Tom Faranda

Here's a little video about chinchillas – less than two minutes.

What he said was quite interesting – which is why I've posted it.

UPDATE: Here’s some press overage (90 second video) from British media – The Telegraph. https://youtu.be/32vN9TWocJg Awesome young crowd. More to follow but here are four pictures.   Brigid took lots of pictures and video We made sure we were at the top of Constitution Ave. to get good pictures. Two hours after the head of … Read more

That's Tim from several years ago when he was at Stepinac – looks like he's got it tucked in there right. Now of course a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas College – and bigger! One of Tim's best events – actually his other event when he's not throwing the javelin. He's come back from his … Read more

The test was chosen by the physician and is considered a good determinant for any mental decline. All the questions are on one page. http://dementia.ie/images/uploads/site-images/MoCA-Test-English_7_1.pdf                         It is also been sensitively designed so that it does “not falsely label someone who is normal as being impaired”. The MoCA has been found to be useful to detect … Read more

This is really over the top. The link is here – (Human) Wasteland  – and there's a drop down box "about"  with some articles and resource information on helping the homeless in San Francisco. There is a brief article here – For those who have maintained that San Francisco is full of . . . … Read more

So by way of background reminder, Spiderman is the daughter (oops, son) of Dusty and sister of Toby. Spiderman & Toby’s father (may he rest in peace) is Chili. Once Chili departed for Chin-heaven the basic family decision was – no more baby Chins. HOWEVER, a few months ago, Brigid and Joe went back on … Read more

A short and somewhat amusing review. I’ve excerpted the beginning and ending paragraphs below the link, since there is a paywall. The reviewer is Barton Swaim. Michael Wolff has done what the rest of us chump writers can only dream of: He has gotten himself and his book denounced by a sitting U.S. president on … Read more

Pretty cool – being promoted (fundraiser of course) by a group called “No labels” that tries to be non-partisan.

He was born today in 1892. The picture below is of him in 1916 when he was in the British army and 24 years old. He had a very difficult childhood; father died when he was very young and mother converted to Catholicism, was disowned by her family and then died of diabetes when he … Read more