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Died at 95. Here’s his famous skit.  

Last Thursday in cold conditions Tim got a third place at "The Tusker Twilight" in the shot put. He only threw 37'2", well off his best, but the conditions were not very conducive. Then yesterday at the CHSAA (Catholic HS Athletic Association) Relay Carnival, he tied for first in the javelin with a 148'1" throw.…

The real great escape (76 men got out; three made it to England, 50 were executed by the Gestapo). Made famous by the 1963 movie The Great Escape, which is truly a great movie and which was based on the 1950 book The Great Escape. I read the book, either before or after I saw…

Ahhh. Here's the statement on the NY Yankee website, along with a nice picture. An excerpt below the link. Carmen Berra, Hall of Famer Yogi Berra's wife of 65 years, died Thursday night from complications of a stroke suffered earlier this year. She was 85. "On behalf of the entire New York Yankees organization, we…

Winter didn't freeze out region's homebuyers For the second consecutive month there has been a decline in sales of existing homes nationally. The drop was 6 percent in December, and more of the same is expected for January and February when those numbers are announced, said the National Association of Realtors. ****** Not so for…

As in, don't let liberal-conservative-right wing-left wing-democrat-republican mess with investment management reality. Off the Bloomberg website by a financial manager I hadn't heard of before. “It’s going to blow up the deficit, won’t create any jobs and will cause all sorts of other problems.” A hedge-fund manager was lecturing me about the Jobs and Growth…

Love her answer whether she’d skydive again.  

And it is a persecution. A true witchhunt. They were instrumental in our getting Tim. Pregnancy Center Wins Another Battle Against New York’s Bid to Shut It Down The subpoena is not based upon any evidence indicating a pattern of unlawful conduct by our client. Rather, the subpoena is quite similar to one sent to…

Yes, it was nippy out that night. Although warmer in Manhattan than it was in the ‘burbs. Took this picture before we set out from Croton in four cars/vans with sandwiches/fruit/soup/hot chocolate/desserts along with bins of clothes/toiletries/etc, etc. I’d forgotten that I had taken a few photos before we left, but was reminded when Brigid’s…