Spectre’s Sayings

Repairs are underway on this blog. I’m not sure what caused the problem. There was definitely some sort of server error, considering some of the symptoms that I had to correct.

In any event, the fix, while not difficult, is time-consuming. I’ve got the posts visible again, and restored the blog theme. I still have work to do on some of the theme’s details, and I have yet to reactivate any of the plugins. I’m going to do that last bit very slowly and carefully, since it appears there’s some sort of conflict with one of them.

But it’s late, and I’m quitting for the night. I’ll finish up later.

The State Journal-Register is reporting that Illinois, Missouri governors pledge to work together for high-speed rail.

NASA begins to return to the moon.

Folks, I’ve been twittering more often than I have in the past, so you might be interested in keeping up with what I post there. My five latest tweets are duplicated in the sidebar here, though.

The SJ-R had an article entitled, “How long will Catholics have to wait for a new bishop?”. It’s basically all speculation, but it’s worth a quick look-see.

The madman is still acting like a PITA, and our fearless leader isn’t doing a dang thing about it: North Korea may fire a missile toward Hawaii (via Yahoo News).

A review of Weihenstephaner Korbinian, a beer I think is really good, can be found here.

Robert Carlson is installed as the new Archbishop of St. Louis. The story is here.

Update (a few minutes later): Archbishop-elect George Lucas gets a mention in the story.

Jenn posted this joke on her blog today. Thought I’d share.

Faster please. Technology Review: Making Fat Disappear

The bishop of the Springfield diocese, George Lucas, was named by Pope Benedict XVI to be the Archbishop of Omaha.

Story here.

State Journal-Register’s story here.

Needless to say, that means we here in Springfield will be getting a new bishop when one is ordained or installed.

This is really cool. Best part comes closer to the end of the video than at the beginning.

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

This morning, my girlfriend received the pink roses I ordered for her yesterday. I had them delivered to her at work. There was no special occasion. It was “just because.” I think she was pleasantly surprised.

The other night, I had a Tecate Light.

A friend of mine had brought several of them over for me to have – trying to repay me for giving her some Schlafly Raspberry Hefeweizen. I think I got the short end of the deal. I mean, it’s a light beer. A “light” version of an American Pilsner. So, it’s a watered down version of something that either has no taste or tastes like old socks. OK, yeah, it’s from Mexico. It tasted a heck of a lot better than Bud Light or Miller Lite. But still, I wouldn’t be spending any of my own money on this swill.