David Ancell / Friday, November 08, 2002 / Comments(0)
Yes, that’s right, I have another new toy. Just look down the right-hand column of this blog, and you will find that it is searchable. Give it a try. I’ve had good luck with it so far.
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David Ancell / Friday, November 08, 2002 / Comments(0)
I’m now recovering from nasty, nasty food poisoning that I probably picked up at a local restaurant. On Wednesday night I was so out of it that I thought it was Thursday morning. I had showered and gotten dressed when my parents called to check on me. If they hadn’t called, I would have gone to my morning doctor’s appointment at night and wondered what the heck was going on. It scared my parents half to death.
Oh well, I’m much better now.
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David Ancell / Tuesday, November 05, 2002 / Comments(0)
I stopped at a rest stop on the way to Nashville Monday, and there is a sign there now that says it’s the Hank Williams and Loretta Lynn rest stop. Hmmm . . . . what kind of honor is it to have a restroom named after you?
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David Ancell / Monday, November 04, 2002 / Comments(0)
Once again, I expect a light blogging week. Also, I’m planning on preparing to take on the web page of my church group, so I may have to make adjustments to the site that will render it either temporarily unavailable or only available at another address. I will try to keep you posted.
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David Ancell / Monday, November 04, 2002 / Comments(0)
Another random rant for you . . .
I’ve often heard the terms “Conservative” and “Liberal” applied to the ideologies of different Catholics. Personally, I find the terms confusing. Here’s why.
1. When we say someone is “Conservative,” are we saying this in reference to politics or theology. For example, a conservative politician is likely to support the death penalty. This is not necessarily true of a theological conservative in the Catholic Church.
2. Some people who are in many ways politically liberal may be theologically orthodox (the term I prefer). I once mentioned that someone I knew was “orthodox,” and someone said “You mean conservative.” Someone may be a conservative or liberal but first a Catholic.
3. Some conservatives are not orthodox either. Take a schismatic organization like the Society of St. Pius X, for example.
4. Sometimes the terms are used as though there are two positions on an issue that are both compatible with the Catholic faith. In some issues that may be true, but there are doctrinally settled issues. In this case (e.g. abortion) to hold a differing view would be going against the faith.
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David Ancell / Saturday, November 02, 2002 / Comments(0)
I know I’m a bit late, but I thought I’d share with you something that stuck me when I read it this morning. It’s from the Office of Readings for today, written by St. Ambrose.
God did not decree death from the beginning; he prescribed it as a remedy. Human life was condemned because of sin to unremitting labor and unbearable sorrow and so began to experience the burden of wretchedness. There had to be a limit to its evils; death had to restore what life had forfeited.
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David Ancell / Saturday, November 02, 2002 / Comments(0)
I’ve just built my first PHP script. I’m so excited. I haven’t done any good computer coding in a long time. I decided that I might be able to cut down on the spam that I get by hiding my e-mail address. It now appears (or should appear) nowhere in this page.
So how do you e-mail me? Very simple . . . .
Just go to this web form and fill it out. This is what the script does.
You can also find this link where it says “E-mail David Ancell” on the side of this page, or you can click my name on any blog entry. Say, does anyone think I ought to provide a link that says “E-mail me” at the bottom of each entry? I can’t decide if I like to have my name be the e-mail link or to have a separate link.
This e-mail form is a page on my web page, and it can also be accessed from there.
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David Ancell / Friday, November 01, 2002 / Comments(0)
Lately, I’ve felt like a kid with a new toy. I’ve got this new account on my web server with database and scripting language access. I’m going to have to write something this weekend. I haven’t been coding stuff in a long time, and I really want to try to make a web application or two.
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