Author: Tom Faranda
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Eddie Murphy imitates Jackson Brown – 1 minute
Four letter word warning! Murphy was in his early 20’s when he did this show.
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp – the ultimate no BS business leader
Karp (I love the guy) defends Palantir and their government contracts and their support for Ukraine and Israel. His rapid fire speechifying goes for less then 4 minutes. Below the video is a simplified explanation of what Palantir does. The explanation of Palantir’s mission is from Perplexity AI. The question I asked perplexity is in…
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Pope Leo – “The one book that describes who I am”
Fr. Mark Gorman explains – and I read this very short book probably 35 years or more ago. Brother Lawrence! And here’s another short video as Fr. Gorman expands on the book and Brother Lawrence. It’s wonderful that his community published it after his death.
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Friday cocktail – the Honey Bee
How easy is this – and delicious. To see a similar cocktail but with gin go here – I posted five weeks ago. The Bees Knees Farandaville recipe – same as above. 2 oz. dark rum 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1/2 oz. honey You can shake it in a mixing glass and pour into a…
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WSJ: Billionaire “Cash for Kids” donations going into 25 million children’s new “Trump Accounts”
This was part of the so called “Big Beautiful Bill”. And it is/was a great idea. Michael and Susan Dell plan to donate $6.25 billion to 25 million children for savings accounts. The founder of Dell Technologies and his wife will provide $250 for children age 10 or under who were born before Jan. 1,…