Tom Faranda's Folly

The Farandas, 3/4 of whom are hobbit fanatics fans (not Tim) will be seeing the third installment before Christmas.  

A little track analogy. Canisius 23-Stepinac 10, after Stepinac led 10-6 at the end of the third period. The game was dominated by two things: the wind and the Canisius kicker, who was selected as the offensive player of the game. Amongst other things (like great kickoffs) he had three field goals, including a 60 … Read more

From Lohud: Catholic state championship preview: Stepinac vs. Canisius "At full strength, I'd have to favor Canisius, but Stepinac definitely has a chance." Well, we'll see about that. Ex-Giant Tyrone Wheatley's son plays for Canisius, and is the #1 college prospect in the state. And here: Stepinac: " … we're going to go all out … Read more

Which I was going to DVR and then forgot! Rats. I was a huge fan of Mary Martin as Peter Pan, way back when (1955 on NBC). However, the reviews of the latest recreation of Peter Pan weren't very good. Here's Sue's – hit the link for the whole amusing column No Ugg a Wugg … Read more

So this explains my problems! And it's Harvard wo we know it must be true. A new study by a Harvard University economist says lefties generally make less money than righties, and they may be worse off in other areas of life, too. “Lefties exhibit economically and statistically significant human capital deficits relative to righties, … Read more

Here's a good piece off the CNBC website – timely since we're having solar panels put on our roof. As the technology behind renewable energy evolves—and improves—more consumers will opt to cut ties with utility companies and become their own power source. Much like how people abandoned land lines for mobile devices, consumers will likely … Read more

I stitched together nine short vignettes. Worse part of this video is me yakking away. Next time I'll shut up. Surprise – my hiking buddy Jeanne Marie and her hubby Damian – meet them on the way back over the Dam.  

From the Zenit Catholic news service: Cardinal Nichols Describes Gaza Trip as Shocking. Laments Endemic Poverty; Whole Generation Growing Up in These Circumstances Seeing first-hand the small Palestinian territory, scarred by the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas, Cardinal Nichols said he found himself shocked by a number of observations: "I was told that more or … Read more

Fr. Benedict, the late Faranda family guru. Go here and follow the link for a pdf of the newsletter – GrayFriar News Winter 2014 Tribute to Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR. May the Lord give you His peace!

Not written by me of course. (Here are my thanksgiving thoughts this year. My Thanksgiving ) We added a couple of lines at the beginning about the people who were no longer with us – had left us this year. We Give Thanks Our Father in Heaven, We give thanks for the pleasure Of gathering … Read more