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February 29, 2004

Weather Terms Unabbreviated; Severe Weather May Hit Chicago; Humility, Faith Good Business?; Meaningful ‘Leap Day’

Want to know what the abbreviations used by the National Weather Service stand for? The answers are in this article: Weather Eye: Weathering terms used by the weather service and the full list is here.

Chicago: Slight Risk For Severe Weather Monday

NBC News’ Stone Phillips asks: Can humility, faith be good for business?

Finally, this “leap day” was another moving day for me. Perhaps because of Mel Gibson’s movie, at least 35% more people were at the Mass I went to at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Bad for traffic after Mass, but good for the spirit. And this evening, my sister Joanne called and we talked at length about the incredible power surrounding of “The Passion of The Christ,” which appears to be clocking in at nearly $118 million — the second-biggest 5-day movie opening and second-biggest R-rated movie opening ever. I also had a heart-to-heart conversation with my parents. But enough about me, in this entry anyway… More on my experience with the movie below:

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