HIghlights from Stepinac 42-3 win over Xavier
Check out the first catch. If the video "sticks" just hit the play button again. Xavier was on a 12 game winning streak. Speed kills. Stepinac 42, Xavier 3
Stepinac says goodbye to textbooks – now all digital
Good article. Lower cost and more convenient. Tim has an iPad, in addition to a laptop, which he rarely uses. this is an excellent article about where education (and everything else!) is going – No more books: Archbishop Stepinac High goes all digital "Out of curiosity, Nicholas Dadario weighed his backpack last year when it … Read more
Stepinac (& Tim) football season underway with a good start
UPDATE: The highlights in 74 seconds. Stepinac 47-14 The home game, against Mt. St. Michael from the Bronx, a few minutes from the end. Final score was 47-14. Tim played very little – probably about 12 plays. He simply has not picked up the knack for linebacker and fullback, after spending his JV year at … Read more
How we spent Labor Day weekend, Part 1
We had two big events: a beautiful wedding and a birthday party on another ends-in-zero birthday! The wedding was Saturday, between Debra Anderson (of course the 2nd daughter of our great friends Judy and Bob) and Hugh McGrory. They had a lovely sentiment printed on the back of their Nuptial Mass program – To our … Read more
A game-ending triple play
In the AAA minor league game between Columbus and Toledo. Toledo Triple Play: Minor League Team Ends Game With Amazing Play (VIDEO
Couple adopts triplets; then find out they’re expecting twins!
Another of those truth is stranger than fiction stories. We have friends in the UK who adopted twins after being told they could not conceive – and then had two successive sons. In the adoption process the birth mother got to chose the family she wanted her child to go to. Andy and Sarah were … Read more
Stepinac football, the Marines, and Tim
This past Thursday, the Stepinac varsity was put through some marine training paces by – marines. The training session was actually covered by cable news, channel 12. It was about a ninety minute part of the all day football practice (it’s now pre-season!), done at the beginning of the day. I watched a good part … Read more
My friend Judy Anderson’s radio interview
My friend, business associate, and all-around nice holy good great person. On WVOX AM in Westchester County. Judy spoke about Women's Equality Day (Reformed), celebrating the 93rd anniversary of women getting the vote. AND, why the Day in Westchester was REFORMED. She and Regina Riely led the REFORM. HVCL co-director Judith Anderson interview on WVOX … Read more
More on the health advantages of being short
I posted about this a few days ago – NYT health update – short people get less cancer -YAY! and now here's more about why short people live longer. HOWEVER – they also say tall people are smarter – duh. The research is clear: Being tall is hazardous to your health. Setting aside simple mortality, … Read more
Sobering article on poverty in the U.S. – and it’s growth in the past five years
Pathetic.This should be read by all the prosperous upper middle class (dare I say, white?) folks who voted for progress and social justice (they thought) when they voted for Obama. A WSJ op ed. from Thursday. Arthur Brooks: How Obama Neglects the Poor We have a robust and growing economy for high-income Americans. Those at … Read more