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  • Ireland vs. France lives up to billing

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    As I mentioned here Tom Faranda's Folly: Cool Irish rugby highlight film, this game looked like it would be a good one. And it was more than that. Ireland 30, France 21. Ireland's first defeat of France since 2003. Here's seven minutes of highlights. It's a French TV tape, so the commentary is in French,…

  • Michael Dubriuel

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    Ten or twelve years ago, I came across a Catholic blog, written by a woman, Amy Welborn. I followed her blogging and writing career, occasionally emailing her. Last Tuesday her husband, Michael Dubriuel, himself an author and blogger, collapsed and died while in the gym. He was 50, and they had two young children, while…

  • Cool Irish rugby highlight film

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    Even if you don't understand a sport, most highlight films from any sport are pretty good. The rugby European championship (called the Six Nations Tournament) starts this weekend, with Ireland playing France the most interesting of the games. Here's a film of Irish scores (tries) in the past few years. In rugby, you can kick…

  • Is 57 years old, too old to wear a bikini?

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    Hmmm. Angelica Huston. You decide. Anjelica Huston shows a bikini at 57 as she relaxes with friends in the Caribbean | Mail Online Brigid says "Yes, she's too old to wear a bikini. Better in a one piece…"

  • The Madden ’09 “Super Bowl Simulator” nailed the Super Bowl result almost perfectly

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    Well I guess there's something to those video games. I posted about this the day before the Super Bowl here – Tom Faranda's Folly: Tomorrow's Super Bowl and this was the prediction: According to the award-winning video game, the Pittsburgh Steelers will win an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl title in a tightly contested game against the…

  • The late Pat Tillman – the Cardinals 12th man today

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    Tillman is the Cardinal player who gave up a multi-million dollar contract to join the army in 2001, and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. Memory of Pat Tillman Lives On in Phoenix – NYTimes.com TAMPA, Fla. — The most visible Cardinal has been dead nearly five years. Pat Tillman, the football player turned fallen…

  • John Madden will be doing the commentary on his 11th Super Bowl today

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    I love Madden, going all the way back to when he coached the Raiders – including to a Super Bowl win. Madden is now 72 (!). Here's a really nice short piece – This is a day to appreciate John Madden, the voice that Super-sized the NFL Today is a football celebration. It's also a…

  • Latest Read: Achieving Peace in the Abortion War

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    Rachel MacNair is a longtime activist who has been involved in promoting a “consistent ethic” across a wide span of issues. She is a Quaker, a pacifist, and pro-life. She was president of Feminists for Life of America for ten years  Feminists for Life – Women Deserve Better MacNair is a scholar, with a Ph.D. in social psychology.…

  • Why Men Wear Earrings

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    From my brother Phil Why Men Wear Earrings   A  man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is  wearing an earring.  The guy knows his co-worker to be a normally  conservative  fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in  "fashion  sense." He walks up to him and says, "I…

  • Big sports day at Farandaville

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    Sunday Joe had a track meet starting a bit after noontime and Tim had an evening basketball game. Joe’s meet was at the Armory, off Broadway and 168th St. in upper Manhattan. The Armory is about ten blocks south of the George Washington Bridge. And despite it’s name, and the image it might bring to mind,…