Author’s evening in Croton

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 … Read more

Justin and Tim – building in the basement

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

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 … Read more

Post election wash-up

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 … Read more

How I voted

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 … Read more

Politics as usual

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 … Read more

Global Warming update #3

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 – … Read more

Tim’s last football game

Tim had his last game of the season Saturday, playing for the 3rd and 4th grade Ossining Little League football team, and they finally got a win. They beat Hastings, 12-7. The Ossining program is very good, with two 3rd and 4th grade teams (most river towns only have one side) so the talent is … Read more