Interview at the Pearly Gates

This just in from my friend Bernadette Harris A man appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. "Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked. "Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "Once, on a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a … Read more

Tim’s first sports injury

When the snow starts falling, Tim loves to get out there with his sled and snowboard. On Friday, as it was still snowing heavily he started lobbying to be taken to the gorge (below the Croton Dam, several miles away) to go sledding. Since the roads were terrible, we said no, but Brigid did agree … Read more

New Stress Test

This was sent to me by Ellen Mullin – find out if you suffer from undue stress! I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study … Read more

Darfur Update

There hasn’t been much in the news about the Darfur situation recently. Here’s an article from the Washington Times on why the UN cannot get anywhere trying to protect the refugees. To read the whole article you may have to register with the Washington Times, but it’s free and easy to do. China, Russia oppose … Read more

“The language of war is victims”

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the #3 al-Queda operative who has confessed to planning the 9/11 attack, as well as a couple of dozen other terrorist attacks – is quoted above. Well, he certainly is correct. Here’s the Washington Post article about his confession – he views himself as a freedom fighter, not a terrorist. Don’t all … Read more

Global Warming Update #11

I still haven’t seen "An Inconvenient Truth", although I got the video out of Blockbuster a couple of days ago. I’m hoping to watch it tonight and then compare Mr. Gore’s claims with what the UN Global Warming panel recently said.  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Global Warming Update #7 – the UN report However this morning … Read more

New Faranda arrival

My brother Phil and his wife Ann had baby #4 this morning at 5:22 AM. Mark joins his siblings Luke, Catherine and Gregory. Here he is this morning a few minutes after his birth – He is grandchild #8 for my mother – seven boys and Catherine!

Blonde Joke

This from one of my humor consultants, Ellen Mullin. Subject: COUGH SYRUP The pharmacist walks into the store to find a guy leaning heavily Against a wall. He asks the blonde clerk "What’s with that guy over There by the wall?" The blonde clerk responds:  "Well, he came in here this morning to get Something … Read more