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  • Semper Fi. Marine Corps turned 242 years old yesterday

      This was written by Kieran Michael Lalor, a NY State Assemblyman. As we celebrate the 242nd birthday of the Marine Corps today, it is fascinating to explore why the smallest branch of the armed forces holds such a big place in American society. To start, Marines historically have taken disproportionate casualties, a trend that…

  • Article: “Why barbells are better than machines”

    In my continuing quest to look like Adonis – or Fabio. Yuk Yuk Yuk. This is a good article, off the website Starting Strength – takes ten minutes to read. Let’s just clear it up right here: barbell training is the best way to train for strength. Bar none. Nothing else even comes close to…

  • Two (male) columnists attack Sarah Huckabee Sanders for her looks, weight, and accent

    I'm kind of surprised it took this long for idiot columnists to go after her on a personal level. After all she's pretty effective as the President's press secretary. Two male, liberal columnists this week launched personal attacks against White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. Los Angeles Times columnist David Horsey mocked Sanders’ appearance, saying…

  • Farandaville: New family member receives visitors!

    Yesterday morning as Judy and Regina (who wrote the poem I posted a couple of days ago Our friend Regina’s poem ) come by to check out Rylai (her name comes for a character in the Dota game and is pronounced RyeLie). Here’s a great picture of Rylai taken by Regina – and the three…

  • Pope: God OK with falling asleep while at prayer.

    From my friend Damian. I don't think the Pontiff has in mind nodding off during Mass. Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying. "When I pray, sometimes I fall asleep," he said in an episode of a Catholic TV2000 television programme published on Youtube. "Saint Therese used to do it too",…

  • Our friend Regina’s poem

    Regina had a poem published in the online ezine Kids Imagination Train – the July/August issue. It’s great and here it is –                                                                                                                                                                                 A Squirrel’s Lucky Day                                                                                                           I live in trees   and on the ground. I hunt for food and race around.   We squirrels enjoy the great…

  • When exercising – brains vs. brawn – which wins?

    They both degrade but brain not as fast. Do brains trump brawn? A remarkable new study of how the human body prioritizes its inner workings found that if you intensely think at the same time as you intensely exercise, your performance in both thinking and moving can worsen. But your muscles’ performance will decline much…

  • For Brigid: “How to carve a pumpkin like an American”

    Brigid needs to show this at The Blaze, where she does some pumpkin carving!

  • Great article: “‘Fit but Fat’? the Controversy Continues”

    From the health and wellness NY Times section. Extensive excerpts below the link. The idea that you can be “fat but fit” has long been controversial. While health experts endorse physical activity as beneficial, many doctors view the concept of being “fat but fit” with suspicion. Now a new study, believed to be the largest…

  • Farandaville – new family member

    UPDATE: That’s Joe with the chinchilla. Sort of – Rylai has arrived. It’s now back to four people and four chinchillas… This was Joe’s idea and (of course) Brigid went along with it. Not sure where the name is from – I think from a scifi series. So Rylai is (we are pretty sure) a…