From the NY Times health section – If a woman is physically active during pregnancy, she may boost the development of her unborn child’s brain, according to a heart-tugging new study of expectant mothers and their newborns. The findings bolster a growing scientific consensus that the benefits of exercise can begin to accumulate even before … Read more
My brother Jim sent me this picture today, which Brigid had to remind me she took, in our living room. We still have the same couch. That’s Jim to my left, Paul with his typical shut-eyes, and Phil wearing his left wing intellectual granny glasses. I do look hefty in this picture …
From my friend Ellen –
UPDATE: Here's the Journal News/Lohud report on the game. Stepinac falls to St. Anthony's Losing to St. Anthony's, the Long Island HS football powerhouse. Final score 14-35, with Stepinac never really in the game. So we finish overall with a very good season, 7-4. Here's a little bit from the Catholic HS football website, posted … Read more
A very big deal. Stepinac had been blown out just a few weeks ago by Iona Prep. The article also contains two embedded videos. Safety spurs Stepinac over Iona Prep in rare playoff meeting Down a touchdown in the third quarter, Stepinac had four chances to score from inside the 4 and was stuffed. The … Read more
UPDATE: Comment (left by an attorney): "St. Peter might have been the most charitable Saint. He healed his mother-in-law." The Year of Faith ends on November 24th, so presumably sometime around that date. Go here Vatican plans first-ever display of relics of St. Peter for a quick paragraph on how they found the remains (relics) of … Read more
YIKES! Some neat pictures with the article. Three bears and one tough hiker. Woman stabs bruin in jaw as it charges her Anyone considering messing with Amy Stafford should keep this in mind: she stabbed a bear, and walked away without a scratch. Although it is bear hunting season in the Adirondacks, Stafford, 22, and an … Read more
She had fallen during the race and hit her head, but finished and seemed OK. Not bad though; finishing a marathon at 86 – in good shape her whole life – she looks great in the picture. Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run New York City Marathon, dies at 86 Johnson, of San Jose, Calif., … Read more