Tom Faranda

Thanks to Marie C. for cluing me in on this. Croton-on-Hudson teens sleep outside to raise awareness for homelessness Here’s the video –  

First one – about 4:30 in the morning at the church Serenata, celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A big early morning event put on by the Hispanic community at our Church with good attendance. Brigid always goes, since it’s her birthday! And here’s a picture Brigid grabbed of the full moon! Not … Read more

Yes, same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. OLOG pictured first … then a quick dozen of Brigid … some 2019, some much older … And here are some recent Brigid pictures At our friend Doreen’s birthday party as we waited in the dark to surprise Doreen – Halloween 2019! A cocktail … Read more

So base pay goes from $49.200 to $75,000 annually. Of course they waited until after the election and bypassed the Compensation Review Board. The proposed raises didn’t surface until shortly after local elections last month, when all 17 seats on the county Board of Legislators were up for grabs. That was a point of contention … Read more

Yes it’s also Tim’s birthday. Tim’s birthday today.   By a funny “Divine set-up” Brigid’s birthday is on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and of course Juan Diego was her messenger! He is the first indigenous Saint of the Americas, canonized by John Paul II in 2002. St. Juan Diego (1474–1548) was a … Read more

Ooops this popped up a day early! But that’s ok. Yeah who’s the man! Some recent pictures; graduation and an April track meet at Lafayette College, throwing the javelin. And on the Feast of Saint Juan Diego.    

This is from a TEDx lecture – the 15 minute video is embedded in the link with the short (18 paragraphs) article and I've also embedded the video below the link, and excerpted the first four paragraphs. If you have time, watch the video (as with all TED videos it's excellent- note title of video … Read more

Corbyn, the head of the Labor Party in Great Britain and currently in danger of finishing in 3rd place (behind the conservative and liberal parties) in their election December 12th.  Corbyn's political views make Bernie Sanders look like a free market capitalist.  

This is a continuation of this interview An interview with Stepinac alumni and major donor, actor Jon Voight   which I posted Tuesday. Very worth watching –

UPDATE: There was a a Part 2 of the interview – very fascinating, as he talks about his role in the great movie Coming Home, among other things. Will post it if it goes onto youtube. I like Jon Voight (and daughter Angelina Jolie); don't think much of the guy interviewing him. Voight turns 81 … Read more