CNN carried a story today about a 21-year old German guy who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia but typed “Sidney” into a travel website instead.
The guy found himself in Sidney, Montana.
“”I did wonder but I didn’t want to say anything,” the gentleman told a newspaper. “I thought to myself, you can fly to Australia via the United States.”
Classic.
Archive - December, 2006
sidney or sydney
when the sun rises
“When the sun rises in the morning sky, you will see the King of kings coming forth from the Father like a radiant bridegroom from the bridal chamber.” Gospel Antiphon from EP 1 of Christmas
I just made my way back home after Midnight Mass and the customary IHOP breakfast. With the new pastor and music director at the helm of my parish in Wichita Falls, this was probably the liturgically most uninspiring Christmas I’ve had as a Catholic. I’ll share more at some point probably.
proclamation of the birth of christ
The Roman Martyrology for Christmas has a formal annoucement of the birth of Christ. The annoucement, as follows, can be found in the Sacramentary Supplement:
Today, the twenty-fifth day of December,
unknown ages from the time when God created the heavens and the earth
and then formed man and woman in his own image.
Several thousand years after the flood,
when God made the rainbow shine forth
as a sign of the covenant.
Twenty-one centuries from the time of Abraham and Sarah;
thirteen centuries after Moses led the people of Israel out of Eqypt.
Eleven hundred years from the time of Ruth and the Judgesl
one thousand years from the anointing of David as king;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel.
In the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the City of Rome.
The forty-second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
the whole world being at peace,
Jesus Christ, eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
being conceived by the Holy Spirit,
and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary
Today is the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.
national radio debut
Last night, I made my national radio debut on Sirius’ The Catholic Channel- Channel 159 on your Sirius Satellite Radio- during Paulist Father Dave Dwyer’s Busted Halo nightly broadcast. This is the sister program to the BustedHalo podcast.
It was a brief segment about what was preached during the Sunday homily (to connect with Friday evening’s segment about what readings are lined up for Sunday) and to make a quick plug for the UCC’s homily podcast.
I’ll be updating that after lunch.
the nba is now the megasport
After tonight’s little brawl, the NBA slowly start earning the nickname the “megasport”. This game, they combined a ball, a court, with some freestyle boxing. I heard next week they’re going to suit up in full pads and see who can kick the ball into the goal.
I’m just completely blown away. There are plenty of players out there just trying to play the game like men, but the few who act like this give me a taste in my mouth like that of the 1994 MLB strike.
It should be about the game. Sure, there’s a lot of other stuff attached to professional sports, but the concept of sport should prevail. This foul-turned-10-player-ejection is just beyond all understanding. They’re professionals! If I went into work and lost control like those players did tonight, I doubt I would have a job.
Speaking of, I need to head in early tomorrow so bed for now.
