Monthly Archives: October 2004

St. Blog’s

There is a Canadian Carnival. There is a Christian Carnival. There is now a Catholic Carnival. Carnivals are weekly or bi-weekly collections of blog posts. They are self-submitting, which makes sense. A blogger has an opportunity to showcase a post … Continue reading

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Marriage Survey

Fidler on the Roof is doing a marriage survey for a book that is to be released by Relevant Books in 2005. The book is Adventures In Holy Matrimony and the survey is about mental illness and how it affects … Continue reading

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Superblessed Christian Blog Awards

Superblessed is holding his annual blog awards again. He commented on the last two he has run. Yet, I also received some not-so-nice mail from folks who said certain blogs were left out. Here we go again. My Favorite Christian … Continue reading

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Blogging will fade away – not!

When you threaten bloggers, and and other bloggers notice and speak up, what are you going to do in response? Maybe as Warren Kinsella muses there were hundreds and hundreds of posts, in response to his threats, but I doubt … Continue reading

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Guardian letter writing halted

The Guardian won’t be asking readers to send letters to US voters anymore. Between Guardian sites getting hacked and the anger of US voters and widespread complaints, the project has been halted. The cancellation of the project came 24 hours … Continue reading

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Super Bugs

During flu season most hospitals restrict outside access. But infection control specialists know that one of their biggest battles is super bugs – bacteria that flourishes in a hospital environment. Quebec hospitals are looking at an alarming death rate from … Continue reading

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Canada Post

There are three entry points in Canada for international mail. Vancouver British Columbia, Toronto Ontario, and Halifax Nova Scotia. As security continues to tighten up, Canada Post announced yesterday that letters and packages have to be addressed properly. No more … Continue reading

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The book goes on

A couple of months ago I got an email. It was from Real Live Preacher, letting me know Eerdman’s was giving him some copies of his upcoming book to give away. And he wanted me to have one. What stood … Continue reading

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