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RIP the Walkman
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jmcgee
And now a moment of silence — literally — as a once-beloved icon of the ’80s is laid to rest: Sony will stop selling its Walkman portable tape player in Japan, the land of that once-iconic device’s birth. That’s “weirdest” not in the sense of “I can’t believe Sony won’t make those things anymore,” but…
Making a list, checking it twice
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jmcgee
It’s a little early for Christmas, but some people are indeed making lists — and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that The Bench has just landed on this one: the Top 50 Catholic Blogs. There are some familiar names, and some that were new to me. (A lotta blogging nuns out there! Who knew?)…
And now, San Diego
By
jmcgee
It’s been described as the biggest document release ever regarding clerical sexual abuse — but details in the Los Angeles Times don’t add that much to what we already know: After a three-year legal fight, documents were released Sunday detailing the years of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the San Diego Diocese that led…
The Ephesians 4:29 Rule
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jmcgee
That’s the proposal for blogging set forth by my diaconate brother in bloggery, Scott Dodge: Since no blogger is an island, there are other Catholic bloggers with whom I associate and with whom I even collaborate sometimes. I keep abreast of their blogs, which includes posting comments and reading the comments of other readers from…
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