This is the climbing season on Mount Everest – the rest of the year the weather is just too bad. Yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the first summiting of Everest, by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzig Norgay. A few days ago, a record 75 people reached the top of Everest on … Read more
I don't have a counter that tells me exactly how many people visit this weblog every day; but typepad keeps a rough count on the number of page views, which is not exaclty the same as the number of visitors. Typepad also says that their count is not necessarily accurate. Anyway, yesterday I had 359 … Read more
Yesterday morning Brigid, Tim and I we went for a walk on Croton Point, partially along the south side beach (Joe was overnighting at a friend’s house). Tim took this picture – I will post more Memorial Day pix tonight.
Jim was in the Peace Corp in the late 70’s in Guatemala. Mostly a place called Quetzaltenango. I had visited him there in 1979, at the same time I was teaching in Jamaica. Went over at the Easter break and had a great time. He went back for a visit last week – the last time he’d been down was … Read more
AOL has a nice feature up about the most visited memorials in the U.S.A., from Forbes Magazine Lists Most Visited Memorials – AOL News I was surprised that the Vietnam Memorial is only the third most visited. I myself have been to seven out of ten of them – the top four are all in … Read more
9,771st to be exact. 52 reviews (mostly book reviews originally done here) with 586 helpful votes. But I haven't done a review since Feb. 3rd. Amazon.com: Profile for T. Faranda
This is crazy. Saw a discussion on TV this morning while I was in the gym. FOXNews.com – Critics Slam Boston Doctor Who Offers Sex Change Treatment to Kids – Health News | Current Health News | Medica… Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric specialist at the hospital, has launched a clinic for transgendered kids — … Read more
Brigid suggested two other titles for this picture: “Guinness is Good for You” and “It’s All in the Guinness”
Fascinating and amazing. Print and read the whole thing- it’s only a little bit more then three pages. A Child, a Bizarre Tumor and a Perilous Operation – New York Times PHOENIX — Three-year-old Grace Webster perches on the operating table, tiny and cold, covered only by a diaper and her sandy-blond Raggedy Ann hair. … Read more
I guess this trumps Einstein’s famous quote: "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." Belief in God ‘childish,’ Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter The father of relativity, whose previously known views on religion have been more ambivalent and fuelled much discussion, made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954. … Read more