We had an excellent dinner Saturday night with our friends the Novotnys and the Riners. We went to a French restaurant in Yonkers, which is relatively new and has developed a fine reputation. And it was packed. Here’s a few pictures: Eat your heart out, world! And just so you know Brigid’s having a good … Read more
UPDATE: 5-30-06 Here’s the picture of Tim that I couldn’t post yesterday, and that should have gone below. Here’s a picture of Tim at the end of the Ossining Memorial Day paraade this morning. His scout troop, troop 49 sponsored by St. Augustine’s school, always marches in the parade. By coincidence Tim was carrying the … Read more
The “Super 14” provincial competition consists of the top 14 provinces in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. They all play each other once, and then the top four teams go into a playoff. The finalists this year were two New Zealand teams, the Canterbury Crusaders and Wellington Hurricanes. Unfortunately the final as a spectacle … Read more
This is neat. It’s worth sitting through the 30 second commercial to see this thing erupt.Underwater Eruption ‘Wows’ Explorers
Here’s an interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal from a fellow who owns a tutoring company in NY City. Free access on their opinionjournal site, and especially worth reading if you’ve got young children. OpinionJournal – Taste The explanation is much more straightforward. The average American receives a pretty mediocre education. The average … Read more
I always suspected this. Of course if it’s true, I should be a lot smarter than I am. CNN.com – Study: Chocolate may boost brain power – May 25, 2006 After a 15-minute digestive period, participants completed a variety of computer-based neuropsychological tests designed to assess cognitive performance including memory, attention span, reaction time, and … 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
I mentioned on the 16th that my bloodwork that day was fine, except for the continuing below normal WBC (white blood cell) count. So Dr. Kewalramani decided to take me off the antibiotic Bactrim and put me on a different antibiotic, called Mepron. His feeling was that I’ve been on the Bactrim so long, and … Read more
I went into Manhattan today. I was down in the financial district for the first time in quite a while – probably 18 months. The purpose was to have lunch with three people I used to work with, as we celebrated the engagement of one of them, Tish (as in Patricia) Lent. I met Tish … Read more
From the Wahington Post and a nasty reminder of reality. Reads like the confession of a mob hit man. Iraqi Insurgent Gives Chilling Confession An excerpt: Kerbouly said he was an Iraqi customs agent along the western border with Jordan and was in a position to know who was entering and leaving Iraq, and to … Read more