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My brother Paul’s wake was Wednesday and the funeral Thursday. Thanks to the many friends who made the wake, the funeral, or who contacted us by phone, email, etc. And a special thanks to the boat-mates of Paul, from his crew days at Cornell, who made the Wednesday evening wake. Tony Johnson came from Ithaca.…

  Four days ago, Wednesday, September 28th, we got the news that my brother Paul had died. He’d missed his dialysis appointment and when they went looking for him, they found his body in the bathroom. He was 47. This is tragic and heartbreaking. We are all crushed. But it is not surprising. My brother…

  Who’d a thunk it? After less than a week, I’ve already gotten some spam comments. "buy stocks", "build a website", "Wow what a great site – I’ve bookmarked it! Do you need an MPG player?" Will have to figure out how to delete them. Addendum. Figured out how to delete unwanted spam comments and…

  Which is a little publication put out by the SS. Francis and Therese Catholic Worker house of Worcester, MA. Claire and Scott Schaeffer-Duffy have run a "House of Hospitality" with meals and sleeping arrangements for the down and out for over twenty years. Supporters have lived in the house, some for several years, but…

  The NY Times is going in the dumper – yesterday they announced the firing of 500 employees. AND three years ago their stock price was $47.05. Yesterday it was 31.13. The S & P 500 over the same time frame has risen just under 45%. The math is bad for the Gray Lady. Here’s…

  As I left the gym tonite, I caught a minute of the Yanks v. Orioles. Yanks ahead 5-3, man on first, no outs. Jeter hits easy double play ball back to pitcher – who drops it taking it out of his glove, picks it up , drops it again – everybody safe. Instead of…