anti-makeup to make them look less grown-up….”

Wow. I’m a Google fan now (and a nerd).
Go to google and try any of these “searches”
2004 in roman numerals
20 moles in units
sqrt(4)+(15*5)/5
That is awesome!
I’ll probably run a few more posts with more cool google functions.

Last night, a group of students from Kansas State University drove in to discuss a Big 12 Catholic Conference. The session had just shy of 20 UT students there to find out more and discuss the conference. My first observation about it all: K-State people are good people. It was a really enjoyable experience first in the info session and followed by a little dinner at Players. I’ll be posting more about the conference in the future.
Quote of the Day:
“Once upon a time in a land known as Tarsus was a man named Saul–”
“Was he a noble man?”
“Um, he was a Pharisee.”
“Oooo”
–later in conversation–
“He wasn’t stoned but he was put in prison.”
“Lots of people get stoned while in prison.”
–Shannon and Nicole “studying” for the CC 318 exam this morning

I realize my weblog is becoming “Random Lenten Meat Musings” but all the same. I was reading Fr. Jim’s blog and he mentioned that on last Friday, March 19, was not a day of abstinence because it was the Solemnity of St. Joseph. I have heard that before but never with evidence and every priest I had talked to about it said abstinence was still the rule. Not to mention every calendar still had the little fishes on it.
Fr. Jim actually cites something- Canon 1251. Canon law states:
“Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.”
In short, if it’s as simple as it seems, since Friday was a Solemnity, that overrides the Friday abstinence. Now I wonder if the US Bishop’s said something different… Does anyone have anything to refute the above? For the record, I had lunch with a priest friend from back home and I enjoyed a nice tuna sandwich on the 19th.