Bizarre. For a man who embraces non-violence? He's currently giving lectures at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. 'I'm a Marxist' says Dalai Lama, but agrees capitalism has helped China "(Marxism has) moral ethics, whereas capitalism is only how to make profits," the Dalai Lama, 74, said. However, he credited China's embrace of market economics … Read more
Matt Riner, my college roommate’s son, marries Kristen George, who also happens to be a Fairfield grad. Here are two shots – more to follow after I finish putting up a larger posting of the Novotny wedding from five plus weeks ago. Mike and Karen with Matt, and his sister Lauren The bride and groom, plus … Read more
Of course this is no surprise. Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls Instead of talking on their cellphones, people are making use of all the extras that iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones were also designed to do — browse the Web, listen to music, watch television, play games and send e-mail and … Read more
Our great friends Paul and Doreen had their second daughter Marissa marry on April 10th. Here’s a very amusing short post with a picture of Marissa at her own wedding, and at her sister Alison’s wedding, one year and one week earlier. You don’t do blonde jokes at Novotny weddings It’s only now that I’ve been able … Read more
Great stuff. Oakland's Dallas Braden Blanks Rays in Perfect Game In Boston, where the Yankees were preparing for a Sunday night game against the Red Sox, Rodriguez was gracious when asked for his reaction. "Good for him," he told reporters. "Even better that he beat the Rays." Braden threw 77 of his 109 pitches for … Read more
The big science news yesterday and this morning is the announcement by researchers that modern humans have Neanderthal genes – maybe up to 4% of our genes from them. The theory had been that the split between our ancestors and Neanderthals occurred about 400,000 years ago, with the Neanderthals going extinct about 30,000 years ago, and … Read more
Author Katherine Russell Rich Now there probably aren’t a lot of Web sites where the announcement that you’re around and breathing would cause anyone to take notice, let alone respond. But this is a site for people with Stage 4 breast cancer, something I’ve had for 17 years. The average life expectancy with the diagnosis … Read more
Well, sports if you count Joe going to the West Point spring paintball "Combat Classic", and Tim getting his trophy for being on the County district little league champion travel team last summer. And of course, it all counts. I took Joe up to West Point last Saturday morning, where he joined six friends plus one Dad. … Read more
Or at least that is the contention of some people. No one is actually certain the ball went 565 feet in the air. it did exit Tiger Stadium. Mantle was 21. “No one in the history of the game has hit the ball farther than Mickey Mantle. His 565-foot home run hit at Griffith Stadium in … Read more
Or Marissa and Karen will kick your you-know-what. One year ago, Marissa Novotny was the Maid of Honor at her sister Alison’s wedding to Matt. I took this picture, which I loved, of her with Karen Riner. Yesterday, this time at Mariss’a own wedding (Alison Maid of Honor of course) to Jim, she and Karen posed again. … Read more