The Liturgy of the Hours, the Breviary – The Work of the Faithful in the Practice of Catholic Prayer

The Breviary, which is the Liturgy of the Hours, is a prayer book in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. The four-volume set follows the Church’s Liturgical Calendar. Volume I Advent to Christmas, Volume II Lent and Easter, Volume III Ordinary Time, Volume IV Ordinary Time. The Breviary is a collection of prayers, hymns, psalms, Bible readings, and readings […]

Elvis Presley – Untold Stories by His Close Confidant

As the years go by, our memories become like a dense forest through which we make our way on familiar and well-trodden paths. Smaller paths branch off unnoticed and often lead to half-forgotten memories. I recently got down that road and started thinking about incidents with Elvis that I’ve rarely talked about, incidents with a common thread: Elvis’s generosity even […]

Business and Technology – Are Rural Businesses Ready for Location-Based Applications?

I have been reading and hearing a lot about location based apps namely Foursquare and Gowalla. I was even recently asked on Twitter which one I thought was going to be the winner for their user base. Foursquare seems to target more locations within a city, where Gowalla is targeting a larger market, the world with its “Passport” concept for […]

Hello from Sicily: An Italian Cooking Class

I thoroughly enjoyed my personal Sicilian history lesson provided by Alessandro Adorno, the founder and director of the Babilonia language school. In addition, he suggested that I attend one of the cooking classes organized by Babilonia which gives students of Italian the opportunity to create Sicilian delicacies first hand. Just a minute and a half from the language school is […]

Come to California and explore its landscape

One of the most densely populated states in the United States is California. This state is located on the west coast of the United States. The capital of California is Sacramento. California’s geographic representation indicates that the state touches the Pacific Ocean and the state appears small on an atlas. However, with over 37 million people and a large land […]

duck hunting games

One of my best childhood memories is playing Duck Hunt on Nintendo’s original 8-bit system when I was a kid in the 1980s! My friends and I used to sit and play duck hunting games and shoot thousands of ducks. We really had a lot of fun with a little gray plastic light gun that you pointed at the screen. […]