Here’s a little something he wrote when he was four years old and attending Circle School. My Mom is white. She likes to play outside with me. She’s good at vacuuming. I don’t know what she does when I’m at school. She never tells me what she does. I think she vacuums. She makes me … Read more
Caleb Gilligan-Evans who Tim knows from football, and from Tim's doing the Stepinac summer program. From the Journal News – Football: Stepinac's Gilligan-Evans commits to Yale "We knew from the first day we met Caleb that he was a special kid," O'Donnell said. "He was mature and he was smart. He has always done everything … Read more
Here's a short review from the Washington Post which I – being mostly lefthanded – enjoyed. I especially liked the first sentence. The Puzzle of Left-handedness Let’s get one thing straight: It’s not weird that 10 percent of the human population is left-handed. It’s weird that 90 percent is right-handed. In all other animals that … Read more
Pretty good going! NY State football AA -A rankings And state-wide Croton was ranked #3 in B division, with Dobbs Ferry #1 in the C division. NY State football rankings B-C-D
Physical Education is the sixth in the series of detective-comedy-mystery-romances stories revolving around university prof Alison Bergeron. The series is authored by my friend Maggie Barbieri. And the first book I've read on my new Kindle Fire reader/tablet (Had the KF for a week and I love it). I've read and reviewed all of Maggie's … Read more
The NY Times columnist. He wrote on their op ed page until 1991. Tom Wicker, Journalist and Observer He was a liberal with a capital L. A great writer, who stated his positions rationally and with fairness, especially compared to the dodos the Times has had since then (Collins, Rich, Herbert, Brooks, et al). In 1990, … Read more
Tim and I went to the game – the last one of the season. This was the 41st Turkey bowl between Stepinac and White Plains and White Plains is way ahead in the series, 27-14. But Stepinac has now won five of the last six games. You can read about the game at the link … Read more
Stepinac lost to St. Anthony's, the #1 high school in New York State, 14-0 Friday evening. The NY Post had a very good article on the game – including nice comments by Mike O'Donnell, the Stepinac head coach. play reverses Stepinac's momentum in 'AAA' title game loss Brigid, Tim and I traveled to the game, … Read more
As mentioned here earlier today Joe has traveled down from RIT and is home. First thing he did – as Brigid was sure he'd do – was head to the back roome to see the chinchillas. you may recall that three chinchillas were born the day Joe left for RIT on August 31st. He literally … Read more
Just texted Joe and he's on the bus, due into NYC just after 4 o'clock. RIT is on a quarter and not semester system (there are in the midst of changing ove, so they'll be like most other colleges) and Joe had his quarterly exams this past week. now he's off all week and will return to … Read more