Month: January 2016

YIKES! Pro skier Angel Collinson was shooting a documentary in Alaska’s Neacola range in April 2015 when she tumbled and fell 1,000 feet down the snow-covered mountain, amazingly surviving the fall.  

Oh dear. The patriarch of our chinchilla family is gone. Brigid found him around 5 pm yesterday at the bottom of his cage. She called me quite upset, and I came back from my office and had to tell Joe, who was taking a nap. We don’t know what happened. We got him about 6 … Read more

Stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, students from Nebraska and Iowa who’d traveled to DC for the March for life – whole story at the the link. At about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the buses lurched to a stop at mile marker 133, and the group had to become comfortable for awhile — because there they stayed … Read more

Nice little job by the Jesuit publication, with mostly interviews with young students.

  The bus was cancelled, so a few of us drove down. The weather was really not a  problem; started snowing after one o’clock & didn’t affect the drive back. The numbers were MUCH lower – probably 20-25,000, a quarter of the #’s for the last few years. The weather.  Media coverage -. Nothing on … Read more

In a talk he gave yesterday. Pope strongly upholds Christian marriage The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church’s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ’s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church “can show … Read more

Which of course makes Gina Woman of the Year! This is from last Thursday’s dinner honoring Joe for his last four years as the Knights of Columbus local Council’s Grand Knight. And Joe and Gina are a big presence in our community and our Parish. Or as Mike Reynolds, our new Grand Knight says, our … Read more

I vividly remember this guy, with his "screwjie" (screwball pitch), as described by Phil Rizzuto. He saved Whitey Ford's bacon during Ford's great 25 win 1961 season, which was far and away Arooyo's best season. He was 88. Some nice photos at both of these links. He was an All-Star in his rookie season in … Read more

Played great rugby at 33 years old in the World Cup. when he first played for hte All Blacks in 2003, he was a wrecking ball, headhunting center. By the end of his career with New Zealnad he was the ultimate inside center. Now playing for Toulon in France.