Tom Faranda's Folly

How cool is this. Rich who did you pay off to get your name on the building?

First Our Lady of Guadalupe – For Catholics an extraordinarily important apparition of Mary in 1531 in Mexico. How important? Prior to 1531 if there was a drought the Aztecs would sacrifice children to end the drought. In 1544 there was a terrible drought and the indigenous people organized a procession of children to the … Read more

This recent large survey by the very reputable Pew Research – quite interesting. Only takes a few minutes to read the whole thing. "Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians Survey shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular." First, researchers confirmed the widely known … Read more

Brigid an I are major supporters. This is not pie in the sky. It is life or death. Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal           The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect on January 22, 2021. Though the nations that actually possess them didn’t ratify the treaty, the international community has … Read more

The Brinton Brook Sanctuary is about 7 minutes from our house. I went for a walk while Brigid was doing the heavy lifting for our Thanksgiving meal. There’s a number of trails – I took a leisurely walk of 2.2 miles, chatting to a few people and taking some pictures. Took 55 minutes. Couple of … Read more

A short video. And below are links to two other videos I have posted in the past. The first an interview seven years ago as she defends herself after the Wall Street Journal writer exposed her. Virtually everything she says in the interview is a lie. The second is an interview with John Carreyrou, the … Read more

Died at the age of 85. I had two outstanding teachers my senior year – F.r Shelley for AP European History and Fr. Bernie McMcahon – who died several years ago – for English (TS Eliot! … Herman Hesse!) Fr Shelley (eventually became Msgr.) was written up a few days ago in a very nice … Read more

I stumbled across this yesterday. You can get the ingredients and preparation for all 11 of them if you hit the link. James Bond Cocktails The definitive guide to all the cocktails that James Bond drinks in each of the films. The Vesper Martini is obviously featured in many, but was first created in Ian … Read more

Because of the threat of rain, the ceremony moved from Five Corners to the Holy Name of Mary gym. A decent turnout of about 170 people. No complaints about Separation of Church and State…  

Election Results   The pattern on the referendums we tracked is clear: all three poverty-reduction measures passed, as did the removal of the exception for abolishing slavery (crime conviction). Tennessee passed that with almost 80%!        But all the abortion-related measures came out different from our hopes. The “no right” to abortion amendments had a perfect … Read more