UPDATE: Here's the resultTom Faranda's Folly: Last night's last game at Yankee Stadium Game is at 8:15. Andy Pettitte will start and Mariano Rivera is going to pitch the ninth innning, regardless of the score. The game will be shown on ESPN, and there will be shows all day on the Yankee network (YES) and … Read more
Well, after leading 14-0, they lost to Bronxivlle 24-22. It turns out that if you get up by two touchdowns, you have to substitute out your first stringers, which I suppose makes sense at the 5th/6th grade level. So they are now 1-1. Ossining really has a good program – they run three teams at the … Read more
One of the more outspoken - and sensible – Bishops in the U.S. today is Charles Chaput, the Capuchin Francisican Archbishop of Denver. One can only hope that when Cardinal Egan retires from the New York Archdiocese that the Pope will move Chaput to New York. In any event Archbishop Chaput has a timely and excellent … Read more
I never heard of Tina Fey but she sure is a dead ringer for Palin UPDATE: Phooey, the original video "is no longer available". Probably a copyright thing with NBC. So try the second video for a taste of the skit. Here it is –
With their candidate Barack Obama exposed for what he is, the Times must feel it has no choice but to make a concerted, open, effort to bring down McCain and Palin. The gist: Palin is a dumbbell and McCain has sold out to the "culture war" right wing. Here are the top seven most emailed articles on their website … Read more
Was yesterday. A very good win against Greenburgh, a team they lost to last year. This is Tim’s second year at the fifth and sixth grade little league level. The score was only 7-0, but Ossining really dominated. Greenburgh never crossed midfield. Tim had about five tackles from defensive end and tackle, and pushed around his … Read more
on Labor Day Brigid went kayaking with some of the regular women kayakers, who have a sort of little group going in Croton. Here’s Brigid before shoving off to go up the Croton River. They leave from the landing at the back of the railway station parking lot.
Is the Okapi. We first saw an Okapi in the Madrid Zoo, way back in 1980 or '81. We were taken with the very rare relative of the giraffe. We've got lots of slides from Okapi sitings in various zoos, but have never scanned them into digital form. Here's a newspaper video from England of … Read more
The grown son had Down's Syndrome. This is a great story, please read the whole thing. Father Who Died Saving Son Known For Sacrifice – washingtonpost.com When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died … Read more
Here’s Tim at bat in his last summer league baseball game on August 19th. And now … it’s on to football season. Tim at 11 years old, is just over 5 feet tall and weighs 145 lbs! He is too heavy and we have a deal where he’s going to try and get down to 134 … Read more