Here’s something that’s sure to be contentious and can probably be legitimately argued either way. Breast Cancer Drug Study Canceled – washingtonpost.com The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease. The National Cancer Institute took … Read more
About four months ago I re-read a classic book about walking, titled The Complete Walker. the author is a Welshman-turned-American by the name of Colin Fletcher. I wrote about it here Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest Read: The Complete Walker IV and also posted the review on amazon. Today a friend of mine, Dennis Cannon, remembering … Read more
First, the good news on Joe’s honors mathematics final exam. After a bit of a debacle, including getting 24% one week earlier on a quadratic equation test Tom Faranda’s Folly: Joe Faranda, math and Fordham Prep he got 93% on the final (thank you Bev Milich). As his math teacher Mrs. Kwan wrote in his … Read more
Fr. Robert Dunn has been the associate pastor at St. Augustine’s in Ossining (where Joe and Tim go to school) for eleven years. He’s been a wonderful priest, a fine homilist, and especially popular with the students and parents at the school. Several few years ago, Fr. was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The illness is … Read more
The NY Times had a good feature article on identifying potential ovarian cancer symptoms. AOL picked up the article and you should be able to access it without signing in, and for longer then the one week that the NYT allows you without paying. The New York Times – A Possible Early Check on Ovary … Read more
Saw the orthopedist yesterday – appointment at 11AM, but saw him at 2PM, so pretty much a wasted day. Tim has to stay on crutches with no weight bearing for another week. MRI is scheduled for Monday and then probably he’ll be using an aircast for awhile. Dr. Purcell did allow him to go swimming … Read more
It’s the women’s vote (at least among Democrats). Clinton Owes Lead in Poll To Support From Women – washingtonpost.com In the most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Clinton led Obama by a 2 to 1 margin among female voters. Her 15-point lead in the poll is entirely attributable to that margin. Clinton drew support from … Read more
It was a tough past weekend, as Dad tried to help Joe with his eighth grade honors mathematics. Quadratic equations. Barrel of laughs. Panic (or something near to it) was set off last Thursday with a call from Mrs. Kwan (Joe’s math teacher) informing me that Joe had managed a 24% on his test the … Read more
This past Sunday was the annual Croton Summerfest street fair. It’s always a nice event and draws a big crowd, with a parade and lots of vendors. The following pictures were all taken in front of Holy Name of Mary – the Church has a big presence and operation at the Summerfest. Food is always … Read more
The Cub Scout Blue and Gold dinner was last night, with Tim and his nine buddies “crossing the bridge” from Webelos one to Webelos two. This coming year will be his last year as a Cub Scout. At the end of the year I do suspect he’ll want to go on with Boy Scouts. That’s … Read more