Tomorrow in Orthros, you may hear a little about the deposition of the sash of the Theotokos (depending on what translation you use, that might also be ‘belt,’ ‘girdle’ or ‘cincture.’) It’s rare for the synaxarion to be read during the service, so I thought I’d quote it just in case anyone was as curious […]

Reflecting on all this computer virus nastiness, I’m reminded of a bit of a metaphor that came by way of one of those half-hour sci-fi story shows that had a short run in the ’80s. I never watched them, but a friend wanted me to record this one, and when I saw it, I was […]

Following up to that last post about the virus e-mail I’ve been getting, I got a (real) e-mail from MSNBC’s Website in response to my suggestion that they post a warning on their site about the spurious e-mails. Well, no such luck with my suggestion, but at least I’ve got a little more info now. […]

This is off-topic, but we’re obviously all computer-savvy people, so I thought it was worth doing my little bit to get the word out.
There’s a nasty, nasty virus e-mail going around right now. This isn’t one of those silly phishing letters with half the words misspelled that screams out ‘fake!’ This is an entirely believable-looking […]

Given the Russian intervention — which now appears to be an invasion — in Georgia (roundup HERE), how relevant is it that today the Church commemorates “the New Martyrs of Georgia who suffered under the atheist yoke”?
I don’t pretend to know that history, but here’s the story of five of those new martyrs from today’s […]

We were driving home from Saturday errands yesterday, when Greg suddenly said, “Oh wait, you have to see this,” and looked for a place to turn the car around. This is always a good time. It means he glimpsed something that went by too fast to point it out, and now we’re just hoping it’ll […]

I didn’t realize it had been so long since I had anything to say. Well, as Greg will attest, it’s not that I haven’t had anything to say — he probably wishes I had nothing to say. It’s just that the new workflow I talked about really eats up the time I used to put […]