Tom Faranda

Croton Point on Memorial Day

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Yesterday morning Brigid, Tim and I we went for a walk on Croton Point, partially along the south side beach (Joe was overnighting at a friend’s house). Tim took this picture – I will post more Memorial Day pix tonight.

My brother Jim’s trip to Guatemala

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Jim was in the Peace Corp in the late 70’s in Guatemala. Mostly a place called Quetzaltenango. I had visited him there in 1979, at the same time I was teaching in Jamaica. Went over at the Easter break and had a great time. He went back for a visit last week – the last time he’d been down was … Read more

The most visited memorials

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AOL has a  nice feature up about the most visited memorials in the U.S.A., from Forbes Magazine Lists Most Visited Memorials – AOL News I was surprised that the Vietnam Memorial is only the third most visited. I myself have been to seven out of ten of them – the top four are all in … Read more

Great story about a little girl and a brain tumor – hypothalamic hamartoma

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Fascinating and amazing. Print and read the whole thing- it’s only a little bit more then three pages. A Child, a Bizarre Tumor and a Perilous Operation – New York Times PHOENIX — Three-year-old Grace Webster perches on the operating table, tiny and cold, covered only by a diaper and her sandy-blond Raggedy Ann hair. … Read more

Einstein – religion is “childish superstition”

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I guess this trumps Einstein’s famous quote: "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." Belief in God ‘childish,’ Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter The father of relativity, whose previously known views on religion have been more ambivalent and fuelled much discussion, made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954. … Read more