Author: Tom Faranda

He was 82.  Nice tribute in Rolling Stone and if you were or are a fan, worth reading. Rolling Stone? I didn't even know it still existed.  Brian Wilson, who as leader of the Beach Boys and a founder of California rock invented a massively successful pop sound full of harmonies and sunshine, has died…

The Wall Street Journal lead editorial yesterday. They are oh so right.  Will Democrats ever learn a political lesson on immigration and crime? It doesn’t appear so judging from their response to the migrant protests in Los Angeles that turned violent on Sunday night. Chaos on the streets will increase public support for a hard-line…

Nice image. Haven’t read the article yet, but I will. Brigid picked up the magazine as we are not subscribers.    

A formidable player into his 40’s as a defensive end. For many years held the record for starting the most games (270) in the NFL. Best known perhaps for a famous miscue – running the wrong way after recovering a fumble! Good article about him. And I’ve embedded a video at the end of the…

Wow. 49 years ago. I’ve lost track of how many years I’ve repeated this post but it’s been at least nine years which is why it’s all pasted in from nine years ago. And we do miss Mike & Karen … and Kevin… and Bill… and my business associate Judy who did most of the…

First my friend Jessica had some private words with him. And man of the people that he is, Pope Leo then hung outside at some of the HNM stalls.     

Michael Pham, born in Da Nang Vietnam and fled with his family when he was 13 years old. 2 & a half minute video – that's a parishioner, not the Bishop!  

Part 1 is here. Health Update (first in years!) Part One  And of course it had a spoiler alert.  You may want to read Part 1 first, but not necessary. Four weeks ago yesterday, I had my six month visit to Sloan to see Dr. Zelentz. As per the usual they had the blood work…

Long term readers of my weblog know that I started it way back in 2005, as I was commencing chemotherapy for mantle cell lymphoma. I had been diagnosed in 2003 and we went with watchful waiting for a couple of years before there was a need for chemo. Since plenty of people were interested in…

If you just read this article it will save you time and money.  It's from Issues & Insights a website developed by business journalists who left Investors Business Daily after IBD stopped writing editorials. Hit the link for the whole article – only takes 7 or 8 minutes. Tapper’s Book Condemns Journalists In More Ways…