Tom Faranda's Folly

The other Dem Senators at the Barr hearing must have decided Hirono was the biggest dumbbell, and given her the index cards to read off for this attack. Throwing red meat to Trump supporters.

Saturday the 20th. Yay Tim! On Long Island, in the wet and rain, which made throwing very difficult and cut down on everyone’s distances. The event was delayed about 90 minutes to avoid the heaviest rain but the run-up track was treacherous. Tim was seeded #2 but had the best throw in the preliminary round … Read more

I like this posting so much, I've put it up for many (not all) Easter's since first posting it in 2009.   So again: The original posting is one of the most visited on my blog. What happens when an untalented barbarian like myself, is married to an artistic, creative,and talented person? I post stuff like … Read more

FULL DISCLOSURE: I cheated. This is the same posting I put up for Holy Saturday in March, 2016. But I love it.  Yeah that’s today.  I love the story the Faranda family guru, the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, liked to tell: “No doubt the arrival of Jesus in Hell/Limbo was quite spectacular – The Harrowing … Read more

The East Coast Conference Championship when Tim will be throwing the javelin (his favorite) and the shot put.

UPDATE: The news media has already picked up on this. CNN called it “Redemptive.” This is a television image from last night.

Sanders is not much for charitable giving – in fact he's a cheap SOB. From the Daily Beast, a rather "progressive" online magazine. The documents show that over the years, Sanders’ income ranged from $205,617 to $1.1 million, while his charitable giving ranged from less than 1 percent to just over 4 percent depending on … Read more

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was pumped to attend a taping of The Price Is Right in Hollywood this week. The special guest introduced herself as a U.S. representative and rising star of the Democratic Party. Things got interesting when the game began and every time it was her turn to estimate the price of an item … Read more

Lew was honored three weeks ago at the always nice Westchester-Putnam Chapter luncheon. he was the Advocate (keeps the Council going by the K of C rules) since before I was a member – over thirty years. The luncheon always honors a number of people from various Councils. It’s a big deal! Here’s Brigid, then … Read more

Wow. Hard to believe that Tim’s eight years of high school and college sports are soon to end. I think we could count on one hand the number of football games (Stepinac) or track meets (Stepinac and St. Thomas Aquinas College) we missed. Here are a few shots of Tim two weeks ago at a … Read more