Tom Faranda My friend Theresa Bonopartis has a son, Mike, in the marines. Very sadly, a marine friend of his, Mike Glover, was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. As was Glover’s unit commanding officer, Capt. John McKenna IV, shot when he went to his aid. They are both New Yorkers. Here is the story from … Read more
The NYT had a somewhat odd article this morning. For 56 Years, Battling Evils of Hollywood With Prayer – New York Times As is often the case with these sort of articles in the Times, the writer feels required to offer his opinion on Catholic theology and practice: The sisterhood is a dying way of … Read more
In a recent discussion I was having with a small email group (NOTE – we were discussing the USA Today article two weeks ago about Al Gore, and the fact that for all his gloom and doom about the pending ecological cataclysm, his main house is 10,000 square feet, has 20 rooms and eight bathrooms. … Read more
The Washington Post has an editorial this morning: Genocide, Continued The resolution is said to have the support of most members of the Security Council. It was developed in consultation with France, which initially tried to minimize the proposed number of troops but then accepted the Anglo-American position. China, which bends over backward not to … Read more
So I had my last dose of Rituxin today. And my blood counts were better. Which they should be, since I had shots of Neulasta (for WBC’s) and Darbepoetin (for RBC) last week. The white count with components looked very good, while my RBC count was still a little low. Hemoglobin was OK. So here’s … Read more
I am referring, of course, to the Yanks completing a five game sweep of Boston in Fenway this afternoon. They just eked it out, 2-1. The original (baseball) Boston Massacre occurred in 1978 and you can read about it here.New York Yankees : News : New York Yankees News But that was a four game … Read more
Off to Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow this morning for my final Rituxin therapy. Will see Dr. Chia first, and get my blood results. Having gotten shots of Neulasta and Darby last week, the reults should be good. Results to follow later today.
I saw Dr. Gloria Chia today at Sloan Kettering in Sleepy Hollow, prior to the rituxin, and had my blood tested. My white blood cell and red blood cell counts were low, as well as my hemoglobin. So today they gave me a shot of darbepoetin (last time I had that was in April) and … Read more
I am off to Slaon Kettering in Sleepy Hollow for my third of four weekly rituxin therapies later this morning, Will see Dr. Gloria Chia, and have my blood test. Hopefully the instant analyzer machine will be working this week (it was disabled last week) and I’ll get my blood count results.
I read about this book in a "Five Best books about…" list in the Wall Street Journal and got it (second hand) off Amazon less than a month ago. It is an outstanding one volume work on the Confederate ill-fated "invasion" of Pennsylvania, culminating in the decisive Battle at Gettysburg, on July 1-3, 1863. Once … Read more