As I mentioned here. Off on a 24 hour adventure It was excellent. Some of the terrain today was very rugged, and being totally leaf-covered made it that much trickier. Much more to follow, but here’s where I stayed last night, and my Friday evening self-portrait.
From yesterday's Journal News. Sue is nine votes behind … Poll site snafu disrupts Westchester County board outcome | LoHud.com | The Journal News “We’re asking the court to preserve the results of the election until the situation in election District 11 gets sorted out,” Konig said. “A judge will have to decide whether any … Read more
One thing the Washington Post columnist surely got right – Dis no longer a "trendy, breathless global cause" – Michael Gerson – Michael Gerson on how U.S. policy fails Darfur – washingtonpost.com Her story is in a recent, exhaustive, chilling report on Sudan written by a panel of experts at the United Nations. A U.N. … Read more
I've written a few times about Fr. Groeschel, like here Tom Faranda's Folly: The official Guru of the Faranda family, featured in NY Times article . Here is a fine, fine, tribute to him.
A (very) short video. I previously posted about this here The Catholic initiative to welcome Anglican Christians into full communion with the Church and here The Anglican Church consulted with the Vatican on the movement of Anglican communities into the Catholic…
Great story – Girardi steps up in a life-threatening situation. Yankees manager turns good Samaritan | LoHud.com | The Journal News After leading his team to a World Series championship, Girardi and his family were returning home to Purchase when he came upon the accident along an eastbound blind curve where the road meets the … Read more
I actually went to the Croton Harmon train station for about an hour this AM to help Sue Konig hand out literature to commuters as they headed to the train. Then voted – there was almost no one voting at 8:15. Besides Sue and Rob Astorino for County Exec My email earlier today, about Tuesday's … Read more
A few days ago Joe planted one of our chinchilla’s on me. That’s Dusty – and that’s Dusty. I took the pictures Our other chinchilla, Gloria, is doing well, as is Trinity the guinea pig.
There was a very fine feature in the excellent health section of the NY Times yesterday. My mother is suffering from dementia. A month ago she had to move out of the independent living facility into an assisted living residence. She has real memory problems, trouble remembering to take her meds, as well as some mobility issues. … Read more
Lou Albano the former "wrestler" and "manager" with the WWF (now WWE). Died a few days ago at 76. A graduate of my high school – Stepinac ( I only just found that out). I remember him AND this video he made with Cyndi Lauper. Remember Cyndi Lauper? Back around the time "Girls Just Want … Read more