Howdy

Hi, I'm Brian.

Just to start, this is my first personal blog. I tried to blog about technology (the programming language Perl) once, but quickly ran out of material. It didn't last long!

I don't know what I'll be talking about here. Probably about Catholic links and podcasts I have found, along with my thoughts about being Catholic (I'm a convert) and the Catholic Church.

You'll notice that my blog is "Island Catholic". I live on Whidbey Island and attend St. Hubert Catholic Church in Langley, Washington. It is pretty small parish in a small community.

I'm also a husband and a dad. I've got 2 boys, ages 4 and 6.

My wife (Patricia) and I are involved in our church with the High School Youth Group, Junior High Youth Group and Confirmation. Patricia will be leading the JHYG and Confirmation, if we have confirmation again this year.

I'm a programmer, so I love high tech. I'm looking at getting my wife hooked up with all of Google's tools for managing communications with the groups. We used Yahoo! Groups for Confirmation this year, with limited success. Google has more tools and seem to be better integrated. The only downside is that some of them are blocked for me at work.

That's it for now...


Brian