Comments on: Stupid and Useless Gestures http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures Documenting the random thoughts of a cluttered mind since 2004 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Cunningham http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures/comment-page-1#comment-71 John Cunningham Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:33:58 +0000 http://www.abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures#comment-71 Truly, all the wisdom of life can be found in "Animal House." the lines cited by CQ are great, rivaled by Dean Wormer's advice to Flounder: "Son, fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life," just before Flounder hurls in the Dean's face. Truly, all the wisdom of life can be found in “Animal House.” the lines cited by CQ are great, rivaled by Dean Wormer’s advice to Flounder: “Son, fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life,” just before Flounder hurls in the Dean’s face.

]]> By: bsp http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures/comment-page-1#comment-8 bsp Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures#comment-8 I'll bet Al Gore is sorry he invented the internet. I’ll bet Al Gore is sorry he invented the internet.

]]> By: Robby http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures/comment-page-1#comment-9 Robby Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures#comment-9 I'm sure he is! I’m sure he is!

]]> By: bsp http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures/comment-page-1#comment-10 bsp Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.abstractmusings.com/2005/01/stupid-and-useless-gestures#comment-10 And here I was thinking Al Gore was the patron saint of the internet....... ISIDORE of Seville Also known as Isidore the Bishop; Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages Memorial 4 April Profile Son of Severian and Theodora. Brother of Saint Fulgentius, Saint Florentina, and Saint Leander, who raised him after their father's death. Initially a poor student, he gave the problem over to God and became one of the most learned men of his time. Priest. Helped his brother Leander, archbishop of Seville, in the conversion the Visigoth Arians. Hermit. Archbishop of Seville c.601, succeeding his brother to the position. Teacher, founder, reformer. Required seminaries in every diocese, wrote a rule for religious orders. Prolific writer including a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths, and a history of the world beginning with creation. Completed the Mozarabic liturgy which is still in use in Toledo, Spain. Presided at the Second Council of Seville, and the Fourth Council of Toledo. Introduced the works of Aristotle to Spain. Proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1722, and became the leading candidate for patron of computer users and the Internet in 1999. Born c.560 at Cartagena, Spain Died 4 April 636 at Seville, Spain Patronage computer technicians, computer users, computers, the Internet, schoolchildren, students And here I was thinking Al Gore was the patron saint of the internet…….

ISIDORE of Seville

Also known as
Isidore the Bishop; Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages
Memorial
4 April
Profile
Son of Severian and Theodora. Brother of Saint Fulgentius, Saint Florentina, and Saint Leander, who raised him after their father’s death. Initially a poor student, he gave the problem over to God and became one of the most learned men of his time. Priest. Helped his brother Leander, archbishop of Seville, in the conversion the Visigoth Arians. Hermit.

Archbishop of Seville c.601, succeeding his brother to the position. Teacher, founder, reformer. Required seminaries in every diocese, wrote a rule for religious orders. Prolific writer including a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths, and a history of the world beginning with creation. Completed the Mozarabic liturgy which is still in use in Toledo, Spain. Presided at the Second Council of Seville, and the Fourth Council of Toledo. Introduced the works of Aristotle to Spain.

Proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1722, and became the leading candidate for patron of computer users and the Internet in 1999.
Born
c.560 at Cartagena, Spain
Died
4 April 636 at Seville, Spain
Patronage
computer technicians, computer users, computers, the Internet, schoolchildren, students

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