Dave Jennings

The NY Giant punter from the 70's and 80's, and also onr og their radio commentators, after his retirement. He was only 61 and evidently had Parkinson's Disease since 1996. Ver ywell liked by everyone. I used to enjoy listening to him on "The Giant's Radio Network." Jennings played for the Giants from 1974-84. He … Read more

Sunday’s Storm King hike

On Father’s Day as Jeanne Marie and I do a hike/walk neither of us had ever done. And the cicadas are out! Very exciting – if you’re into this sort of thing. It was a good 2 and a half hour hike, which I will post more about, but for the moment it’s all cicadas, … Read more

The fanaticism of the NY pro-abortion lobby knows no bounds

You cannot cross them. If you're a politician and you don't endorse third trimester abortions and abortions done by non-physicians, then they hate on you, even if you are otherwise pro-abortion. Thanks for Gerald sending me this link to the Weschester pro-abortion lobby. "And Senator Jeff Klein will have launched his own personal war on … Read more

Winner of Miss Iowa Pageant: she has only one arm

Great tht a woman with a physical disability could win through – Miss Iowa pageant winner missing left forearm, to speak about disabilities After a grueling three-day competition, Nicole Kelly was named Miss Iowa on Saturday. The 23-year-old will go on to compete in the Miss America pageant, where she will speak about the importance … Read more

69th Anniversary of D-Day

To my surprise, AMC is not showing "The Longest Day" today. Here's a post I put up last year on this day. D-Day 68 years ago – "the boy on the beach" And just a few days ago – Memorial Day – I posted about my namesake, Thomas C. Faranda, who was not killed on D-Day, … Read more

Stepinac teacher who was there when I was there – is still there!

I never had Mr. Larkin, but I do remember him. This was his 50th year at Stepinac. Two very nice articles about him, especially the second one, which includes a video. A church-bombing in Birmingham, Ala., killed four African-American girls. The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television. “My Favorite Martian” premiered on CBS. … Read more