I've posted some preview clips of songs the Priestie Boyz are working on right now. The songs sound great, and I've been working on making ready for mastering (then duplicating on CDs!) during my spare time. We won't be recording any more of the vocals or a few lead guitar parts until after Couch Potatoes (our annual variety show at the Seminary), because we need some practice for the show, but we hope to finish the album very soon!
After a few months of scratching my head as to why my RSS Feed was not working properly (dates would range from January to December in one day!), I finally found the offending line of source code in my RSS template file in Thingamablog. It turns out I wasn't specifying the 'format' for the date and time in the .xml template file.
I replaced this:
$EntryDateTime$>
with this:
$EntryDateTime format="RFC822"$>
Now that that's solved, some people may ask, "What is RSS? Why would I want to use it?" Well, read this (xml.com) for more info.
I don't normally write about happenings in the computer world, but I found it quite humorous that Apple put a message to would-be hackers of it's OSX operating system in verse inside a file deep in the system. You can read the poem on the OSx86 Project's website (I'm still waiting to see if anyone can get Windows running on their new Macs; I know a few people that would be more than happy to dump their PCs if this were possible!).
I found an interesting post on another Catholic Blog Award page by Seminarian Mark Mossas, entitled "Thoughts for Valentine's Day," concerning the Vagina Monologues (which, by the way, was allowed to be shown at Saint Louis University again this year).
Read more of my writings on this topic here (Notre Dame President Restricts 'Monologues'), here ('V-Day' is Quickly Approaching) and here (Protest V***** Monologues on Campuses).
From Catholic News Service:
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) – "The Vagina Monologues," performed for large audiences in theaters on the University of Notre Dame campus for the past four years, will be restricted to a classroom setting at the university this year.
Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, Notre Dame's new president, announced the change of venue for the play and also said he is seeking opinions from faculty, students and alumni about what events are appropriate to hold on campus. (Read more...)
Will other Catholic universities (notably Saint Louis University) begin to see what the Monologues really promote and seek to preserve their own Catholic identities, as Notre Dame seems to be doing? We shall see.
In the meantime, I will pray that the administration at SLU will see the problems with the play and with many aspects of the 'V-Day' campaign.
Earlier today decided to go to the local blood drive at St. Gabriel's parish. I know how important it is to give blood; my Mom and my sister would probably not be alive today if other generous souls had not decided to take a little time out of their weeks to give blood. So I went.
I am fearful of needles, and have fainted a few times when getting blood drawn, and I have never given blood before. So I was a little bit apprehensive of doing so upon arrival at the cafeteria at St. Gabriel's. But I built up my courage and told myself, "Well, you haven't fainted the past six times you've had blood draws—this can't be that bad... it's just a stick in the arm, and that's it!"