Archive | September, 2008

30 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Hulu

I’ve always wanted a Tivo. I think time-shifted television is the best idea ever. We have all of this technology at our fingertips. Yet most of us still sit mindlessly in front of the television watching the TV shows on the network’s schedule. My problem with Tivo is… I’m cheap. Really cheap. I have never [...]

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27 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

How To Make A Joyful Noise

As a Music Teacher and Choir Director, I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been asked about what to do with ‘non-singers.’ I’ve also been heard “I can’t sing” more than a thousand times. Look. You can sing. Not everyone is a professional. I’ll admit it, you probably don’t sing as well as [...]

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25 September 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Should Parents Use Grounding?

Grounding is defined as the restriction of a child’s freedom of movement for a specified amount of time or until the child meets a certain condition (or conditions). We are newly in the position of having to consider really using grounding as a method of discipline. We have seen positive results, but often wonder how [...]

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23 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Cellular Phone Plans for Families

We’ve had quite a go with cellular phones. My son got his first cell phone when he was in Middle School. We got him a ‘pay as you go’ model just in case it got lost. Good thing, because within the first month of school, he had lost it. We did not replace it. We [...]

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20 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

A quality sermon

I often wonder, during the more than 120 masses I sit through each year, why there can’t be more quality sermons. I imagine creating a sermon is difficult. As a matter of fact, this site grows out of the idea that I thought I could create a weekly sermon as good or better than the [...]

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