I must be in a theological / religious state of mind (note the prior post). Here’s an interesting article on the phenomenon of an expanding number of seminarians in Poland. They are in demand throughout Europe, with more than 100 of them in the mission land of England! BBC NEWS | Europe | Polish priests … Read more
I picked up on this on Amy Welborn’s weblog, Open Book. There’s a link to Open Book on my skimpy blogroll to the right of this posting. For some reason I thought of the thug Zarqawi, proclaimed a "martyr" on the Al Queda website, and his so-called "spiritual advisor" (what was he doing – advising … Read more
I started this journal on September 8, ’05, and today is June 7th, ’06, so that’s nine months of journaling. This will be the 355th post. Sometime yesterday the 10,000th visit was made to the weblog. When I began the journal, it was primarily to record my odyssey through treatment and chemotherapy for my lymhoma. … Read more
I respect anyone who can figure out how to get paid 15 million dollars a year just for talking (being "perky"), but this is still a joke. "Anyone who watches ‘Today’ knows I’ve done more hard-hitting interviews than any evening news anchor." … Read more
My town of Croton-on-Hudson NY (pop. 7,000) has been having a street fair for close to 20 years (maybe longer). The usual stuff; a nice parade, and plenty of street vendors, local businesses, churches, philanthropic groups, etc, having exhibits and stalls on the street. Our church, Holy Name of Mary is into the fair in … Read more
A man owned a small farm in upstate New York. The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent. "Well, there … Read more
Scroll down, and a bit below my picture you’ll see "Categories". The only category is "My lymphoma and related medical stuff". If you click on that, only the lymphoma-related and a few other health-related postings will appear! My other ramblings, family stories, and mediocre jokes will be gone. Then go to this January 8th posting, … Read more
This book was given to me while I was in Sloan Kettering in January, by Steve Valerio and his wife Jennifer. For a couple of years while I was coaching the North Jersey Rugby Club, Steve was the president of the club. He wrote a really lovely sentiment in the front of the book, for … Read more
Dr. Kewalramani called me today regarding my low white blood count. He made the point that it wasn’t "real low", but that we need to monitor it. I am going to have blood counts at two week intervals. If the count doesn’t go up in four to six weeks, I’ll have to have a bone … Read more
Had a blood count today, and my white blood cell count continues below normal (1.9), as well as some of the component numbers being low. This is despite having the antibiotic switched from Bactrim to Mepron. Nobody seems to be able to pinpoint why the numbers are low; they have been for months and I … Read more