Author: Tom Faranda

This morning as we were setting out for church around 10:30, Joe went to say good morning to our guinea pig Vindabel, and found her quite still, inside the small house in her cage. She must have died in the early hours of the morning, as she was cool to the touch and starting to…

Here is an excellent op ed in the Wall Street Journal, written by a columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger. OpinionJournal – Cross Country It is full of hope that Newark will experience a renaissance, as a new mayor (37 year old Cory Booker) takes over. I hope so. I know Newark quite well, having several…

This is posted on Luskin’s website: A Texan Is drinking in a New York Bar. He gets a call on his cell phone. He hangs up, grinning from ear to ear and orders a round of drinks for everybody in the bar because, he announces, his wife has just produced a typical Texan baby boy…

That’s the bridge from Wolf cub scout to Webelos. This evening was the blue and gold dinner, attended by scouts and their families (over 200 people) at St. Augustine’s school hall. The cub scout program is five years, and Wolf scout is year three (third grade). Webelos is two years, grades four and five. The…

My twelve year old Joe and I both travelled to the Darfur Rally in Washington DC yesterday (Sunday). Darfur of course is part of the Sudan, where there has been two years of genocidal violence, resulting in 200,000+ deaths and over a million displaced and homeless refugees. Having only sent a few emails to the…

It’s 5:45 Sunday morning, and Joe and I are off to DC for the Rally for Darfur. Story and a few pictures later.