Tom Faranda A caribbean motif tonite (see prior post). I got wind of this book when an excerpt was published in – of all places – the Wall Street Journal. It turns out the author, Christopher John Farley, is an editor at the Journal, which probably explains how it ended up being excerpted there. If you don’t … Read more
Has been caught. This story WFTV.com – News – Record Hammerhead Shark Was Pregnant immediately reminded me of my (true) hammerhead story. Brigid and I were on a north coast of Grand Cayman (shortly before we left the island, in 1981) diving in 95 feet of water with Bob Osterwyk, Paul Sleep, and a lady … Read more
Tomorrow, Thursday, late in the afternoon, I will be seeing Dr. Zelenetz for the first time since I was "returned" to him by the transplant unit. Here’s hoping my white blood cell count is headed toward normal and everything checks out well. I do feel fine!
Had great sessions all this past week in the gym. However my weight does seem to be creeping up! Not what I’d like. I will be seeing Dr. Zelenetz for my first post-stem cell transplant appointment on Thursday. I have been turned back over to the lymphoma department at Sloan Kettering, from the transplant unit. … Read more
Luciano Pavarotti, perhaps the world’s most famous opera singer, has had surgery for pancreatic cancer. Pavarotti Battling Pancreatic Cancer The five year survival rate for this type of cancer is low. "Fortunately, the mass was able to be completely removed at surgery," the singer’s manager, Terri Robson, said in a statement from her London office. … Read more
This book was published in 2003. The author is Stephen Barr, a physicist at the University of Delaware, who has written widely on the confluence of religious belief with modern scientific insights, especially from quantum mechanics and relativity theory. I finished reading this book on the fourth of July, and Barr is very good. It … Read more
Here is a really interesting interview with Professor Robert George of Princeton University, published in the leading evangelical magazine, Christianity Today.The Phone Book Test – Christianity Today Magazine What’s your reading of our culture right now?I’ve argued in my book The Clash of Orthodoxies that the contemporary moment is marked by profound cultural division. We … Read more
My father spent WW II in New Guinea and the Philippines, while my uncle (at 18 years old) served on an aircraft carrier. As a bonus my Dad also got re-called for the Korean War, spending 18 months there. He didn’t see me until I was over a year old. The following was posted on … Read more
At the beginning of the summer my Uncle Bud (real name Anthony, but everyone calls him Bud or Buddy) and Aunt Ardis, along with my cousin Dorothy (Dorie) and her husband Keith, throw a big bash on their property in Gaylordsville, CT. Gaylordsville is about 35 minutes north of Danbury, just off Rte 7. This … Read more
Full disclosure: I am the recipient of adult stem cell therapy – having had my own stem cells returned to me after high dose chemotherapy to kill lymphma cancer cells. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Transplant went well In fact, my disease and treatment are the prime topic of this weblog. Here’s an extremely interesting interview with … Read more