{"id":194,"date":"2008-02-05T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts-wp\/?p=194"},"modified":"2008-02-05T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T01:02:00","slug":"sketch-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2008\/02\/sketch-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well I mostly survived last week, despite working every day of it.&nbsp; My next day off won&#8217;t come until Saturday, but the major stress of last week has lessened.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The week was one full of meetings.&nbsp; It started off with a meeting at the Diocesan offices on Saturday (my normal day off).&nbsp; The meeting was a visioning meeting about campus ministry in the Diocese.&nbsp; It actually ended up being a pretty good meeting (and not as drama filled as I thought it might be).&nbsp; On Monday, there was a Religious Director&#8217;s Meeting talking about the search for a new Dean of Religious Life.&nbsp; Interesting, but something I didn&#8217;t really have the time for.&nbsp; On Tuesday, we had a Board Meeting for Canterbury.&nbsp; Then on Friday, I flew to Salt Lake City for a provincial gathering planning meeting (that lasted through Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>Smack in the middle of all those meetings, Wednesday was our third MiX:USC event.&nbsp; This is the project that is supposed to take just under half of my time at work.&nbsp; In reality it takes much more (as do all my projects).&nbsp; I was really worried about the event, but over the last week, things really came together and the event was really good.&nbsp; If only more people could have been there to see it.<\/p>\n<p>So there wasn&#8217;t much time for much other than work last week.&nbsp; I started <i>Sacred Games<\/i> by Vikram Chandra.&nbsp; Its going to take a little time to get through, as its 914 pages long.&nbsp; I watched Ratatouille one evening.&nbsp; It was enjoyable, but not the best of the Pixar animated films.&nbsp; Maybe its just the premise of rats cooking that&#8217;s just too much to get over.<\/p>\n<p>Salt Lake was beautiful.&nbsp; There was a few inches of snow on the ground, but we were between storms, so the weather wasn&#8217;t bad.&nbsp; Most everyone else at the meeting found it a little cold, but I loved the cold, crisp, clean air.&nbsp; Plus I just love the sight of the snow covered Wasatch Range.&nbsp; I had a couple pints at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squatters.com\/\">Squatters Pub<\/a>, aka Salt Lake City Brewing Co.&nbsp; Both the &#8220;Captain Bastard&#8217;s Oatmeal Stout&#8221; and &#8220;Organic Amber Ale&#8221; were quite good.&nbsp; I also had a sip of the &#8220;Provo Girl Pilsner&#8221; which was not bad for an American Pilsner.&nbsp; It&#8217;s nice to have good beer, and I don&#8217;t get to have it as much living in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well I mostly survived last week, despite working every day of it.&nbsp; My next day off won&#8217;t come until Saturday, but the major stress of last week has lessened.&nbsp; 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