My neighbor, radio host and author Sue Konig, continues her meteoric rise in the media firmament, with an appearance on Neil Cavuto’s television program on FOX yesterday. Here’s the clip – Family Security Matters She did an excellent job and I’m sure will be invited back. Sue recently ran for office in Croton and is … Read more
This is from the Jerusalem Post – Israeli professor killed in US attack | Jerusalem Post As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 76-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech College that left 33 dead and over … Read more
I left a note here last night that I was off to Sloan Kettering Urgent Care, since my temperature was above 100.5 (actually reached 101.9) and I had some bad chills. Despite my call to the hematologist on duty last night (Dr. Apollo) who told me to go to Urgent Care, they didn’t know I … Read more
Bummer. The cold, sinus whatever thing I mentioned this morning has sent me temperature up this evening. It’s 101.9
So I am off to Sloan "Urgent Care" in a few minutes, where they’ll run some tests, and hopefully send me home with antibiotics.
The whole scenario is very similar to my trip to Urgent Care on March 28th, 18 days ago.
The Gazette is the local weekly for Croton on hudson. I confess that up until very recently I never read it. then I got a call from one of their advertising firms, took out an ad, and started receiving it gratis.
Anyway, the letter is about the recent election and campaign in Croton. I wrote about it on a number of occasions on this weblog, for example here Tom Faranda’s Folly: Voting today for my Village Board and here Tom Faranda’s Folly: Waste transfer, local politics, and organized crime
While in the past I’d never paid much attention to local issues I always voted – for mayor or trustees – essentially based on whether I knew the persons. However the recent controversy about how to deal with a waste transfer station wanting to locate in Croton changed all that. And I was motivated by the particular obnoxiousness of one partisan with a blog.
To read my letter click "continue reading"
Had my weekly blood test today, 17 days after the last shot of the white blood cell booster, neulasta. Last Friday my white count was 4.7, and today it is 4.2. My abs. neut. # last week was 3.6 and this week 3.2. So those numbers are ok – the abs. neut. number is in … Read more
An important literary figure from the late 60’s and 70’s. I still recall Slaughterhouse Five. Entertainment News- Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dies at Age 84 – AOL News Ann Althouse has a good post. Althouse: Kurt Vonnegut.
Yes, I hate doing taxes. Hate it, hate it, hate it, with a passion. "So why not shell out a few bucks and have a professional do them for you?" you ask. Because doing my own is the best way to keep up on the tax code and tax changes for small business owners – … Read more
This is the description on Amazon.com of Benedict XVI’s book, which will be out officially on April 15th. However the English language version will probably not be available until May 15th. Book Description “This book is… my personal search ‘for the face of the Lord.’” —Benedict XVI In this bold, momentous work, the pope—in his … Read more
One of my favorite painters. A long time ago Brigid and I saw much of his work in Toledo, Spain. He was originally from Greece (hence the name "El Greco") but spent most of his adult life in Toledo.