My oldest son, Joe, is in the eighth grade, so we are looking around at Catholic high schools. The way it works, you take a test (in New York it’s called the TACHS), and the results are sent to three high schools you choose, along with your grammar school transcript. They then send out letters … Read more
Hard to believe it’s been a year since my 20 day stay in Sloan. Six days of high dose chemotherapy, my stem cell transplant, and then the wait for my white blood cell count to get back up to normal range. Here’s my posting for January 28, 2006: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Day 20 – noontime … Read more
Got my results from last Friday’s complete blood count. White count (WBC’s) was 4.9, down from 10.3 the prior Friday. Absolute neutrophil (sp?) was 3.9, down from 8.4. However both are currently in the normal range. Since the trend is down after getting the neulasta shot on January 5th, I expect that the results of … Read more
I posted this review on Amazon. It's in the four stars column – titled the review A page-turner, with some debatable opinions The title "Sea of Thunder" refers to the greatest naval battle in history. The Battle of Leyte Gulf (pronounced Laytee) was fought off the Philipines from October 23 to 26, 1944. There were … Read more
Got the results of last Friday’s blood count. I had a good and quick response to the shot of the white blood cell booster Neulasta, which I received the previous Friday. My WBC count was 10.3 (high normal) and the absolute neutrophil (sp?) count was 8.4 – another high normal. I will have another blood … Read more
This is a superb book. The sub-title is "Investing by Knowing What Others Don’t" and it is the best book I’ve read on investing and asset managment in years. The author is Kenneth Fisher, an investment manager based in California, who also writes a monthly column in Forbes magazine. He’s a pretty successful guy, ranked … Read more
Here’s a really fine essay on King’s famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August, 1963 (44 years ago this August!). It’s short so hit the link and read the whole thing. The Power of Dreams OpinionJournal – Taste There is no gainsaying King’s natural gifts. But King’s speech didn’t just bubble … Read more
Yup. Hard to believe it was one year ago yesterday that I went into MSK. The chemotherapy started the day I arrived, so by this time last year I’d received a whole day of the six day high dose chemo regimen.
N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham, England. He is also a biblical scholar of high note, with several well-received books on Jesus. Christianity Today had a very fine interview with him that you can read in full here: Mere Mission | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction Your book Simply Christian … Read more
I came across this book while reading a review for another book on amazon.com. The subtitle to Body for Life is "12 weeks to Mental and Physical Strength", and it’s written by a professional trainer named Bill Phillips. The book and program (they have a big website operation) seems to be wildly popular; there were … Read more