Tom Faranda's Folly

I am off this afternoon to see my lymphoma Doc at Sloan Kettering, Andrew Zelenetz. I expect a good report.

The Yankee shortstop and boradcaster was 89. Yankees tickets, merchandise, news and more… The Official Site of The New York Yankees: Homepage Steinbrenner statement: "I guess heaven must have needed a shortstop. Phil Rizzuto’s contributions to the Yankees and the sport of baseball were immense for a period of over 50 years. He was one … Read more

Breakneck Ridge is in the East Hudson Highlands, just north of Cold Spring, and directly across from Storm King mountain on the other (west) side of the Hudson. All the guidebooks on hiking in the Hudson Highlands say the climb up Breakneck is the toughest, and they aren’t kidding. I decided after we got back … Read more

I read this short (110 pages), tongue in cheek book, because the author, Buck Tilton, had written an excellent short book on first aid in the wilderness.  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest Read: Backcountry First Aid  So since the reviews on amazon for this book were pretty good, I decided to give it a read. The … Read more

My friend John Lally is a dedicated Democrat. And he’s also a member of Democrats for Life of America. Here’s his fax letter to Clinton and Schumer regarding their vote denying funding to pregnant poor women and their unborn children (The vote was 49-50!). You’ll get the gist from the fax, and a link for … Read more

Nobody is really sure how many people died due to the dropping of an atom bomb on Hiroshima. The number was probably around 80,000 killed immediately or who died within two months. but the total death toll may be as high as 140,000, when you include people who died in later years due to the … Read more

As noted a couple of days ago, we had a seven day, six night vacation in upstate NY and New England. We spent two days camping at Rogers Rock campground on Lake George, then stayed for two days with friends in St. Alban’s VT, and then camped two more days in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. … Read more

This fine work by Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger, is an instant classic. In this first of a two volume study, the Pope defends, in 370 pages, the position that the Jesus of Faith is the Historical Jesus. It is absolutely crucial to read the 14 page foreword, as Benedict lays out his approach … Read more

I made a digital photo of a color xerox, of a picture I always liked. Here is Brigid getting ready for a night dive. She’s got her fins and snorkel in her left hand, flashlight in her right, and you can see the dial hanging off her regulator, to her left. You can barely make … Read more

I don’t remember ever seeing this one before. The Road to Hell Is Paved with Republicans