The NY Times science section over the last two weeks had a two part series on memory and mental agility s you age. The first part wasn’t very useful – clever stuff like write yourself messages on post-it notes (duh!) but part 2 was interesting. Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile Memory – Aging – Medicine … Read more
Well, there isn’t any, I postponed yesterday’s appointment with Dr. Zelenetz on account of the weather. It was re-scheduled to January 3rd, but I’m hoping to see him before then, if someone else cancels an appointment. I told the scheduling people I could see him on short notice. Since I had the CAT scan two … Read more
Not only was yesterday Brigid’s birthday, Tom Faranda’s Folly: Brigid’s Birthday but our Church hosted something called a Serenata (Serenade, in English), in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is a huge feast day in the Hispanic world (especially Mexico) and the event was organized by the Church’s Hispanic ministy. (Never heard of Our … Read more
Well it’s a big one. Brigid didn’t ask me to go to “The Source”, or some other jewelry emporium. Instead – she wanted a kayak. With thanks to my brother Jim for scanning in photos and slides. Please feel free to leave a comment for Brigid. Here’s a little visual history of Brigid since I’ve … Read more
Yup. Day before yesterday. All 135 lbs of him. Interestingly, his birthday, Dec. 9th, is the feast of St. Juan Diego, the Indian who our Lady of Guadelupe appeared to. And Brigid’s birthday is Dec. 12th, the actual Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe. Here’s a picture of Tim being given his trophy last week … Read more
I mentioned awhile ago that Led Zeppelin, the Band that put the “Heavy” in “Metal”, was coming back for a Concert Tom Faranda’s Folly: Led Zeppelin to do Tribute Concert and here Led Zeppelin | Rock Gods | Attitude at their reunion gig | The Sun |HomePage|Showbiz|Bizarre Evidently they still have it. Although check out … Read more
the NY Times had a good editorial this morning. Delay, Obstruction and Darfur – New York Times The world’s leaders say they care desperately about Darfur’s suffering, until they get distracted. It took years of international hand-wringing before the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to send in 26,000 peacekeepers to replace a current … Read more
More good news. There seems to be progress weekly! Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique – washingtonpost.com Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia — the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, … Read more
Tuesday night a group of Fairfield alumni rugby players turned out at the White Horse Tavern in the Village for “a few beers a few laughs, and nobody gets hurt”, as John O’Neill (who couldn’t make it – in Hong Kong on business) might put it. I was actually the youngest in the group (finally … Read more
This past Friday, I took most of the day off, and with Brigid headed back to where we and three other women had ended our Appalachian Trail walk, over a month ago. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Through the Lemon Squeezer Maria and Kathy were unable to go, but Karen and her husband Mike (and their dog … Read more