Author: Tom Faranda

Dr. Kewalramani appointment tomorrow. We’ll see what the bloodwork shows. I am feeling better week to week, but still far from 100%. I actually managed to put together the exercise bench (Sunday night) which I thought was a bargain and then discovered needed assembly.  Tom Faranda’s Folly: 14 days post hospitalization  Very proud of myself,…

Way back a month ago – January 23rd to be exact – I posted a little review of my latest read, which was "1776".Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read – "1776"  This is an excellent history about Washington and his army in 1776. The good times and the dismal times. I highly recommend it, even if…

My seventh grader son Joe is down in Washington DC from today until Friday. He was nominated by his school for the “Junior Congressional Youth Leadership Council” which does programs for junior high school students. We applied and he was accepted, so he is down with 230 other seventh graders “scholars” (their term, not ours)…

Both the Washington Post Bush Calls For More Muscle In Darfur and NY Times Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan – New York Times ran stories on the Bush administrstion’s evident desire to move beyond the "stagnant" talks and get more aid to Darfur, as well as aiming to end the…

Here’s a funny article from the Washington Post Fla. Teacher Charged as Children Pay to Cut Gym . The culprit is now facing felony charges, which is not so funny. I actually taught "Gym" for a year – my last year in the Caribbean. But I never thought to take money in return for letting…

This is of some interest to me, since we have two adopted sons. Dawson was abandoned as an infant in Korea and eventually adopted by ski instructors in the U. S. It’s a good article.For Dawson, a Bronze and a Chance to Find Birth Parents – New York Times this article will only be available…