Andrea, a dear friend of mine that I don’t have the chance to catch up with nearly enough, mentioned that she was bummed about me ending my manual mirroring of my site onto Xanga. For those not aware, I used to copy/paste all my posts onto Xanga so the vast number of my friends using it could read up on me with ease.
With Andrea’s comment, I did a little investigation and a little playing. I have a script to mirror to Xanga without any action on my part. For me, it’s great because I have to do no work. For my Xanga readers, it’s great because you have to do no extra work.
It isn’t 100% complete yet but crossing all fingers, it’ll be up soon enough.
Archive - July, 2005
xanga mirroring?
works and prayer
We find prayer no less a struggle than did the first disciples, who wearied of their watch. Even our ministry can offer itself as a convincing excuse to be neglectful, since our exertions for the kingdom tempt us to imagine that our work may supply for our prayer. But without prayer we drift, and our work is no longer for Him. To serve Him honestly we must pray always and not give up. He will bless us in his time and lighten our burdens and befriend our loneliness.
– Congregation of Holy Cross Constitution 3.25
Too often, I find myself tired from the work of the day and instead of taking a few minutes to be in prayer- whether it be improv spoken prayer, meditation, Liturgy of the Hours, short phrases, whatever- I opt to think that the work of the day was the prayer I needed.
Before I continue, everyone of our actions should be a prayer. St. Therese of Lisieux is known for that. However, we are required to be in dialogue with our Creator. By taking time to simply pray, we allow ourselves to be silent for it is only in silence can we hear God’s voice over the day’s business. God speaks in all places and in all ways but in silence, we can refine his calling to us in an unique and important way.
Just as Jesus said to his early disciples, “Come, Follow me”, Jesus calls to us. If we are too busy in our work, even if that work is for the greater glory, we can fail to hear where we will find our peace.
protonated methane probed
I’m a dork, but as many of you know, I used to be a chemistry major. I’m still a member of the American Chemical Society and try to keep up some in the field. I don’t understand nearly as much of it as I would like.
In either case, I’m reading the issue of Chemical & Engineering News that arrived in the mail today. CH5+, also known as protonated methane or the methonium ion. It was orginally discovered in the 1950s and it is a gas formed during chemical reactions by adding a proton to a methane molecule (CH4). According to the article, it has been reported to be present in very acidic solution.
For those who think CH 301 would be worse than spending eternity in hell, spectroscopy is the study, and method of study, of molecular structure by looking at how a molecule absorbs, emits or refract light. You can run a spectroscopy on molecules and determine various things from it by the resulting spectrum.
The proceedure, usually, isn’t that hard and is used in many cases to help determine makes up a substance. Virtually all small molecules have been probed and researched using this methods who knows how many times over. Although discovered in the 1950′s, the CH5+ carbocation has been a bit tricky. An international group of researchers were able to obtaion the first broad-frequency infrared spectrum of the ion.
According to the article, much work is left since they haven’t been able to refine enough detail to figure out the ion’s rotationsl stucture.
Why should you care? Well, there really isn’t a reason. The ion has some concern to astrochemistry and organic chemistry but nothing a chemistry undergradute would care about, much less the normal person.
I just thought it was cool.
i’m still alive
There has been a very extended gap between my last post and now. I had started to work on a script that would post to Xanga without any interaction on my part (like to keep Andrea happy!- Happy Anniversary! She and Charlie celebrate another year today). I ran some alpha-level testing of it and it failed without hope. I haven’t had the chance to work on it more with class but hopefully it’ll be up and running by the time the fall semester starts.
Classes have been going well, although they require much more of my time than previously resulting in my reduced website output.
saveplayers.com was given a slight facelift as I activated a content-management system for it. With classes and whatnot, I simply didn’t have the time to update it as often as needed. Now, Michael or whoever else can update content whenever their hearts desire.
Must be getting ready for class; I’ll try to post a little more often!
bishop delaney of fort worth dies
Most Rev. Joseph P. Delaney, Bishop of Fort Worth since 1981, died in his sleep last night at age 70. He had been dealing with on-going medical problems in recent years.
Pope Benedict XVI had already appointed Msgr. Kevin Vann to be ordained as coadjutor bishop, meaning he would succeed Bishop Delaney at his retirement or death. Bishop-elect Vann’s ordination was previously scheduled for tomorrow. Diocesan officials have reported that his ordination will still be held with slight modifications as he will be ordained as the Bishop of Fort Worth instead of an assistant bishop.
Bishop Delaney was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on August 29, 1934. He studied for the priesthood in seminaries in Boston, Washington, and Rome, and was ordained a priest on December 18, 1960 for the Diocese of Fall River.
After serving six years as associate pastor, high school teacher, and assistant superintendent of schools in Taunton, Massachusetts, he received permission of his bishop to work in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. He served in that diocese as an associate pastor, the pastor of two parishes, superintendent of schools, editor of the diocesan newspaper, judicial vicar, and co-chancellor.
Bishop Delaney was named the second bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth by Pope John Paul II on July 10, 1981, and was ordained to the episcopacy September 13, 1981.
Bishop Delaney oversaw great expansion in the diocesan offices, moving into the Cathedral’s basement as his first office to opening the Catholic Center, the central offices for the Diocese. In 1999, he started the process for the First Synod of the Diocese of Fort Worth, a long-range planning process for the Diocese. He selected me to be a delegate for those proceedings and I was appointed to the Youth Concerns Committee to help ensure the Synodal documents reflected a proper respect for the needs of youth ministry in the church of tomorrow.
May the angels of the Lord take him to the heavenly banquet.
