At the Novotny house with these characters. They’ve all been featured in past posts, going back to my chemotherapy. Take my word for it – those cocktails and that food, courtesy of Paul and Doreen, couldn’t be surpassed! The person left out of this is the photographer, Karen. But we don’t want her to miss … Read more
Here’s a member of the Russian Academy of Science who says a relative cold spell will soon set in… RIA Novosti – Opinion & analysis – A cold spell soon to replace global warming Earth is now at the peak of one of its passing warm spells. It started in the 17th century when there … Read more
Christianity Today has a posting by Pastor Tony Campolo (he is Liberalism’s answer to Jerry Falwell) with his top five books on Social Justice. My Top 5 Books on Social Justice | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction I confess to not having read any of them, although I have Jim Wallis’s book. … Read more
What better way to start the year, but with an online interview with myself? Q. Tom, how is your health? A. Good. Very good as far as I can tell. As a matter of fact, I am seeing my lymphoma Dr., Dr. Zelenetz, the day after tomorrow. Our meeting was scheduled for three weeks ago, … Read more
I read and posted reviews of 17 books this year, and also posted the reviews (sometimes slightly edited) on Amazon’s website. Here are the three best books, in the chronological order I reviewed them in: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read: The Only Three Questions that Count By investment manager and Forbes columnist Ken Fisher. The … Read more
All right. Three quotes. Who could settle on just one? The last was not published in the Times, but stated by their editor at a lecture in England. Yup. Criticizing the NYT again. I read the Times every day, and they have some great stuff. But their editorials, op eds, and thinly veiled "news analysis" … Read more
This is the second installment of my friend Maggie Barbieri’s murder mystery/comedy/love story series about college professor and part-time sleuth Alison Bergeron. Here is my review of the first one – Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest Read: "Murder 101" In Extracurricular Activities there is more of just about everything; more dead mangled bodies, more suspects, more … Read more
Anyone interested in the spiritual or interior life should read this amazing collection of letters, with commentary. I read it over the space of about a month, 15 to 20 pages, four or five days a week. I finished three months ago and decided to let it percolate around in my head before posting this. … Read more
Here are some pix from yesterday. 6:15 in the morning and the boys are up to check out their gifts. Paintball stuff was at the fore. Tim got a new paintball gun marker and Joe a laser sight. I received, from Joe, some “Ting.” Ting is a grapefruit drink from Jamaica which I developed a … Read more
Great day, even though we only had my mother over for the day, having seen my brother Phil and his family last night. And my brother Jim who spent a couple of nights with us, spent today day with his two boys. More pictures tomorrow, but here’s a nice one of Tim helping my mother … Read more