Recent Comments on The City Gate http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/ Comments made on the blog of C.J. Costello http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.32 The City Gate http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/images/header-rss.jpg http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/ 175 35 CJ Costello on current events, technology, baseball, books, and the Bible. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Shannon comments on PBS and Jane Austen The only thing I disagree with here is the characterization of Persuasion and Mansfield Park as being among her lesser novels. :)

]]> Shannon <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/01/pbs_and_jane_au.html#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:16:21 -0500 CJ comments on PBS and Jane Austen Take a look at this ranking.

]]> CJ <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/01/pbs_and_jane_au.html#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:01:58 -0500 tara comments on Spring is Here It is 30 degrees here today. Winter is back.

That's a lovely picture, though.

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/03/spring_is_here.html#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:05:12 -0500 CJ comments on Spring is Here Thanks. Here it still got up to 70 today though the sky was overcast. I'm headed to Cape Canaveral next week so even if winter does return I'll have a respite.

]]> CJ <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/03/spring_is_here.html#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:16:53 -0500 Shannon comments on Spring is Here (Looking at picture): Yes, yes yes!
(First sentence): Yes!
(Second sentence): Yes!
(Third sentence): No! Aaarrgh!

The crocuses are gorgeous though...

]]> Shannon <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/03/spring_is_here.html#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:51:42 -0500 tara comments on Bored in New Mexico Wow, you're a better shot than I would have supposed.

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/04/bored_in_new_me.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:48:18 -0500 tara comments on Bored in New Mexico Guess there aren't too many lakes to throw rocks in.

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/04/bored_in_new_me.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:49:52 -0500 CJ comments on Bored in New Mexico There was suppose to be a pond out there that I planned to use as a landmark while I hiked around. I never saw it. I was stalked by a cow
for a while.

]]> CJ <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/04/bored_in_new_me.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0500 tara comments on Bored in New Mexico That would be the Cattle Guard, right?

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/04/bored_in_new_me.html#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:24:19 -0500 Meg comments on Banning The Giver The fact that this book is widely banned is incredibly ironic. I think that allowing this book, or really any book to be banned would simply be taking one step closer to becoming the sterile and detached society that is presented in the book.

]]> Meg <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2006/01/banning_the_giv.html#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:10:48 -0500 CJ comments on Cranford PBS is showing the BBC version of Cranford on Masterpiece Theater in May. The episodes can be watched online here.

]]> CJ <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/01/cranford.html#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 21:24:37 -0500 tara comments on My New Pet Awwww, how sweet. Have you thought of a name?

And to think Shannon had wanted a cat!

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/05/my_new_pet.html#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 22:17:16 -0500 tara comments on My New Pet Hm. I just got the Family Gossip Chain update on this little guy. I hear he even has security clearance. And now we know what blood type he, uh, has.

]]> tara <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/05/my_new_pet.html#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 17:09:42 -0500 CJ comments on My New Pet I wasn't a very good host. I left the poor guy in a plastic bag overnight and he suffocated. He never even got a chance to get attached to Shannon or she to him.

]]> CJ <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2008/05/my_new_pet.html#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:14:50 -0500 Jean comments on Banning The Giver I cannot believe the short-sightedness of people sometimes. After reading this book (and loving it) as a high school sophomore, I can honestly say that the people who have tried banning this great novel have completely missed the messages the author is trying to transmit to the reader. It helps prepare those who read it for the real world where not everything is nice. Also, it shows what abolishing emotion can do to the average person.

]]> Jean <webmaster@costellofamily.org> http://www.costellofamily.org/cj/archives/2006/01/banning_the_giv.html#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 20:24:40 -0500