Tom Faranda's Folly

My friend, Tom Knox.  Read about him here. Ten years ago. My friend, Tom Knox And another reminder, from Kieran Michael Lawlor, who is running for NY State Assembly.    

Well, he hadn’t played since his fluke sideline knee injury in his second game as a freshman. And the surgical repair, And the comeback in the spring, throwing the discuss, shot put, and javelin, etc., etc. BUT, now he’s back. He played defensive end, as well as punting and doing the kicking chores. His JV … Read more

Mark Bell owns the Supertraining Gym in Sacramento"The Strongest Gym in the West" and is a well-known powerlifter and trainer. He's the main presenter on the youtube Power Project program, or supertraining06.

UPDATE: Another NYT column aboutthe ebook No Easy Op, which discusses this book and it's author. The reviewer is long-time NYT critic and reviewer, Janet Maslin (Who is married to Benjamin Cheever, sone of the very acclaimed fction writer and Ossining resident, the late John Cheever). I didn't know this, but Maslin lives in Pleasantville, … Read more

Certainly for anyone my age or thereabouts, a great American hero. First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming of the Space Age's brightest moment. Armstrong has been immortalized in human history as the first human to set foot on … Read more

Yeah, Peter Singer. For years he's written extensively on how you have to qualify to live. At least he's honest about it. He's written elsewhere many times that  an adult dog has more rights then a newborn. I found his article referenced here – To the ears of us ordinary people, it sounds like the … Read more

Pretty good. Once upon a time there was a blonde with long hair, blue eyes, who was sick of all the blonde jokes. So she decided to get a make over; she cut and dyed her hair. She also went out and bought a new convertible. She went driving down a country road and came … Read more

Cullen Jones won a gold medal in the famous 4×100 freestyle relay in Bejing in 2008, where the USA just beat France after an epic swim by the American anchor swimmer, Jason Lezak. Now in this Olympics he’s won a silver in the same 4×100 relay and then Friday got a silver in the 50 … Read more

The 400 m hurdles has got to be the toughest race – virtually a sprint and jump over the hurdles! I remember I had taped this live on our VCR, along with lots of other races. Last night I went looking for it on youtube. The vid below is what Brigid and I saw – … Read more

Remember "Ride, Sally Ride!" The first American woman in space. We shared two things – we were both born in 1951, and we both played rugby! Here are a couple of articles about her – By becoming the first U.S. woman—and youngest astronaut—in space, Sally Ride, who died Monday from pancreatic cancer, was a pioneer … Read more