Posts Tagged ‘fyi’

Talkleft on the list

Posted: January 18, 2009 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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With the left shortly to gain power it will be important to see what the debate on the left is.

This being the case I have added Talkleft to the blogroll. It is one of the more reasonable voices of the left and other than the regular quoting of the sockpuppet is pretty good reading.

College Tour Time Anna Maria in Paxton

Posted: January 15, 2009 by datechguy in catholic, employment, personal
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My oldest has arranged for a tour of Anna Maria College in Paxton Mass. tomorrow.

With employment still not in place, no takers on the eBay support, Fafsa saying I need to put in 25k in cash a year and a college fund that has lost 33% of its value in the last 12 months. The options are very limited grades not withstanding.

Anna Maria has the best aid offer of the 6 or so colleges that have already accepted him so far. Short of Fitchburg State that gives them the inside track. I’m partial to any college that offers daily mass.

That will likely mean not a lot of blogging tomorrow.

I didn’t know this myself

Posted: January 12, 2009 by datechguy in catholic
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The Curt Jester links to Fr. Powell’s excellent post on the differences between a parish priest and a priest of a religious order. I actually didn’t know there was a difference in vows:

In the Catholic Church there are two kinds of priests: religious and diocesan. The primary canonical difference between the two is based on who serves as an immediate ecclesial superior. For RP’s the immediate ecclesial superior is the local prior, abbot, or major superior; that is, a member of that priest’s order/monastery who exercises canonical authority in virtue of holding an office within the order/monastery. My immediate ecclesial superior is the prior of this convent. For DP’s, the immediate ecclesial superior is always the bishop of the priest’s diocese.

Very informative and worth reading.

How bad? This bad.

Posted: January 9, 2009 by datechguy in local stuff
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How tough is the Job market?

I stopped by Mighty Subs after my job interview yesterday. He had a help wanted sign up.

It is a job at a sub shop, he pays ok but it a job at a sub shop.

He normally gets about 5 people from any kind of ad.

He has already had 31 people from former car dealers to prep chefs.

The real clue actually came a few months ago, my oldest son was laid off after two years at leominster News back in July. He has failed to get another . He finally had an interview at a local supermarket (Hannafords).

He was called in for a 2nd interview. A second interview for a Supermarket!

That’s how bad it is.