Stepinac lost to St. Anthony's, the #1 high school in New York State, 14-0 Friday evening. The NY Post had a very good article on the game – including nice comments by Mike O'Donnell, the Stepinac head coach. play reverses Stepinac's momentum in 'AAA' title game loss Brigid, Tim and I traveled to the game, … Read more
As mentioned here earlier today Joe has traveled down from RIT and is home. First thing he did – as Brigid was sure he'd do – was head to the back roome to see the chinchillas. you may recall that three chinchillas were born the day Joe left for RIT on August 31st. He literally … Read more
Just texted Joe and he's on the bus, due into NYC just after 4 o'clock. RIT is on a quarter and not semester system (there are in the midst of changing ove, so they'll be like most other colleges) and Joe had his quarterly exams this past week. now he's off all week and will return to … Read more
Six weeks post-surgery today, and saw Dr. Weinstein. Tim no longer needs to use crutches, but will continue wearing a brace (a smaller one) that allows him to flex, but keeps his knee properly aligned – no twisting. Tim very relieved and happy to be off the crutches. We went to the gym afterwards, and … Read more
From humor consultant Ellen, with some modifications – As a blonde was driving down the highway, her cell phone rang. Answering, she heard her mother's voice urgently warning her "Helen, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77! Please be careful!!" "Heck," said Helen, "It's not … Read more
From my friend and occasional contributor Dennis – http://file.qip.ru/embed/111226964/dfc05946
UPDATE: I have a number of friends named Maria. One of them – very attentive – made the following point in an email: I hate to break it to you, but that looks more like an Anglican service, not Catholic – did you notice the WOMEN in the picture?? I replied: yes, did you see … Read more
I'm no fan of Boxing – actually I think the sport should be banned – but it is what it is. Frazier died of liver cancer yesterday. The semi-retired NY Times sports columnist Dave Anderson – who is 82 years old - has a very nice column today about Frazier. Some people mean more together than … Read more
Here’s an email I sent around this morning: This is a first! An email I’m sending around, asking people to vote for someone! Tomorrow is an election day, and my friend and neighbor Susan Konig is running for the Westchester County legislature. Sue is on the Republican and Conservative lines, so if you are … Read more
Now she had to choose between her life and her baby's life. Phillips said she agonized only for a while before deciding against taking potentially lifesaving chemotherapy in hopes that she would soon hold a healthy baby in her arms.