The movie about the early life of physicist Stepen Hawking. I've posted about Hawking a number of times and read his justly famous book which came out in 1988, A Brief History of Time. I've posted a few times about his atheism, like here. Barron has an excellent short discussion in this video, pointing out … Read more
A relatively easy one: Turkey Mountain, noon on this Saturday. Weather forecast for that time and day: low 20’s and sunny. Contact me if you’d like to join us. Jeanne Marie and I decided to do one hike a month (at least), with each of us alternating where. JM decided on this one (a good … Read more
Well. I suppose that was my lymphoma.This was reported by Reuters, NBC, AOL, and a whole bunch of of other outlets. Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed on … Read more
Well, he's a better man then me… From the Telegraph (UK). Hit the link forthe whole article – it's a quick read – pretty amazing. British grandfather celebrates beating three types of cancer in a year with trek to South Pole Doctors operated almost immediately, removing parts of his large and small intestines, stomach muscles … Read more
No surprise really. Plenty of past studies have found the same thing. The study found that people who attend religious services on a weekly basis are nearly twice as likely to describe themselves as “very happy” (45%) than people who never attend (28%). Conversely, those who never worship are twice as likely to say they … Read more
46’4″, for a second place finish at the Fordham Prep throwfest/jumpfest Thursday evening. And a new PR with the HS 12 lb. shot. Football over; now it’s on to the indoor track season for Tim, and track is Tim’s major sport. With the extension of Stepinac’s football playoff season Tim got a late start on … Read more
Very interesting, and frustrating. From the LA Times business section. "The latest data reinforces the larger story of America's middle-class household wealth stagnation over the past three decades," Using the latest Federal Reserve data, the Pew Research Center said Wednesday that the median wealth for high-income families was $639,400 last year — up 7% from … Read more
Dec 16, 1773: Sons of Liberty dump British tea Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, … Read more
I love champagne, and Piper's is one of my/our favorites. Got to love the CEO's accent! Her's how Cecile Bonnefonds got to the top of the champagne world.
HA! She asked me for an omelette pan, which I’m happy to get her (got two actually) since I like omelettes. Brigid, two months ago, near Bear Mountain Past history on gifts to Brigid: When we were both living in Jamaica (which is where I met Brigid – we were both teaching in different … Read more