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My dad emailed me bright and early this morning to remind me of my heritage. I was trying to remember my roots, and I believe that my mother was 100% Irish, and I would be 50% Irish, and then you... ... (continued)

Here is a list of places to consider donating to or volunteering with. ... (continued)

Recently I logged into a computer catalog with the username "catfull," which, I assumed, was short for "full catalog." But to me it sounded like "catful." You know, somewhere in between a "handful" and a "truckload." Usage suggestions: - Can... ... (continued)

I am endlessly fascinated and outraged by American beef production and consumption. Consumers demand it cheap and high in saturated fat, and meatpacking companies supply it as fast as they can. A recent New York Times article was chock full... ... (continued)

Last night, by the way, marked 2002's paschal moon. The paschal moon is, astronomically speaking, the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Ecclesiastically speaking, however, there are complicated rules for calculating the date of the Paschal moon (which does... ... (continued)