Tom Faranda's Folly

Who was soon to be ordained when he was at my son Joe’s baptism 25 plus years ago. . Fidelis is a canon lawyer – and he’s been in the news lately.   

Yes – MLK. 

The list was promulgated simultaneously by Northeast Jesuit organizations. Beside the one below, I also received emails from Fairfield and Fordham Universities, both of which I attended. To get directly to the list you just hit the link in the article below. More to follow. This is from America Magazine. –            A message … Read more

Brigid being Brigid took these three pictures a few days ago – First – The darker chin with backside to us is Spiderman. His significant other is Rylai (named for a Dota character – go here) and she is crunched in, next to him, with their daughter Buffy (very pink ear) kind of on top … Read more

Below is a nice tribute to Fr. Neuhaus, who was a Lutheran convert to Catholicism and noted writer and speaker. It's by Kathryn Jean Lopez. I've read several of Neuhaus' books including one she mentions, Death on a Friday Afternoon. And Farandaville was a charter subscriber to the Journal he established, First Things.  Father Richard … Read more

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife – they have four children (including an adopted daughter) – been married 25 years. He's worth roughly $140 billion. The amicable tenor of the divorce announcement makes it highly likely that the couple has already reached an agreement on how to divide their assets, Jennifer Payseno, a family … Read more

Yup. Here you go.Obviously Pope Emeritus Benedict agrees – he'll be 92 in April. … A study out of the University of California-Irvine has revealed that consumption of moderate amounts of alcohol and coffee is linked to living a longer life. Re-read that last sentence. The key word is "moderate," of course. The study, called … Read more

In three sections – Business: Do a better job on social media of getting the word out about my company Hudson View Advisors, LLC. I need to up my game on linkedin, build a business facebook page, and start a business youtube channel. I’ve already begun some of these initiatives. Oh, and cut my expenses. … Read more

I spend so much time reading stuff for work as well as newspaper and magazine articles (most of it opinionated drivel unfortunately)  as well as stuff people email me (I always open anything sent to me by anyone I know) that in the last several years I'd gotten into the sad habit of not reading … Read more

Another book recommended to me by my son Joe – he'd also recommended this one 12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos and both books come to some similar conclusions. This is despite the very different backgrounds of the two co-authors of this book and the author of 12 Rules, Jordan Peterson. The subtitle … Read more