A man owned a small farm in upstate New York. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent. "Well, there … Read more
This book was given to me while I was in Sloan Kettering in January, by Steve Valerio and his wife Jennifer. For a couple of years while I was coaching the North Jersey Rugby Club, Steve was the president of the club. He wrote a really lovely sentiment in the front of the book, for … Read more
We had an excellent dinner Saturday night with our friends the Novotnys and the Riners. We went to a French restaurant in Yonkers, which is relatively new and has developed a fine reputation. And it was packed. Here’s a few pictures: Eat your heart out, world! And just so you know Brigid’s having a good … Read more
UPDATE: 5-30-06 Here’s the picture of Tim that I couldn’t post yesterday, and that should have gone below. Here’s a picture of Tim at the end of the Ossining Memorial Day paraade this morning. His scout troop, troop 49 sponsored by St. Augustine’s school, always marches in the parade. By coincidence Tim was carrying the … Read more
The “Super 14” provincial competition consists of the top 14 provinces in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. They all play each other once, and then the top four teams go into a playoff. The finalists this year were two New Zealand teams, the Canterbury Crusaders and Wellington Hurricanes. Unfortunately the final as a spectacle … Read more
This is neat. It’s worth sitting through the 30 second commercial to see this thing erupt.Underwater Eruption ‘Wows’ Explorers
Here’s an interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal from a fellow who owns a tutoring company in NY City. Free access on their opinionjournal site, and especially worth reading if you’ve got young children. OpinionJournal – Taste The explanation is much more straightforward. The average American receives a pretty mediocre education. The average … Read more
I went into Manhattan today. I was down in the financial district for the first time in quite a while – probably 18 months. The purpose was to have lunch with three people I used to work with, as we celebrated the engagement of one of them, Tish (as in Patricia) Lent. I met Tish … Read more
From the Wahington Post and a nasty reminder of reality. Reads like the confession of a mob hit man. Iraqi Insurgent Gives Chilling Confession An excerpt: Kerbouly said he was an Iraqi customs agent along the western border with Jordan and was in a position to know who was entering and leaving Iraq, and to … Read more
Well, it may be premature to tip off Joe Torre, but Tim had his pitching debut this past Saturday. I missed it, but Brigid was there. He’s in the third grader league, whatever that league level is called. Up until the week before, the coaches were doing the pitching. Anyway, he struck out the first … Read more