Tom Faranda's Folly

Pretty amazing. Way back in 1981, a few weeks before we left the Cayman Islands and moved to NY, we met a hammerhead at about 95 feet while diving off "Chisholm's Trail" on the north coast of Grand Cayman. That brief encounter was even more amazing …  

And it will be on television live, later today. Fox network will broadcast live Saturday night as Luke Aikins aims to land in a 20-story high net in California without crashing through or bouncing out

Originally from Oklahoma and a great story of faithfulness – he knew he was on a death squad list. So Father Rother is now on the early road to beatification as a martyr. Here is a list of Catholic priests murdered/assassinated in Guatemala.  

It's my birthday today – one of those lamdmark ones – so I better get going on this! A new study is believed to be the first to show that speed training can reduce the risk for the condition A new, 10-year study showed that speed training—computer exercises that get users to visually process information … Read more

More to follow, but here’s a photo by Jeanne Marie. Great hike, with mostly a nice breeze and plenty of shade.

Common in Central and South America as well as in Haiti to mix in the ancient beliefs with Catholicism/Christianity. I posted about the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel three days ago Big feast day today – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Pilgrims at Saut d’Eau, 40 miles north of Port-au-Prince. The site is … Read more

Ok it’s a mother rat, but still great –  

UPDATE: The Washington Post agreed she was inappropriate – while they agree with what she said. Justice Ginsburg’s inappropriate comments on Donald Trump About uber leftist Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg getting political (see Ann Althouse' commentary on the NYT editorial here – it's interesting and probably correct). Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader … Read more