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9/11 service at Holy Name of Mary
The 10:45 Mass at Holy Name of Mary was a lovely service commemorating those who’d lost their lives on 9/11, or thereafter due to illness or injury from the attack. And there was additional Thanksgiving and remembrance for First Responders – police, fireman and EMS – with a nice contingent in attendance. Our new pastor, Fr.…
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Mariano Rivera and, oh, that cut fastball!
last July I posted this – with a wonderful short video – Great article – Mariano Rivera: How he does it about Yankee closer Mariano Rivera and his cutter. Now here’s another fine article, as Mariano carries on! “Ever since that day, I said this guy was going to be pretty good in the big leagues,” Posada…
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The cousins invade Danbury (Railway Museum)
Well, two of the cousins, anyway. Good video if you like little boys (and trains). Very funny ending as Mark tries to figure out how to use a water fountain. http://youtu.be/z7mMjGW1DPw
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The inside the park home run that wasn’t
An inside the park home run is (I think) the most exciting 14 or so seconds in sports. The other day Granderson had an inside the parker for the Yankees. Here's how to run yourself out of one – hopefully the video is still up Braun takes tumble on inside-the-park bid
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Joe heads to RIT today
Joe and I are driving up to Rochester Institute of Technology later today, as he starts his five year co-op electrical engineering program. We are actually stopping in Cortland tonight and will get to the campus Wednesday morning. Joe will rightly be delighted to be on his own at college, but his mom and dad will…
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My physician clients will have fun with this silly NY Times column
We begin with physicians, for whom a combination of factors can conspire against success. They take eight or so years off from the world to do nothing but learn how to be doctors, then receive a six-figure annual paycheck with no real idea of what to do with it. If they can save lives, many…
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The Croton drowning death
This was a huge commotion in Croton from about 5:30 onward yesterday. As I was returning from the gym rescue vehicles from Croton and Ossining were pouring into the south end of the Croton train station, where kayaks and canoes are normally launched from. Later on, we turned on channel 12, which had amateur video of…
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NYT chief editor Bill Keller compares religious belief with belief “that space aliens dwell among us”
His column is already up online and will be in the NYT Sunday magazine section. Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith The ignorance is embarrassing. A small error (which has since been corrected in the online edition) – he said Rick Santorum, ex-Senator of Pennsylvania and now running for President, was a fervent evangelical. You…
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Terrible end to a kayaking trip
I'm posting this because I'd heard Friday evening that a small boy had been plucked out of the Long Island sound, and there was initially no understanding of how he got there. "I saw somebody in the water, which is unusual that far out," Sandomenico told Newsday. "So I turned around, and it turns out…