Tom Faranda's Folly

Author: Tom Faranda

  • New Croton weblog makes it’s appearance

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    Here is is. Sponsored by the weekly newspaper the North Country News. It’s format is pretty basic but will undoubtedly improve over time. It’s been around for about three weeks. CROTON-ON-HUDSON » Welcome to the first civilized & sensible blog for the citizens of Croton#comments There is another blog in Croton, aptly named the crotonblog.…

  • Health update on Tim’s ankle

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    Unfortunately Tim’s broken ankle (broken March 15th) is still giving him trouble. Despite being out of the cast for over three weeks, he was still limping around. Then Sunday in the late afternoon he landed funny on it off one of the front steps and hurt himself – badly enough to start complaining about it.…

  • Last Sunday’s (May 13th) hike up Bull Hill

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    Having gone up Sugarloaf mountain the Sunday before, Tom Faranda’s Folly: Tom and Joe’s Sunday climb up Sugarloaf I decided to try another nearby hill / “mountain” in the Lower Hudson Highlands, just north of Cold Spring and south of Sugarloaf. Joe decided he didn’t want to go so I took off on my own.…

  • John Edwards “Pride of the Cayman Islands”

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    As a former resident of Grand Cayman, I got a huge kick out of this editorial Saturday in the Wall Street Journal! OpinionJournal – Featured Article Pride of the CaymansJohn Edwards’s part-time job. Let us say right up front that it’s terrific that John Edwards lives in a country where he can lose an election…

  • Weekend joke – investment stock tip?!

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    This from my humor coordinater Ellen – Apple announced today that it has developed a tiny computer chip that, when surgically implanted, can store and play music in women’s breasts. The "iBreast" will cost between $499 and $599. This is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at…

  • Health update – blood results in –

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    And the results are good – now three weeks in a row. White count at 6.1 and absolute neutrophils at 4.5. both in normal range and similar to last week. Rah-Rah-Rah!!!

  • The fire plug that survived the storm

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    Yesterday I took a picture of the fire hydrant on Rte 129/Grand St., across from the cleaners and Wachovia bank, and then posted it. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Croton crunched by the weather Here it is again: I went back to have a look at it this morning, and it is an amazing fire plug! Check…

  • Journal News on the storm

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    Tonite while standing in line at Shoprite, I staarted chatting to the fellow next to me. He says he was driving on Cleveland Ave., which parallels Radnor and saw the tornado which reeked havoc on the Radnor. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Croton crunched by the weather It’s very fortunate that no one was killed. The local…

  • Benedict’s book has arrived

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    When I came in this evening there was a small Amazon package at the door. Benedict XVI’s book, which I pre-ordered. Perfect timing by Amazon, since the English version was released today.  In past years, I’ve read about a half dozen of the former Cardinal Ratzinger’s books. I read the foreword and the introduction this…

  • Faranda household stuff

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    Was feeling really quite good about my recent health report, and then overdid things a bit on Sunday, with a 4 plus mile climb and walk up Bull Hill, north of Cold Spring. Back has been killing me last two days, and suddenly tonight I feel fine. That’s what I get for doing it on…