Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled during training, went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center. Paramedics and doctors were unable to revive the 21-year-old luger … Olympic luger killed in crash | NBC Olympics It was unclear how fast Kumaritashvili was going, … Read more
There are some excellent arguments for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. And there are some lousy ones. Also worth pondering is the experience of countries in which gays and lesbians serve openly. Britain and Canada are often cited as cases in point, though the deteriorating overall capabilities of their armed forces do … Read more
NOTE: If you don’t know what this is about, just go here Nine months later, and the charges still haven’t been dismissed. Ridiculous. If it actually goes to court, imagine how stupid the President of ND, Fr. Jenkins, is going to look! Anyway, here’s Johnny.
My friend Maggie Barbieri has the fourth in her romance-humor-mystery series, featuring college professor Alison Bergeron. You can find my reviews of Maggie's first three books in the series here and they're also on the amazon website in slightly edited form. Our heroine Alison ends up having to spend a few weeks living on campus in a dorm as … Read more
This picture was taken by our good friend Laurie Hurley. the March was amazing – a huge, young, crowd. More pictures to follow in a day or two.
Farandas lived a year in Bodden town and then a year in George Town – 1979-1981. It was right after we got married in Jamaica. 5.8 on the richter scale. Tuesday's quake struck about 32 miles (52 kilometers) east-southeast of Bodden Town in the center of the southern coast of Grand Cayman Island.
Tim is a pretty decent player, even though it’s really not his main sport (baseball and football are). Yesterday his team, the St. Augustine’s 7th grade team, played two games. They won the first in overtime – I didn’t see it, but Brigid did – and Tim played very well, with seven points in their … Read more
Yup. Hard to believe. Here's what it looked like – Brigid took the picture. After all the chemotherapy, the actual return of my own stem cells was kind of anti-climactic. Like getting a blood transfusion. Transplant went well
From the Catholic news services ZENIT.org. In 1980 I attended the Christmas Vigil Mass at the Port au Prince Cathedral – now completely destroyed Archbishop: Church "On the Scene" in Haiti US, Irish Prelates Send Appeal for Aid ROME, JAN. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- When an earthquake destroyed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Catholic Relief … Read more
Maggie recently had a feature written about her in the local (Journal News) paper. She and I were both diagnosed about the same time. In fact, the day I had same day surgery to install my mediport at Sloan Kettering, I ran into her in the waiting area, as she was going in for surgery. That … Read more