Monthly Archives: December 2012

The snow storm in Connecticut

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: I was home for Christmas, which was great. I didn’t make it back to Gloucester before the storm because I got laid up with a stomach sickness (the cause of my not having a post ready yesterday). … Continue reading

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I love philosophical cartoons like this one

I used to teach philosophy of nature (aka cosmology, natural philosophy, etc.) so I particularly appreciate this one. *Warning: some of the other cartoons in the XKCD series may be offensive to some readers, but sometimes the author really hits … Continue reading

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2012 in review – interesting stats!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 24,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading

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Poll: when do you take your Christmas decorations down?

Reblogged from Perpetual Learner: “When should I take my Christmas decorations down?” A surprising number of people ask Google this question. I got a surprising number of hits on a poll I posted on this topic last year.  For the … Continue reading

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Origami T-Rex Skull

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: From the same book I used for yesterday’s post. It was a great Christmas present! – Fr. Matthew Green Read more… 2 more words

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Prehistoric Origami

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: Michelinoceras and Anomalocaris, folded from a Japanese origami book I got for Christmas called “Dinosaurs 3″ by Fumiaki Kawahata.  Neither of these creatures is a dinosaur, but you get the point – the book has diagrams for … Continue reading

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Catnip toys from Pop Gallery make our cat happy

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: During the “Men’s Night” event, at the Pop Gallery I bought a pack of catnip-based toys for my family’s two cats, Frey and Freya.  This photo shows Frey after flipping out with the catnip… now in a … Continue reading

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Christmas Origami Santa

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: Santa brought me a few origami books! This Santa is from “Brilliant Origami”, by David Brill: – Fr. Matthew Green

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Origami Fish from Out of State

Reblogged from GoodMorningGloucester: The other day I got an envelope in the mail from someone in Pennsylvania named Ali Thome, who read my blog posts about the origami Christmas/Fishmas tree, and decided to chip in! Thanks for the beautiful origami, … Continue reading

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Homilycast #296: December 25, Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Here is my homily for this Sunday, recorded during the 5:00PM Vigil Mass at St. Joachim’s in Rockport, using the readings for the Mass during the night. You can hear all of my “homilycasts” by copying this URL: http://advenus.wordpress.com/category/podcast-2/feed/Continue reading

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