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A Loss in Cardinal Nation

Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals and indeed all of the baseball world, mourn the loss of Josh Hancock today. Hancock was a relief pitcher with the Cardinals who helped them win their tenth World Championship last year. Josh was killed in a car accident early this morning in St. Louis.

Here is the story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Please join us in praying for Josh, his family, and his teammates.

Happy Birthday Mike!

Hey! It's Mike Patin's Birthday today! We believe (though we could be wrong) that he turns 29 today.

(That's him, between Shrine-type friends Donna and Kate.)

Mike is one of the nicest people around, a great speaker, a wealth of knowledge on youth ministry and the human condition in general.

His website does have a contact page, if anyone wanted to drop a note of well-wishes...

Sidebar Mania

If you haven't noticed (and we wouldn't blame you), there are a number a new items in our Oddblog sidebar over there on the left worth checking out:

- our pOddcast of exciting audio
- a link to our videos on YouTube
- other links and contact info
- the archive of this blog
- a handful of enjoyable posts from other' blogs
- the mass readings of the day (text and audio) and a link to a brief reflection
- news items pulled from searching Google News for 'Catholic'

...and other minor tidbits too. Happy blogging!

Vanity Fair - Germany

Seriously, we didn't make this up.

Whether or not you can read German, click here!

Is the Holy Father starting a new fashion trend? We're not sure white is Oddwalk's color.

Separated at Birth?

Shannon of Oddwalk . . . . . . and . . . . . . Al from "Toy Story 2"?



















Thanks to Eric and Marianne over on Facebook for the notion!

pOddcast - "Share"

New today on the pOddcast:

An alternative recording of Share (also recorded by Oddwalk on "Let Us Go...") from "Songs of Healing and Hope" - the OLS Shrine Choir, © 2002.

You can find it in the usual places. Enjoy!

My math says it's one every less-than-four minutes

...In the end, 13-year-old Morgan Pozgar faced off against Michael "Cheeser" Nguyen in the east coast final, with Pozgar slipping past her challenger to face west coast champion Tirosh, a law student from Los Angeles.

"I just wasn't fast enough," said Nguyen, a 23-year-old engineer from Pennsylvania. Asked how it felt to take second place, he was clearly disappointed: "I just got beaten by a teenage girl, but, you know."

Tirosh, who said she practiced with her friend and trainer Amy, who threw out random words or symbols and even motivational Buddhist quotes, admitted to feeling a certain pressure due to the home side advantage.

Wearing a satin boxing robe before her championship bout against Pozgar, she said success would come down to who could marry lightning speed and accuracy.

"It's all about the thumbwork," she said. "It's about balance." She added that she owed her success to relaxation and deep breathing.

So dedicated is she to the art of the text message that Tirosh apparently unwittingly uses initials such as BTW (by the way), TTYL (talk to you later) and LOL (laughing out loud) in her normal speech.

Pozgar said she trained by sending on average 8,000 text messages a month to her friends - an astonishing rate of one every five and a half minutes. She pays US$10 a month for an unlimited text package on her cell phone....

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Orin's math:
8,000/30days/16hours-awake = 16.67 text messages an hour, or an average of one every 3.6 minutes.

Sheesh.

A Keytar Reborn!

Well, not really. But Oddwalk did today buy (for sub-eBay pricing - yay!) a new-old keytar, just like the first Orin played with Oddwalk.

Oddwalk (well, Orin, really) now owns 3 keytars. The world is a bizarre place, and I think this proves it.

Which keytar will show up at our various appearances? You never know! Whichever one matches our outfits? Whichever one fits in the car or on the plane? Maybe both (all three?!)... Hmm... An array of keytars... We may need a keytar technician to come along on gigs now...

Okay, that's enough. Hey - look at that picture of Orin's dogs down there - how cute...

Worth at least 6G

In honor of Orin and Erin's dogs, Gracie and Penny, we bring you this little treat from indexed:

You can get a $3,000 dog for free from the shelter.

I caught you a delicious bass.

In honor of this Sunday's gospel passage, John 21:1-19, which includes this passage:

Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”
So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.

oddwalk brings you this fun website:

icaughtyouadeliciousbass.com

enjoy!

Word to the Wise

You can find the fabulous youth program "Young Neighbors in Action" on the web at http://youngneighbors.org.

You will not however find them at http://ynia.org - instead you wil find a "Young Nigerian Interested in Advancement."

Word to the wise.

Hallelujah Chorus - with flash cards

Now sure how to get back into our usual fare really, but we'll try this:



Thanks to Gina in Orin's choir at the Shrine for the tip!

Now and Always

Hoppy Birdy!

Hoppy Birdy two ewe!
Hoppy birdy two ewe!
Hoppy birdy, Pope Benedict!
Hoppy 80th birdy two ewe!

Send him your own greeting here!

I do believe it's time for another caption contest