I can’t believe I forgot. I’m such a bad father. How could I forget this birthday? This past Saturday marked 9 years since I started this blog: July 3, 2001. As I do every year at this time, I reflect on how much has changed. Just a few... [Continue Reading]
Today was my first official day working in my new job in the New Media & Initiatives office of the Catholic Media Group of the Archdiocese of Boston. I’d mentioned a month ago that I would be leaving my job as manager of gift processing... [Continue Reading]
I got my new iPhone 4 today. As little as a few days ago, I didn’t think I’d be getting one, even though I’ve been eagerly anticipating from even before it was announced in early June. I knew that Apple releases a new iPhone each... [Continue Reading]
It’s been one of those days. I hadn’t been at my desk this morning more than 5 minutes when I got a phone call from Melanie. Her plans this morning included going grocery shopping and then story time at the library for the girls. Because... [Continue Reading]
I wrote a couple of days ago about an anti-bullying bill coming before the Massachusetts Senate that contained unrelated language adding “hate speech” about sexual orientation to the legal definition of libel. If passed, it could... [Continue Reading]
My colleague George Martell, an award-winning photojournalist, is in Haiti over the next few days with Cardinal Seån O'Malley, six weeks after the massive earthquake that left an estimated 300,000 people dead. Cardinal O'Malley was to arrive in... [Continue Reading]
For some people, vacation is a time to sit back, relax, and do nothing. But for me, on our current vacation, it’s a time to catch up on stuff I’ve been wanting to do for ages. In this case, it’s a long overdue update of this blog... [Continue Reading]
Back in May, when I found out that I was going to need prescription eyeglasses for the first time, I wrote about the fact that it’s possible to buy very inexpensive eyeglasses online. And by that I mean $25 for the whole package versus $200 or... [Continue Reading]
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Too late to pick-our-own apples, nevertheless on this Columbus Day weekend we went to Big Apple Farm in Wrentham, MA. And, by the way, a Trappistine Monastery happens to be down the street and so we stopped there too.