Tom Faranda's Folly

The Magnificat prayer book, which I have subscription to. They sent me this nice Father’s Day picture –  

That’s right! And she was able to build a worldwide Catholic communications network (with the help of many members of the laity) despite that.  With thanks to Ed Mechmann for sending me this blog posting by author and columnist Amy Welborn. … so I was thinking about all the virtual ink that’s been spilled, tears … Read more

UPDATE: Here's the NY Times feature on the cave art & is better and more comprehensive then the original article below – With Science, New Portrait of the Cave Artist This is cool. It's a short article, so hit the link (the Neanderthals have gotten a bad press in the last few years!). Spanish cave … Read more

This is pretty good, and not very long. It starts with a brief comment on an attack by a physicist on the views of a philosopher (who himself has a Ph.D in physics!) who had reviewed the physicist's book. And then goes on from there with a brief and breezy commentary on the relationship between … Read more

A medic on Omaha Beach & a paratrooper recall the day. Friedenberg was just 22 when he took part in the storied invasion of Normandy, hitting Omaha Beach with the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, or “The Big Red One” on June 6, 1944. Moments after reaching the heavily-fortified French coastline, and as … Read more

79 years old and got his big break as one of Hogan's Heroes (a Faranda household favorite) – before makin' it really big on the Family Feud Died of cancer.

Haha. A suggestion from AIG's head honcho. It'll only be retirement age for me … American International Group Inc. (AIG) Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase. “Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 … Read more

Having posted this yesterday Marathon running and heart attacks here's another NYT article saying a small minority of people have one or more risk factors rise when they have an exercise program. A very good article; hit the link ro the whole thing. For Some, Exercise May Increase Heart Risk By analyzing data from six … Read more

Good for Tim. At the CHSAA varsity intersectional championships he hits a new PR/PB in the javelin of 135’10”. That was good for ninth place in a field of 37. He was one of the very few freshman competitors in the whole meet. This was far and away the biggest meet of the year. Between … Read more