Author: John Schultz

We got a support call from a Web hosting customer today. We’ve had to restore from back-up several times in the past because he has deleted index.htm or entire Web directories and then called to tell us his site is “inaccessible.”
So today he asked when he couldn’t access his server from inside his office. Our tech reviewed and determined it was an internal firewall issue.
What he should have said was, “There’s nothing we can do. The server has acted in defense of itself.”

I just deleted a post and the associated comments that were getting out of hand.
It’s one thing to have a problem with the state of Catholic liturgy. It’s quite another to bash the Pope and the Church with a bunch of vitriolic bile.
An examination of conscience is advisable for anyone who carries around that much angst and hate.
And if one feels the urge to publish long lists of “sins” and “false teachings” that’s obviously been copied from dubious sources – get your own blog.

This story looked interesting even before I found out what the name of the airline was: Jet Fakes Emergency for Gambia Soccer Game
The airline: Air Rum.

Your public service announcement for the week.
September 18 is the beginning of National Clean Hands Week. Spare your family and pals from the flu and other nastiness by giving those hands a good scrub.
Teachers and moms who like to hang things around the house: here’s a nifty Clean Hands Week poster in convenient PDF format.

This is encouraging and infuriating at the same time. It’s a huge pile of cash that could have gone to so many things.
OC diocese pays off most of debt from $100 million settlement

ORANGE, Calif. – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has paid off most of the debt stemming from last year’s $100 million settlement with alleged victims of clergy abuse, church officials said Monday.
The diocese took out a $50 million loan from Bank of America to fund payouts to some 90 plaintiffs and relied on insurers to pay the balance, according to a diocese statement.
Last month, it paid down about $35 million of the loan with proceeds from the sale of some of its investments, said Rob Fitzgerald, a retired executive who helped advise church officials. Plans are to pay off another $5 million to $10 million by February before retiring the loan next June.
The diocese did not rely on money or investments earmarked for its parishes and schools, Fitzgerald said.