Howzat? An op ed from the Wall Street Journal and an article from The Spectator (UK). From the Journal – The 2010s have been the best decade ever. The evidence is overwhelming. Start with the United Nations Development Report. Framed as a warning about inequality, it plays down the good news: “The gap in basic … Read more
Made up of course by the BB people. Still, not that far-fetched… Joe Biden has come under scrutiny after suggesting that Pong might be a gateway drug to more dangerous video games like Asteroids, Galaga, Temptest, and Battlezone. Biden warned that lots of kids are getting addicted to video games when they encounter peer pressure … Read more
It Began Here – The charges needed to impeach are tough – The Democrats soldiered on – with success! it was exciting! But here are the political result of their success (USA Today) Or could the poll results have something to do with these Department of Labor #’s? See! thirty seconds and five pictures. … Read more
Thanks to Marie C. for cluing me in on this. Croton-on-Hudson teens sleep outside to raise awareness for homelessness Here’s the video –
First one – about 4:30 in the morning at the church Serenata, celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A big early morning event put on by the Hispanic community at our Church with good attendance. Brigid always goes, since it’s her birthday! And here’s a picture Brigid grabbed of the full moon! Not … Read more
Yes, same day as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. OLOG pictured first … then a quick dozen of Brigid … some 2019, some much older … And here are some recent Brigid pictures At our friend Doreen’s birthday party as we waited in the dark to surprise Doreen – Halloween 2019! A cocktail … Read more
So base pay goes from $49.200 to $75,000 annually. Of course they waited until after the election and bypassed the Compensation Review Board. The proposed raises didn’t surface until shortly after local elections last month, when all 17 seats on the county Board of Legislators were up for grabs. That was a point of contention … Read more
Yes it’s also Tim’s birthday. Tim’s birthday today. By a funny “Divine set-up” Brigid’s birthday is on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and of course Juan Diego was her messenger! He is the first indigenous Saint of the Americas, canonized by John Paul II in 2002. St. Juan Diego (1474–1548) was a … Read more
Ooops this popped up a day early! But that’s ok. Yeah who’s the man! Some recent pictures; graduation and an April track meet at Lafayette College, throwing the javelin. And on the Feast of Saint Juan Diego.
This is from a TEDx lecture – the 15 minute video is embedded in the link with the short (18 paragraphs) article and I've also embedded the video below the link, and excerpted the first four paragraphs. If you have time, watch the video (as with all TED videos it's excellent- note title of video … Read more