Joe’s graduation

Lovely event, held in the gym at Fordham University. The 25 second vid. And three pictures.  And Mom  and Tim!  At the beginning of the ceremony, they started with the National Anthem and it was very well done.  Here’s the scene inside the gym.  

How to tell the sex of a fly

From humor consultant Ellen. Very interesting – I had never heard this before.   A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. “What are you doing?” She asked. “Hunting flies” He responded. “Oh. killing any?” She asked. “Yep. 3 males. 2 females.” He replied. Intrigued, she asked, “How can … Read more

A Sugarloaf Mountain walk

I love the one hour hike up Sugarloaf Mountain, just north of Cold Spring and next to Breakneck Ridge. So last Friday, Brigid and I and Mike and Karen Riner met up, and headed up. It was a good opportunity for Mike to try out his new titanium hip, which he had installed about six months … Read more

Charges against Brigid (and the 87 other members of the “Notre Dame 88”) finally dropped by Notre Dame

As the two year May 17th anniversary of the protests for the giving of an award to then new President Barack Obama, approaches. Here are some postings I’d put up at the time. Brigid makes the news at Notre Dame today, Brigid took all these pictures at Notre Dame, Brigid’s home, safe and sound and there’s … Read more

Washington Post “On Faith” column by Jennifer Fulwiller: “How John Paul II Changed my Life”

Several years ago I read a column in the Jesuit magazine America, written by this woman. I even posted about it here -  A remarkable story; one women's journey from pro-choice atheist to pro-life Catholic. She'a a website designer – and now a writer, with a popular blog. I corresponded with her by email several times. The whole article is … Read more

A former SEAL speaks with Rush Limbaugh

I heard this conversation on the radio yesterday; an interesting conversation. Hit the link for the whole thing. RUSH: To North Carolina. This is Greg, who says he's a former SEAL. It's great to have you on the program, sir. Welcome. CALLER: Yeah. But one thing I would like to say if you'd permit me, … Read more