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AOL has a  nice feature up about the most visited memorials in the U.S.A., from Forbes Magazine Lists Most Visited Memorials – AOL News I was surprised that the Vietnam Memorial is only the third most visited. I myself have been to seven out of ten of them – the top four are all in…

9,771st to be exact. 52 reviews (mostly book reviews originally done here) with 586 helpful votes. But I haven't done a review since Feb. 3rd. Amazon.com: Profile for T. Faranda

Brigid suggested two other titles for this picture: “Guinness is Good for You” and “It’s All in the Guinness”

I guess this trumps Einstein’s famous quote: "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." Belief in God ‘childish,’ Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter The father of relativity, whose previously known views on religion have been more ambivalent and fuelled much discussion, made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954.…

Actually, this is not new, but it got some headlines today because of an interview given by the head of the Vatican Observatory. There IS an interesting theological question: did Jesus die to redeem mankind humankind only, or did he die for all sentient life (assuming there is sentient life out there) throughout the universe?…

And he made it look sooo easy! Breitbart.tv » Indians Second Baseman Makes History-Making Unassisted Triple Play

The special is tomorrow – Mother’s Day – at 9 PM. Here’s the link I put up yesterday Tom Faranda’s Folly: "Battle at Kruger" – youtube video seen over 30,000,000 times since it’s debut in May, ’07., and here’s the NY Times article from this morning. You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary…

In a national park in South Africa. Buffalo, Lions, Crocs, and it’s life or death. Quite astounding – National Geographic is doing a special on this, on Mother’s Day. And there’s this –  The Battle at Kruger | Always Believe! 

Having run cross country in the fall, Tom Faranda’s Folly: The sports seasons have begun at Chez Faranda and not run in the indoor track season, Joe is now on the freshman Fordham Prep track team, and the season is in full swing. This past Sunday was the Jesuit Championships and Joe ran in the…

Note: My next colonoscopy is not due for a couple of years This from our friend Kevin, transplanted Englishmen-living-in-Australia-who-we-met-when-we-lived-in-Jamaica. I especially liked #9. Uhhh, some editing to conform to American taste and a PG rating … Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous….. A physician claimed that the following…