Author Archives: David Ancell

One of my least favorite things to do in life is to call customer service lines. They make me hold forever, and often the rep doesn’t know what in Gehenna he/she is doing. Well, I guess after reading this, I … Continue reading →

If you go to my main page and look on the About Page, you will see my new picture. In the last few months, I’ve lost about 30 pounds and have dumped the dorky glasses. Anyway, I hope everyone reading … Continue reading →

I want to wish everyone reading this a Merry Christmas. As always, notice that I didn’t say Happy Holidays, because, like Karl Keating, I don’t celebrate “ambiguous holidays.” This is the time that we celebrate the birth of Our Lord … Continue reading →

Apparently, I’m not the only one with comment spam problems. Pair networks actually had to shut down sites because of Moveable Type comment spam, and their servers are no weenies! I hate to think of how much attempted traffic I … Continue reading →

It seems like my main blog topic is my PDA and phone. I have struck again with an order that I just placed for a new Dell Axim X50. It seems that PalmOne was dragging their feet in getting a … Continue reading →

My poor parents have been getting many incomprehensible calls from me trying to get my Treo 650 to make a clear call to them. In the end, it didn’t work, and I took it back to Sprint. It was fine … Continue reading →

My cell phone died last week. I was hoping to get another month out of it, but I didn’t. So, I went ahead and bought what I was going to get anyway. I managed to get to the store on … Continue reading →

Recently, the FDA has implemented a labeling change for Mifeprex (aka RU-486). In fact, it’s now in what we call a “black box warning,” which is defined by cynics as that information that lawyers expect you to know. Granted, this … Continue reading →

I just found out that Gerard Serafin died on November 18, 2004. Gerard Serafin was one of the fathers, so to speak, of St. Blog’s parish. He was a man who, despite the cross that he bore, tried to do … Continue reading →

I have got to order me a copy of Tim Drake’s Young and Catholic. Although I am already aware of the growing faith of people of my generation, I will take anything I can to help remind me of it. … Continue reading →