A very sobering story from CNN. Well worth the read. As Lorraine sat in the waiting room with Susie that May morning two years ago, she prayed her husband's liver lobe would cure her brother-in-law. She prayed for her husband, too, but she was less worried about him, since she says the surgeons had reassured … Read more
We’re quite glad that Tim decided to join the track team for the HS outdoor season. He’s doing well, throwing the discus, shotput, javelin and also has run in a 4 x 100 relay. So far it’s early in the season – only been two meets, plus a dual meet with Hackley. Next meet is … Read more
Or rather for me, back and forth from the Stations. My brand new phone decided to malfunction – it suddely heated up and then the battery ran down. I felt I needed to see if I could get it fixed/get a replacement one, and spent a good deal of time at a Verizon store (I … Read more
At the Pax Christi Stations of the Cross this morning in New York it was announced that Fr. Ned had died last night. I knew Ned Murphy from years ago when we were raising funds for POTS (Part of the Solution) in the Bronx. A co-founder of POTS he was a wonderful speaker and homilist … Read more
I've gone to the Pax Christi Stations pretty much every year (with time off for cancer) since about 1991. Here's what it looks like – this was two years ago. The Pax Christi Stations through Manhattan yesterday I'll be wearing today the same hat I'm wearing in the last picture … Will perhaps post a … Read more
On Laura Ingraham's radio program. Here he is at a book signing a few years ago. Carter said toning down the stridently pro-abortion position would help win back Republicans who abandoned the Democrats because of abortion and other liberal social issue positions. Here's the full interview with Carter, which touched on many issues – The … Read more
A father of three children, in the Rhode Island National Guard. Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, died in Afghanistan last week as he lifted an Afghan girl who was in the path of a large military vehicle barreling down a road.
When he played for the Met Union Select Side. I still remember him making a left footed drop goal (playing flyhalf), which started a big rally for us. NY won, after we trailed by something like 20 points, against Eastern Penn. It was a very memorable game for a few reasons, not the least of … Read more
had my annual CAT scan and my semi-annual visit with my lymphoma oncologist Dr. Zelenetz last week, at Sloan Kettering. CAT scan was "pristine" and everything else seems fine. Bloodwork has a few odd things, but that's been the case since my chemotherapy ended in january, 2006 (Six years ago! Hard to believe!!). Probably due … Read more
That’s for: Mothers Against Daughters Dating Democrats There’s also a D.A.D.D.D. group …