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 loved he terms of the Tivo... Read more
Archive for September, 2008
Hulu
September 30 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: abc, colbert, dailyshow, house, hulu, latenight, nbc, television, video, youtube
How To Make A Joyful Noise
September 27 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: choir, music, singingAs 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 I do. You may not sing... Read more
Should Parents Use Grounding?
September 25 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: discipline, grounding, kids, punishmentGrounding 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 effective it truly is at... Read more
Cellular Phone Plans for Families
September 23 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: cell, cellular, Marriage and Family, phone, plansWe’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 tried to cancel it, but... Read more
A quality sermon
September 20 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: clergy, deacon, Faith, priest, quality, religion, sermon, speechI 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 ones I’ve been hearing. I... Read more
I got married
September 18 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: love, marriage, relationship, wifeNot recently, of course. I’ve been married for a while. More than 18 years, to be specific. I knew a few girls in my younger years. I wasn’t what the kids today might call a ‘player’ but I did okay. Well, okay for a young man who played the clarinet and saxophone, sang in a Renaissance singing group wearing tights, took... Read more
Ipod Touch
September 16 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: apple, calendar, ipod, palm, pda, shuffle, touchI have been using an iPod Shuffle. I have one of the second generation Shuffles. You know, not the one that looked like a pack of gum, but the one that looked more like a money clip. It had 1GB of memory (the maximum available at the time) and it was purchased for $99. For $79 I could replace my... Read more
I got kicked out of church
September 13 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: adultery, church, divorce, gaySt. Peter Catholic Church (Stevens Point WI) Years ago, I got kicked out of church. Well, it wasn’t actually me who got kicked out. I’m a Roman Catholic. Mom and I went to a church in a town about 30 miles north of New York City. At the time, she was a divorced mother taking her child to church. Apparently, the pastor... Read more
Our Children’s World
September 11 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: children, Leno, Marriage and Family, outside, play, safetyI get this in one of my email accounts every year. I understand what it’s saying, and I’m not happy with the way the world is now, but it is not the same world you and I grew up in as children. In any case, either a frustrated coworker, an overwrought mom, or a lamenting dad shares their frustration with... Read more
R u txting ur kids?
September 9 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: messaging, sms, texting, twitterText On The Beach by dougww Text messaging makes me crazy. I see kids walking through the mall (I live near the second largest mall in the USA) with large groups of their friends. Intelligent, attractive looking kids. However, none of them are speaking to one another. They are texting other kids. They have left their homes and come to the mall... Read more
