Tom Faranda's Folly

Author: Tom Faranda

  • Tim’s first sports injury

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    When the snow starts falling, Tim loves to get out there with his sled and snowboard. On Friday, as it was still snowing heavily he started lobbying to be taken to the gorge (below the Croton Dam, several miles away) to go sledding. Since the roads were terrible, we said no, but Brigid did agree…

  • New Stress Test

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    This was sent to me by Ellen Mullin – find out if you suffer from undue stress! I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study…

  • Darfur Update

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    There hasn’t been much in the news about the Darfur situation recently. Here’s an article from the Washington Times on why the UN cannot get anywhere trying to protect the refugees. To read the whole article you may have to register with the Washington Times, but it’s free and easy to do. China, Russia oppose…

  • Health update

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    Had my CBC done again today, with continuing low results. In fact after they did the quick count in Sleepy Hollow, the nurse called Dr. Klimek, the hematologist, in NY for instructions. The testing done in Sleepy Hollow is not as accurate as the counts done later in the day at Sloan Kettering in Manhattan.…

  • “The language of war is victims”

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    Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the #3 al-Queda operative who has confessed to planning the 9/11 attack, as well as a couple of dozen other terrorist attacks – is quoted above. Well, he certainly is correct. Here’s the Washington Post article about his confession – he views himself as a freedom fighter, not a terrorist. Don’t all…

  • Catholic theologian receives mild censure from the Vatican

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    Here’s an article about Fr Jon Sobrino, a Jesuit originally from Spain who has spent much of his adult life in South America. He was residing in a Jesuit community in El Salvador in 1989, but was out of the country in Thailand, when six of his confrere’s, as well as their cook and the…

  • Global Warming Update #11

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    I still haven’t seen "An Inconvenient Truth", although I got the video out of Blockbuster a couple of days ago. I’m hoping to watch it tonight and then compare Mr. Gore’s claims with what the UN Global Warming panel recently said.  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Global Warming Update #7 – the UN report However this morning…

  • New Faranda arrival

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    My brother Phil and his wife Ann had baby #4 this morning at 5:22 AM. Mark joins his siblings Luke, Catherine and Gregory. Here he is this morning a few minutes after his birth – He is grandchild #8 for my mother – seven boys and Catherine!

  • Blonde Joke

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    This from one of my humor consultants, Ellen Mullin. Subject: COUGH SYRUP The pharmacist walks into the store to find a guy leaning heavily Against a wall. He asks the blonde clerk "What’s with that guy over There by the wall?" The blonde clerk responds:  "Well, he came in here this morning to get Something…

  • The Four Lesson Management Course

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    This was sent to me by a good friend, who I haven’t seen in 25 years, by the name of Kevin Rowley. Brigid and I knew Kevin when we lived in Jamaica, where we all were teaching. Kevin was a wonderful rugby player, raconteur, and all-around good guy. He is currently in Australia. Lesson 1:…