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Health update – some good news
I saw Dr. Klimek this morning, as per my posting yesterday, and then had a CAT scan in the early afternoon, in anticipation of my meeting next week with Dr. Zelenetz, the lymphoma guru. The good word is – my white cell counts are up, and without any neulasta booster. Last week my WBC count…
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Latest read: “As I Lay Dying”
This short book is sub-titled "Meditations Upon Returning". It is written by former Lutheran minister now Catholic convert-priest Richard John Neuhaus. Neuhaus is the editor of the interfaith Journal First Things, and a prolific author and commentator. I read it during Lent. Neuhaus spends the first part of the book musing on life and death,…
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Tim a new man as his cast comes off
At last (for Tim), after six weeks his cast is off. Dr. Purcell cut it off today (three hours late) and we celebrated with alaskan king crab for supper. And tomorrow Tim gets new shoes (part of the deal.) Here’s the foot, the cast, and the crab dinner (it was excellent!). Here’s the “back” part…
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Good newspaper article on the Konigs and the Catholic Channel
Heeeere’s Dave (and Sue)!! This was in the Westchester daily paper, The Journal News – Catholic radio brings church to new medium The channel would try to appeal to devout Catholics, lapsed Catholics, non-Catholics and maybe even a few closet Catholics who subscribed to Sirius so they could listen to Howard Stern. "You won’t find…
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Grandma has a birthday
My mother Jeanne turned 81 yesterday. Phil and Jim both visited her over the weekend and she came to our house for her birthday. Here she is with two of her eight grandchildren. At the beginning of June she’ll be going to her 60th college reunion at Mt. St. Vincent’s, with her roommate Dolores Cammarata,…
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I’m on the radio tomorrow morning
Around 10:20 I’ll be on Sirius satellite radio, channel 159. That’s the Catholic channel – Sue and Dave Konig’s show – and I’ll be interviewed along with a woman comedienne who has breast cancer. The topic is coping with cancer, the role of faith, stuff like that. If you go tothe Sirius website you can…
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Old joke; still funny
Two casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A very attractive blonde woman from South Alabama arrived and bet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don’t mind, but I feel much luckier when I play topless." With that, she stripped to the waist; rolled…
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Guy and girlfriend take off on 1,000 day cruise
This looks like fun. Top News- New York Duo Sets Sail on 1,000-Day Cruise – AOL News The sailor, Reid Stowe is 55 years old. He and his 23 year old girlfriend plan on going around the world three times, without ever making a port of call. They set out yesterday from NY harbor. Here’s…
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Nor’easter results in spectacle at Croton Dam and on the Croton river
The Croton dam is far and away the most impressive feature of my town of Croton-on-Hudson. Built at the end of the 19th century, it is the second largest hand hewn masonry structure in the world. Go here for the history and to see what the dam usually looks like: New Croton Dam – Wikipedia,…
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Sue Konig continues her media rise
My neighbor, radio host and author Sue Konig, continues her meteoric rise in the media firmament, with an appearance on Neil Cavuto’s television program on FOX yesterday. Here’s the clip – Family Security Matters She did an excellent job and I’m sure will be invited back. Sue recently ran for office in Croton and is…