Having just arrived, here we are. In the background is a gathering under a red Jesuit banner of several hundred young people. They are about 300 yards from the main rally on the Mall. There are lots of mini-rallies going on, while people are introduced from the main podium (pretty tedious really,if you’re young) on the … Read more
My friend Laurie sent me this link. The posting is about PZ Myers, college biology professor. Myers previous claim to fame was he wanted to get a consecrated Catholic host, desecrate it, and then put the video up on youtube. http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/01/pz-myers-low-life/ or – You will unfortunately remember PZ Myers, pond scum, who wanted someone to … Read more
I could never quite figure why having your stem cells returned to you constituted a transplant, but that's what they call it. Anyway, the idea is to re-build your immune system, after the high dose chemo has (hopefully) killed off the remaining lingering cancer cells. The side effect is that the chemo gives your immune … Read more
90 days today, since birth. But that's really only 36 weeks, since she was born at week 23. Four pound ten ounces and looking good. Check out the pictures! or go here – http://emmariner.blogspot.com/
As previously mentioned here, Brigid’s niece June and husband Andrew were with us for a few days – December 30th to January 2nd. They’d had to travel from London to Philadelphia and then take Amtrak to Croton, because the winter storm made a mess of travelling by air. Their London to Newark flight on the … Read more
UPDATE: Just got an email saying – “Do you cover the cages at night? Believe it or not, they like “privacy”. Will pass this bit of data along to Brigid and Joe. Actually non-report, since there appears to have been none, nada, zip. This despite extensive introduction since Chili, the on-loan stud chinchilla, arrived December … Read more
Brigid's niece and husband, who were just visiting us over the New Year, live in the Brisbane outskirts (This is NOT their video). Toowoomba is also on the outskirts, but we are not sure how close this is to June and Andrew. "I'm so glad I parked out the front today." First line of the … Read more
Not because of more jobs; people are leaving the labor force faster then jobs are being created! From the Heritage Foundation – hit the link for the full posting. With the unemployment rate now at 9.4%, this marks the 20th month in a row that the unemployment has been over 9 percent, a post–World War … Read more
Haha. The opening line from A Tale of Two Cities. After which Mr. Steele said, “War and Peace.” He then dashed off the opening line from, well, a different book: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Well 31 years ago, Brigid and I, along with three other couple living in Cayman and Jamaica, were in the Iron Market. That’s what attracted me to this short video.