Tom Faranda's Folly

From my friend Joe – If there is no God, why does the earth fit perfectly into a chicken? Proves that God favors Chick-fil-A!?  

Ahhh, one of my favorites. Gone at 86. I loved him in Support Your Local Sheriff.  

What a great first 3 minute video, especially for Yankee fans And the two following – very fine! Total of 10 minutes for all three. Don Larsen wrote a book a few years ago about his game and about himself, which I loved (got the kindle edition). Here it is – The Perfect Yankee: The … Read more

The purpose of which is primarily for sending around to interested collegiate track programs. Javelin and shot put, plus PR’s in the squat and bench press. Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon he sent me a text as he left the gym – these were the working sets for his bench press that day, after he’d warmed up … Read more

Good feature in this past NY Times magazine section. Today there's only one major league baseball player throwing "the screwgie", to quote Phil Rizzuto. Rizzuto would (as any longtime Yankee fan would know) have been referring to Luis Arroyo and his screwball – and his glittering 1961 season as a Yankee reliever. No reference to … Read more

Last night – Fire by Brigid – and a nice big skunk wandered by. Will get his picture next time. These are off my android phone. No light = mediocre picture.  

UPDATE: My friend Karen (another Faranda Partnership Hiker {FPH}) sent me this – Mt Beacon Incline Railway   Wow, this past Saturday what a great day hike, with my hiking buddy Jeanne Marie (our wonderful spouses both opted out, or rather never opted in). Here’s the wiki for Beacon Mountains. And here’s an excellent description of the … Read more

Crazy. Patricia Ireland didn’t do her group any favors with this …  

Hehe. Conservative and Tory are the same Party. OK, with the benefit of the doubt – a slip of the tongue? And what about the Liberal Party? There are three Partys!  

89 years old. He had a long career in acting and entertainment, but his role in McHale’s Navy (a show that was beloved in my house!) is what he’s best known for. Unusual for Hollywood, he was married to the same woman for 66 years. Bob Hastings, Actor on ‘McHale’s Navy,’ Dies at 89 Here’s … Read more