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So you’re mad at your boss.. or the wife… here’s the answer
Of course you’ve got to be REALLY mad, because this is the big one. YUP, you can learn to build your own WMD! Here are the details from the Washington Post "How to Build a Nuclear Bomb" Just take the one year course at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Serivce and you’re all set to…
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Abbott and Costello in Computerland
This was forwarded to me by my friend Jeanne Marie Gagnon. I was a big Abbott and Costello fan and this is a take-off on their most famous sketch "Whose on First"? I can almost hear them doing this! COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help …
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Joe Faranda, back from his Washington adventure
Actually, Joe got back Friday night. He flew into Westchester County airport from Dulles, in a 25 seat commuter prop plane (United), along with one of his classmates, F.J. Ellis. And he was not impressed with the flight. It was windy, the plane was buffeted all over the sky, and half the people on board…
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WSJ on the “Manwagon”
Here is an amusing article tht AOL news picked up on – AOL Money & Finance: WSJ.com – The Manwagon Or as the article describes it, "This melding of speed and sippy cups…"
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Dr’s appointment tomorrow
Dr. Kewalramani appointment tomorrow. We’ll see what the bloodwork shows. I am feeling better week to week, but still far from 100%. I actually managed to put together the exercise bench (Sunday night) which I thought was a bargain and then discovered needed assembly. Tom Faranda’s Folly: 14 days post hospitalization Very proud of myself,…
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A little on George Washington as follow-up to “1776”
Way back a month ago – January 23rd to be exact – I posted a little review of my latest read, which was "1776".Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read – "1776" This is an excellent history about Washington and his army in 1776. The good times and the dismal times. I highly recommend it, even if…
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Joe Faranda, Washington big-shot for a week
My seventh grader son Joe is down in Washington DC from today until Friday. He was nominated by his school for the “Junior Congressional Youth Leadership Council” which does programs for junior high school students. We applied and he was accepted, so he is down with 230 other seventh graders “scholars” (their term, not ours)…
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U.S. policy to shift in Darfur region of Sudan
Both the Washington Post Bush Calls For More Muscle In Darfur and NY Times Bush Sees Need to Expand Role of NATO in Sudan – New York Times ran stories on the Bush administrstion’s evident desire to move beyond the "stagnant" talks and get more aid to Darfur, as well as aiming to end the…
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Long ago, I taught Phys. ed. for a year, but I never thought of this angle!
Here’s a funny article from the Washington Post Fla. Teacher Charged as Children Pay to Cut Gym . The culprit is now facing felony charges, which is not so funny. I actually taught "Gym" for a year – my last year in the Caribbean. But I never thought to take money in return for letting…
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NY Times on Olympic medal winner and his search for his Birth Parents
This is of some interest to me, since we have two adopted sons. Dawson was abandoned as an infant in Korea and eventually adopted by ski instructors in the U. S. It’s a good article.For Dawson, a Bronze and a Chance to Find Birth Parents – New York Times this article will only be available…