Tom Faranda I posted this review on Amazon. It's in the four stars column – titled the review A page-turner, with some debatable opinions The title "Sea of Thunder" refers to the greatest naval battle in history. The Battle of Leyte Gulf (pronounced Laytee) was fought off the Philipines from October 23 to 26, 1944. There were … Read more
Got the results of last Friday’s blood count. I had a good and quick response to the shot of the white blood cell booster Neulasta, which I received the previous Friday. My WBC count was 10.3 (high normal) and the absolute neutrophil (sp?) count was 8.4 – another high normal. I will have another blood … Read more
This is a superb book. The sub-title is "Investing by Knowing What Others Don’t" and it is the best book I’ve read on investing and asset managment in years. The author is Kenneth Fisher, an investment manager based in California, who also writes a monthly column in Forbes magazine. He’s a pretty successful guy, ranked … Read more
Here’s a really fine essay on King’s famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August, 1963 (44 years ago this August!). It’s short so hit the link and read the whole thing. The Power of Dreams OpinionJournal – Taste There is no gainsaying King’s natural gifts. But King’s speech didn’t just bubble … Read more
Yup. Hard to believe it was one year ago yesterday that I went into MSK. The chemotherapy started the day I arrived, so by this time last year I’d received a whole day of the six day high dose chemo regimen.
N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham, England. He is also a biblical scholar of high note, with several well-received books on Jesus. Christianity Today had a very fine interview with him that you can read in full here: Mere Mission | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction Your book Simply Christian … Read more
I came across this book while reading a review for another book on amazon.com. The subtitle to Body for Life is "12 weeks to Mental and Physical Strength", and it’s written by a professional trainer named Bill Phillips. The book and program (they have a big website operation) seems to be wildly popular; there were … Read more
The Catholic Church tries to be consistent across a broad range of life and social justice activities – in theory. As often as not though, it’s Evangelicals who do the better job of spelling out a "consistent ethic of life". Here’s an article in Christianity Today weaving together respect for prenatal life, and a proper … Read more
My friendship with John Brown goes all the way back to my first year living in Jamaica – we met in September of 1977. He taught biology at Clarendon College, a school way off in the bush, compared to the town of Mandeville, where I lived. I met him because he was also a rugby … Read more
Because I want to be fair and balanced – I don’t want any perception that I only post mediocre jokes at the expense of Clinton and Kerry – here’s an amusing bumper sticker I spotted a couple of days ago: FRODO FAILED Bush Has the Ring