Tom Faranda's Folly

79 years old and got his big break as one of Hogan's Heroes (a Faranda household favorite) – before makin' it really big on the Family Feud Died of cancer.

Haha. A suggestion from AIG's head honcho. It'll only be retirement age for me … American International Group Inc. (AIG) Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase. “Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 … Read more

Having posted this yesterday Marathon running and heart attacks here's another NYT article saying a small minority of people have one or more risk factors rise when they have an exercise program. A very good article; hit the link ro the whole thing. For Some, Exercise May Increase Heart Risk By analyzing data from six … Read more

Good for Tim. At the CHSAA varsity intersectional championships he hits a new PR/PB in the javelin of 135’10”. That was good for ninth place in a field of 37. He was one of the very few freshman competitors in the whole meet. This was far and away the biggest meet of the year. Between … Read more

I picked up Joe yesterday (Friday) and we came back from Rochester the same day. Round trip, door to door of less than 15 hours (It takes a bit less then six hours to go one way to or from Rochester – but we had to pack!) There’s no way I thought we’d get everything … Read more

Fitzgerald, the guy who nailed, among others, Rod Blagoyevich & “Scooter” Libby. BUT more importantly played rugby for the OMEX rugby club over 25 years ago. I last posted about him here – The Culture of Corruption – my friend Patrick Fitzgerald is onto it! Here’s the latest on Pat‘s wiki & it’s pretty interesting. … Read more

Hans Kung lost his right to teach theology in a Catholic setting in the 70's. Here, he's upset that the Pope is trying to get a Catholic group that never accepted Vatican II (and also says the Pope is not Catholic!) back into the fold. Is the Pope Catholic? Kung Says No Hans Kung denounces … Read more

Last week competing at Hendrick Hudson HS in a varsity event, Tim had the best shot put throw of a freshman and overall came 6th. This video wasn’t his best throw (it’s a quarter inch short of 32′) but it’s pretty good and a good camera angle. That’s a 12lb. piece of iron!   And … Read more

Pretty interesting interview. The surgeon, Mary Neal, has written a book To Heaven and Back. Hit the link to read the mixed reviews on amazon. Mary Neal "drowned" in a kayaking accident. FOX doesn't allow embedding their videos. Woman brought back to life after horrific kayaking accident