Memorial Day - The dictionary in Mac OS X defines a memorial as “something, esp. a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.” Memorial Day is obviously more than just a structure. It’s rarefied privilege to have an entire day set aside for something. Too often holidays in the United States become sort of meaningless; looked forward to more for the government-sanctioned day away from work (and endless opportunities for retail sales!) than for the stated focus of the day.

That’s really too bad for Memorial Day. Probably not since WWII has our country been so militarized and military-focused, yet how many people really pause to reflect on the real reason we take this day off work?

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Amahl and the Night Visitors - Through this weekend at The Rose Marine Theater

Los Noviembres - Paul Boll’s latest project.

100K House - Sustainable, affordable housing. It CAN be done; why isn’t it?

St. Patrick Cathedral - Finally getting it finished! Who says the Catholic Church can’t change quickly?

St. Nick casting call - Get your little actors and actresses out to find their fame!

Vote on December 18th!

Brave Combo - December 21st at McDavid Studio

Armed Forces Bowl - Cal Bears (who play in Berkeley) vs. Air Force

Learn from my mistakes! Take a gander at my personal finance series on Cowtown Chronicles.

Go visit Fort Worth Blogorrhea to vote on the best (and worst) of 2007!

 

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