Tom Faranda's Folly

For awhile we have been spotting bald eagles in our neighborhood (only 35 miles north of Manhattan). About four months ago an eagle sat up in a (big) tree in the back of our neighbor’s yard across the street (UPDATE: Brigid says it was more like two years ago, and there were two of them, … Read more

Amazing. Here Chavez takes the advice of the NYT and look what happens (The link to the NY Times will only bring you to the story for free, for one week. After that you’ll have to join TimesSelect [$50/yr. – some people actually pay it] to read it. The Times believes in a market economy … Read more

Feeling much better six days into the antibiotic regimen – cough is almost gone. And went to the gym yesterday and today. Did 20 minutes on the bike, stretched and lifted weights yesterday – felt pretty good. Today rode the bike for 28 minutes and then struggled on the ellyptical machine for 14 minutes. Really … Read more

The following two articles – something about mis-placed priorities? Top News- Hunger Kills 18,000 Kids Each Day, U.N. Says – AOL News "The little girl in Malawi who’s fed, and goes to school: 50 percent less likely to be HIV-positive, 50 percent less likely to give birth to a low birth weight baby," he said … Read more

And it’s Fordham Prep. I’d written about this issue here – and there’s also a good picture of Joe doing  one of the things he finds cool …Tom Faranda’s Folly: On the Faranda domestic front A friend of ours (Laurie Hurley) emailed me tonight asking what we were doing and here’s the gist of what … Read more

N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham (England) and also a leading scriptural scholar. (By the way, for some reason he doesn’t use his full name when writing and publishing – the N.T. stands for Nicholas Thomas.) I’ve been wanting to read a sample of his work, and "The Challenge of Jesus" was a … Read more

Saturday night we were out at Chez Novotny, hosted by Paul and Doreen Novotny. Doreen cooks up a big meal with a theme for all of us about once a year. This time it was a french meal, with a few contributions from the Farandas, Riners, and Cannons. Here’s our glamorous hostess – And here’s … Read more