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  • Joke – “A Texan is drinking in a New York bar…”

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    This is posted on Luskin’s website: A Texan Is drinking in a New York Bar. He gets a call on his cell phone. He hangs up, grinning from ear to ear and orders a round of drinks for everybody in the bar because, he announces, his wife has just produced a typical Texan baby boy…

  • Tim Faranda crosses the bridge

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    That’s the bridge from Wolf cub scout to Webelos. This evening was the blue and gold dinner, attended by scouts and their families (over 200 people) at St. Augustine’s school hall. The cub scout program is five years, and Wolf scout is year three (third grade). Webelos is two years, grades four and five. The…

  • Wrap up of Darfur Rally yesterday

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    My twelve year old Joe and I both travelled to the Darfur Rally in Washington DC yesterday (Sunday). Darfur of course is part of the Sudan, where there has been two years of genocidal violence, resulting in 200,000+ deaths and over a million displaced and homeless refugees. Having only sent a few emails to the…

  • Rally for Darfur

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    It’s 5:45 Sunday morning, and Joe and I are off to DC for the Rally for Darfur. Story and a few pictures later.

  • blond joke

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    Why did the blond want to become a veterinarian?Because he loved children.

  • An evening fund-raiser for my old school

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    Earlier this month, I hosted some friends at a fund raiser for my old grammar school  –  St. Ann’s in Ossining. It was at a Wednesday evening Westchester Broadway Theatre showing of Aida and we had a “sky box”. Here is the official “photogenic couple of the night” shot And here is my good buddy…

  • Couple of pictures from Disney vacation

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    Here I am with the boys in the Animal Kingdom, and a picture taken by Tim, as Brigid and I are in the doorway of the “kidsuite” part of our Holiday Inn hotel room. As you may be able to see in the second picture, the hair is coming back on my head (looks like…

  • Back from Disneyworld

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    We all had a great time, with six days at the Disney theme parks (there are now four of them – The Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios, The Animal Kingdom, and EPCOT) as well as the two Disney water parks (Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon).  I felt fine the whole time we were there, even though…

  • Friday funnies – “Man Bashing”

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    From my friend Thea – with the more lewd ones deleted. Man-bashing… Q. What should you do if you see your ex-husband rolling around in pain on the ground? A. Shoot him again. Q. Why do little boys whine? A. Because they’re practicing to be men. Q. How many men does it take to screw…

  • Easter

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    Happy Easter to all. We are off to the airport shortly and not sure if I’ll be posting this week. I have set a couple of timed postings to pop up this coming week.