Tim had a milestone birthday this week-end; he turned 10 on Saturday. We had week-end long celebrations and Tim played a great game of basketball as his team (St. Augustine’s) defeated Transfiguration of Tarrytown today, 22-11. Fourth grade games are uhhh, defensive battles, as St Augustine’s led at the half 6-5. Tim scored five of … Read more
I (or we, since Brigid went) had my appointment Friday morning with Dr. Virginia Klimek, a hematologist at Sloan Kettering with a strong interest in Myelo-Displasia Syndrome (MDS). My history of low white cell counts since my chemotherapy has Dr. Zelenetz concerned I am at heightened risk of developing this very serious (and rare) bone … Read more
We will be seeing a hematologist at Sloan Kettering tomorrow morning to get some more information on my low white count and the ramifications.
Well, we are into basketball season now, with Tim in the St. Augustine’s CYO 4th grade team. Last year he played on our parish 3rd grade team, since his school didn’t have a third grade program, but decided to play this year with his school chums. Tonite was the 3rd-4th grade Ossining Little League Football … Read more
From the Financial Times (UK) FT.com / World / International economy – Richest 2% hold half the world’s assets Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent … Read more
This is from a professional journal which is sent to me gratis, and which for some reason is allowing free access to anyone for this article. Hearts & Minds – Investment Advisor Magazine The feature is about so-called "Socially Responsible Investing" and I have several clients who do try to invest in what they view … Read more
The Washington Times has a good brief article on the new fears that drug-coated stents (the little coil that’s put into coronary arteries to keep them open) are not as safe as originally believed. Drug-coated stents might raise risk of blood clots – Nation/Politics – insider.washingtontimes.com Doctors think these stents may raise the risk of … Read more
There’s an interesting discussion going on the weblog althouse, right here Althouse: Those contemptuous atheists… why won’t they be kind? Ann Althouse writes about Nicholas Kristoff’s NY Times column this morning, quoting Kristoff: [There is] an increasingly assertive, often obnoxious atheist offensive led in part by [Richard] Dawkins — the Oxford scientist who is author … Read more
In keeping with the theme of the prior post on Africa and the undeveloped world, here’s a column in which a Catholic priest and sociologist – who has been writing for at least 40 years – is kind enough to accept the faith of southern hemisphere believers, as long as they leave the thinking to … Read more
This excellent book of 288 pages is an examination of Africa and all it’s problems and potential, by a reporter for the London-based The Economist magazine. Robert Guest was one of their African correspondents for seven years, residing for most of the time in Johannesburg, South Africa. My friend Tom Hardy and his wife Mabvuto … Read more