Attention X-M Listeners!

Thus far only Sirius listeners have had access to good, 24-hour Catholic sattelite radio. But now

XM SATELLITE RADIO BROADCASTS LIVE
REPORTS FROM VATICAN CITY AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ABOUT POPE JOHN PAUL II
ON XM LIVE (XM CHANNEL 200)

Excerpt:

Washington D.C.,
April 05, 2005
—
XM Satellite Radio, the nation’s leading provider of satellite radio
with more than 3.77 million subscribers, is carrying live reports from
Vatican City and special programs about Pope John Paul II from the
Eternal Word Television Network/Global Catholic Network and Ave Maria
Radio on XM Live (XM Channel 200).

This is another limited time thing, but those of y’all who are X-M listeners might want to take the occasion to talk to X-M and tell them that you’d like more of the same in the future after the new pope is elected.

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An Experiment

Occasionally I’ll get e-mail  that is almost a blog post. From time to time, I’ve posted some of these.

Well, I’d like to try an experiment in group-blogging.

For a limited time only (to see if this works), I’d like to open the doors on this an invite folks to send in e-mail specifically intended to serve as blog posts.

A few stipulations:

  1. This is a temporary experiment. I don’t know how many such e-mails may be usable, and I don’t want folks to write a bunch of stuff that doesn’t get end up getting used (thus frustrating them), so let’s try a quick test and see how it goes.
  2. I’d encourage folks to submit posts that aren’t heavy into theology, canon law, or biblical studies. There’s a stronger chance I might disagree on those and find them not-usable. For now, I’m more looking for posts on the other kind of material we have on the blog (which is today, on everything else of interest).
  3. Please let me know if you’d like me to credit you by name or not.
  4. Please include the words "BLOG POST" in the title of the e-mail so I’m clear that’s what it’s for (I can be dense sometimes).

Thanks much, folks! I look forward to seeing what y’all have on your minds!

She's Out There… Somewhere

QUICK! What would you do in this situation? You are a marine biologist in charge of a large commercial marine aquarium. A six-foot captive Great White Shark that has lived in the aquarium for the last six months has become aggressive and killed at least two of the other sharks in your care. People are beginning to talk.

If you guessed "release it just off the coast near a densely populated metropolis" you are correct! If you also guessed that "just before sunrise" would be an opportune time to pull this off, give yourself bonus points!

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She’s Out There… Somewhere

QUICK! What would you do in this situation? You are a marine biologist in charge of a large commercial marine aquarium. A six-foot captive Great White Shark that has lived in the aquarium for the last six months has become aggressive and killed at least two of the other sharks in your care. People are beginning to talk.

If you guessed "release it just off the coast near a densely populated metropolis" you are correct! If you also guessed that "just before sunrise" would be an opportune time to pull this off, give yourself bonus points!

GET THE STORY.

Appearance on "Future Tense"

There a Minnesota Public Radio show (aired in the U.S. and Canada) called "Future Tense," which appears to have nothing to do with a forthcoming proliferation of caffeinated beverages.

Instead, it’s about technology.

Yesterday (which I suppose would be "Past Tense" from a "Present Tense" point of view), "Future Tense" interviewed me about how the death of John Paul II is being received in cyberspace and, in particular, on the catholic.com web forums.

Now that "Future Tense" is "Present Tense" (or something like that), they tell me the show should be posted for you listening pleasure to their website

WHICH IS HERE.

You can also

CHECK OUT THE JOHN PAUL II FORUM AT CATHOLIC.COM.

Appearance on “Future Tense”

There a Minnesota Public Radio show (aired in the U.S. and Canada) called "Future Tense," which appears to have nothing to do with a forthcoming proliferation of caffeinated beverages.

Instead, it’s about technology.

Yesterday (which I suppose would be "Past Tense" from a "Present Tense" point of view), "Future Tense" interviewed me about how the death of John Paul II is being received in cyberspace and, in particular, on the catholic.com web forums.

Now that "Future Tense" is "Present Tense" (or something like that), they tell me the show should be posted for you listening pleasure to their website

WHICH IS HERE.

You can also

CHECK OUT THE JOHN PAUL II FORUM AT CATHOLIC.COM.