Photodump

If you don't already, I highly recommend you follow our friend Britt Dietz' Moments Capture photography on Facebook. He does amazing aviation photography...

Catholic Humor

I made some memes!

Let the beheadings commence!

Down the Rabbit Hole: Addendum

So, after some encouragement from Dave, I revisited Gregorio. After messing around a bit more, I discovered the reason it hadn't properly loaded and connected itself with TeX Live was that, when the installer was finished, I checked the "display readme.txt" option, which was causing the error message about not finding the TeX Live files (???). When I unchecked that option before completing the install, it appeared to connect up properly and I was able to get Gregorio and TeX Live to compile.

The process is a little tricky, but so, so, so much faster than my other option, which was to use the now-"free" copy of Adobe InDesign CS2 with the font Caeciliae. While that method produced very pretty scores,  it took an ungodly amount of time. Using Gregorio, I was able to produce sharp-looking scores in about 15 minutes.

Check them out:

Facebook Miscellany 1/13 - 1/26

The most important news on the internet: J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars VII. To me, this is wonderfully good news, as I have enjoyed all the Abrams films I've seen. According to IMDB, "'Argo' director Ben Affleck was also in contention [to direct]." (Insert huge gasp of relief here.)

I think the funniest response I've seen so far has been this one:

Star Wars Episode VII: Revenge of the Lens Flair

A note on why I like him: of the first three Mission Impossible movies, (the ones I've seen), #3 (directed by Abrams) was my favorite, while #2 (directed by John Woo) was an abomination that ought to be fed to the ravenous bug-bladder beast. What is interesting is that, in M:I2, the villain threatened to release a virus that would kill billions, and yet I could not motivate myself to care if the hero succeeded (I was hoping he wouldn't, so the heroine would be forced to throw herself off a cliff). In M:I3, we are never told what  plot the villain is attempting. There is no on-screen threat beyond the hero and his new bride. And yet I cared intensely.

And getting me to care about Tom Cruise is a feat in itself.

The Boys Update

The Boys both had half-birthdays this week. Anthony turned 1½ and Damien 3½.

18! Does that mean he can vote?

42. The ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything poopy.

President Obama, the Closet Pro-Lifer

Wedding Photos

The complete wedding photo album is now online! It only took nine years!