Tom Faranda's Folly

Abortion, euthanasia, war, the abandonment of immigrants …  

Realized over the weekend that this was coming up. Well, I started this to document my lymphoma treatment, way back in September, 2005. So about 1,000 postings a year – averaging 2-3 per day. Here are the first month's postings, a grand total of ten: September 2005 Here's the very first one on September 8th, … Read more

UPDATE: Comment (in email) from Brigid’s niece June: “Tom, next time there’s a group photo – bring a milk crate to stand on…   😉 xx” I did post this graduation day, May 21st  Tim Graduated Today  with the Dad/Tim selfie I took as I gave him his diploma, but want to go on the … Read more

Kerry breaks leg in bike crash; ends overseas trip early Kerry decided to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital because the fracture is near the site of his earlier hip surgery, Kirby said.

The article references people in their 70's and 80's. I'm not there yet. “A mortality reduction of 40% was associated with a moderate use of time (30 minutes, six days a week) irrespective of whether the activity was light or vigorous,” their study said. Among those who exercised vigorously – defined as hard training several … Read more

Nice turnout – probably 300 people. Christine is a wonderful talent – she will be at Niagara University next year in a special BFA program.   And here are some pictures from the 11AM Memorial Day gathering and the Croton HS band, at the end of the ceremony. Rabbi Jakes gave a thoughtful closing prayer. … Read more

Next hike of the month is this Wednesday – a relatively easy one, on the Teatown-Kitchawan Trail. Here are more pictures from our May 3rd pretty amazing hike on the Popolopen Torne loop and to the Torne summit. Great walk, and the summit with it’s memorial cairn is amazing and inspirational. At some point I’m … Read more

More to follow on this, but I gave him his diploma (since i was also a graduate of Stepinac, and as such was invited to give Tim his diploma – as were many other relatives of grads) and then snapped a quick selfie of the two of us. Much to the amusement of the large … Read more

This past Sunday, at the Westchester championships. Great! Westchester County Track & Field Championships results The week before he won the CHSAA (Catholic league) Sectional championship (Westchester, the Bronx and Queens) in the javelin, He’s still ranked #4 in the javelin in NY State. Couldn’t get any decent pictures or video of the javelin, but … Read more

A sign of hope.