Tom Faranda's Folly

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  • Joe’s Confirmation today

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    Joseph Edward Faranda became Joseph Edward Eudoxius Faranda today. He was confirmed at St. Augustine’s Church with the rest of his eighth grade class, by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, who is the top Vatican official at the UN. The Mass and Confirmation began at 12 o’clock. The Pastor of St. Augustine’s, Monsignor Hilary Franco, spent many…

  • Author’s evening in Croton

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    Two writers had an evening yesterday. It was held at my Church, HNM. The authors are a friend of mine, Maggie Barbieri, and a lady I don’t know very well, Cecilia Kochanowski. Maggie’s book is the first of a projected series of entitled Murder 101. It’s published by St. Martin’s and just came out. I…

  • Justin and Tim – building in the basement

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    Thursday Justin (one of Tim’s buddies) went on a building spree in our basement. Actually Justin did most of the building while Tim and Joe spectated. Here’s some pix: The Tower falls! A little more complex Justin took this picture of his handicraft A couple of profiles of Joe and Tim

  • Commentary on the election – NY Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

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    Here’s the NY Times editorial yesterday: The Democratic House – New York Times There was only one explanation for the crazy-quilt combination of victories around the country that gave the Democrats control of the House of Representatives last night: an angry shout of repudiation of the Bush White House and the abysmal way the Republican…

  • Bush and Pelosi meeting – is the Prez worried about something?

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    It looks to me like the President is a little concerned that Ms. Pelosi might kick him in the nuts crotch.

  • Post election wash-up

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    As the Prez said, "a thumping". More than anyone had predicted. But if you check out this post  Tom Faranda’s Folly: the election and financial markets you’ll see that it did keep with history in that the House and Senate both changed party hands. In fact last night, watching the boob tube around 11pm, Harry…

  • How I voted

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    Voted in mid-afternoon. I have no party loyalty, having always been a registered independent. However I do have loyalty to my principles. For the first time in at least eight years, I voted for a major party candidate for an office other then President. I voted for John Spencer for Senator. Of course he’s got…

  • This is funny – as world t-shirt wearing record is set

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    Hope this link works. It’s pretty amusing. Beats watching election commentary. YouTube – Guiness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time.

  • Politics as usual

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    This about the new Democratic Party Super-Star, Barak Obama: "Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois today urged hundreds of blacks not to vote along racial lines next week in Maryland’s Senate race. Obama, the only black U.S. senator, came to the state to rally support for Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, who is white. Cardin’s Republican…

  • Global Warming update #3

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    The U.K. Telegraph has an excellent article on global warming. It’s fairly long with some technical terms, but well worth reading if you’re interested in the subject. I had never heard of the author, but he was a policy advisor to Margaet Thatcher. Here’s a brief bio: Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley –…