Tom Faranda's Folly

Almost eight million views in less than two months. If we had known this …  

Sort of, as Brigid attends on the BBC channel with Regina and Judy. Note the second picture – Brigid on the phone – to England. If Brigid is happy, we’re all happy…

The anniversary was yesterday. Thanks to Ed Mechmann, Director of Public Policy for the Archdiocese of NY, for sending this around. Justice – eventually – wins out.  One hundred twenty-two years ago today the Supreme Court blew a gigantic hole through the Fourteenth Amendment by upholding “separate but equal” segregation, laying the legal foundation for … Read more

This has been done before, but never from the south approach. He had previously failed on four earlier attempts. Xia Boyu, a 70-year-old double-amputee from China, was part of the first commercial squad of climbers to reach the summit of Everest on Sunday. Boyu had waited more than 40 years for this opportunity. According to … Read more

The great writer. He was 88 and lead an amazing life. The book that most sticks with me (and I rarely read novels) is The Bonfire of the Vanities (not the movie version!) and it’s description of the NY social and financial scene in the 1980’s. Great writing – it is a timeless classic.  I … Read more

From our last hike – as JM’s shoes started falling apart…    

"Life must be protected and loved from conception to its natural end"

Thanks to Hallie for recommending Fahnestock Park instead of Sugarloaf. Our first hike since November when we did a short one up Turkey Hill. This was more than a mini; car door to car door it was 7.54 miles – a bit longer than I had anticipated. It was the Charcoal Burners/Cabot/Perkins/Fahnestock Trail Loop which … Read more

How many people today even know or understand what a catastrophic disaster his "thoughts" led to? Or what a sleazeball he was? Here's a good review. Below the link is the entire article – Under the Soviet Union, a Marxist state, 61 million people were killed; Stalin was responsible for 43 million of them. Under … Read more

We are buddies … And I think his new exhortation is the best thing he’s written since becoming Pope Gaudete Et Excultate (Rejoice and Be Glad