Memory Eternal!
Martyr Anastasia the Roman - remembered on October 29th
Rome (3rd)
Troparion in tone 4
Your lamb Anastasia, O Jesus,
Calls out to You in a loud voice:
I love You, O my bridegroom,
And in seeking You, I endure suffering.
In Baptism I was crucified so that I might reign in You,
And died so that I might live with You.
Accept me as a pure sacrifice,
For I have offered myself in love.
By her prayers save our souls, since You are merciful.
Kontakion in tone 3
Purified by the waters of virginity, O righteous one,
You were wedded by the blood of martyrdom, O Anastasia.
You grant healing and salvation to those who are in need,
And who call on you from their hearts,
For Christ gives you strength, pouring out on you everflowing grace!
Yesterday in the early morning Anthony "Tony" Benson, a dear friend and loved one fell asleep in the Lord. He will be deeply missed, but we rejoice now in the knowledge that he knows a bliss beyond any of our understanding.
I am still new to Orthodoxy, and am not sure what exhortations, or exclamations are appropriate for those not in communion with the conanical church; but I feel no trepidation saying,
Tony Benson, May You Memory be Eternal.
October 30
NaNoWriMo
I will be participating in NaNoWriMo this year, which is:
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over talent and craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.
As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel. Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and -- when the thing is done -- the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to frighten animals and small children.
Last year, we had 5000 participants. Over 700 of them crossed the 50k finish line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.
It sounds like an incredibly fun, demanding sort of experience which is what I am all about it seems.
In related news, Hopefully the illustrious Kevin Basil will be participating in NaNoWriMo as well.
I am actually getting incredibly excited about this; the countdown begins.
Shameless Stealing
Apparently my capacity for somewhat original thought and design, has met its end.
Or I just found the sweetest design element at over at A Dollar Short. I am going to incorporate something like her Elsewhere calendar that graces the top of her blog.
Of course since I am a PHP groupie, I am going to make a version of it that allows me to archive the weeks, and dynamically call up the history as needed.
So of course this means that I am going to re-design, since that element wouldn't jive with my present look.
New blog on the block...
And he is hangin tough... sorry, couldn't help it. Fellow Catechuman, and apparently sensitive, deep thinker James took my advice and started a blog.
If you have ventured over there then you know what I mean. If not then do your self a favor and go and read what this man has to say, it has value and scope that is refreshing in these days of tech updates and Lego postings.
WMDI
I as well as some others are particpating in the Web MetaData Initiative, an undertaking with the purpose of:
I have marked up the index page here at ChrisJDavis.org with the alpha tags, as well as ported the tags to the b2 bloggin system.
The tutorial is located at this page.
Quick Blog...
Here is a joke I found on the Chimera Mailing List:
A. None. They just change the standard to darkness.
If you don't get it, I am truly sorry.
And on another note, via blogs4God.com, I ran across this post, a transcript of a homily given by Fr. Joseph Wilson, a brother from the other side of the chasm.
Fr. Joseph and the Monsignor of that Parish have handled the Scandal that is raging around my latin brothers and sisters with tact and grace, and I thought it proper to link to it from here.
Pray for those that have been wounded by this travesty, accused and victim alike.
And yet another note.
While visiting over at MeanDeans Place I came across his latest post. It seems that fellow moderator, and New Zealander, Rachel Cunliffe who runs the blog Cre8d-design ::journal was grocked in the most unflattering way.
Find the whole story at WebPagesThatSuck.com.
And another thing, the guy who stole all the code and design, didn't even change the links for latest/email/info; they all still point to Rachels site.
Stunned...
I am completely and totally stunned.
While checking out the content over at WhatDoIKnow.org I was presented links to one of the biggies, and Someone who has escaped my notice, until now.
This site has got to be the most beautifully designed blog I have ever seen. The simple layout and the typographic design are exquisite, I only wish that CSS was used more for positioning. It is a joy to view and read this blog, and I will continue to do so.
Zeldman's redesign is complete and udder crap. Painful to view, not only from the sub-par design, but the choice of colors. The contrast is actually painful to view.
Irish Jesuits
While perusing the web I found the site Sacred Space.
This is truly an interesting idea, and I am glad to see the Jesuits, from whom I take my online name, are still alive and well in Ireland.
So am I technically and Irish Jesuit as well, since I am Irish and I identify myself as Jesuit online?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
I have been a long time fan of the Jesuit Order, and I am very glad to see that their numbers continue to grow and their influence can be felt in a positive way in hundreds of countries around the globe.
A quick quote from a guy in a pointy hat about the Jesuits:
Holiness and Hooch...
Wow, while at RazorMouth.com, I stumbled upon this entry about drinking culture an excerpt follows:
As the Church insists that followers of Jesus refrain from drinking, do they insult the way that their Lord lived when he was here on earth? Well, they wouldn
Give me a break...
In keeping with thier tradition of copying off of Apple, the Beast launched, and then 404ed under great controversy, an Apple to MS switch campaign.
Here is a recent Google cache. The thing that gets me is this quote:
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