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  … Read more

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 … Read more

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, … Read more

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) … Read more

Notre Dame – the university’s character v. academic freedom

Here is an interesting posting on Amy Welborn’s weblog. She is a Catholic author and speaker whose webjournal has a big following.

This has to do with the ongoing debate at Notre Dame (and at most other Catholic Universities) over their "Catholic Identity" and academic freedom. I believe the most recent ruckus had to do with whether "the Vagina Monologues" should be shown on the ND campus.

If you want the complete treatment go to the links in Welborn’s posting – but it’s not really necessary – her excerpts cover the key points.open book: An ideal worth striving for

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