8 Great Yogi Berra-isms
From the YES network.
More on exercise and health
I posted this interesting article yesterday NY Times: "How Exercise Keeps Us Young" and now here's an article from the Express (UK). Daily walk adds years to your life: Just 20 minutes a day is enough
Free climbers reach top of El Capitan
Amazing feat – I’ve been posting about this here Two climbers close to completing the El Capitan free climb and here Amazing stuff: Free climbing Yosemite cliff – El Capitan . I’m still waiting for the answer to how you deal with bathroom issues up on the wall?
Hike of the Month conquers Turkey Mountain
Led by the intrepid Jeanne Marie; four pictures and more to follow. Yeah, it was cold … and slippery … and windy at times. Four on this walk – besides myself, Jeanne Marie (in Blue), Brigid (red) and Joe with his mountain guide look. Views from the top into the reservoir – around 2:30 yesterday. … Read more
Croton K of C to honor Bill Ryder
Great choice; he's a wonderful guy. CROTON KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO HONOR BILL RYDER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR'S HONOREE IS LONG TIME CROTON RESIDENT, WILLIAM RYDER. January 15, 2015
Time flies: 9th anniversary of my 20 day stay in Sloan Kettering
Nine years since I checked in. I posted about this anniversary in 2008, with some additional links here – Time flies when you're having fun: Today is second anniversary of start of my twenty day stay at Sloan Kettering This was for my "high dose" chemotherapy, aiming to kill any remaining surviving cancer cells from … Read more
Fr. Barron on “The theory of Everything” movie
The movie about the early life of physicist Stepen Hawking. I've posted about Hawking a number of times and read his justly famous book which came out in 1988, A Brief History of Time. I've posted a few times about his atheism, like here. Barron has an excellent short discussion in this video, pointing out … Read more
Gagnon/Faranda hike of the month club kicks off
A relatively easy one: Turkey Mountain, noon on this Saturday. Weather forecast for that time and day: low 20’s and sunny. Contact me if you’d like to join us. Jeanne Marie and I decided to do one hike a month (at least), with each of us alternating where. JM decided on this one (a good … Read more
Biological bad luck the cause of 2/3’s of cancers
Well. I suppose that was my lymphoma.This was reported by Reuters, NBC, AOL, and a whole bunch of of other outlets. Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed on … Read more
3 Separate cancers in one year – no problem! Guy’s trekking to the South Pole
Well, he's a better man then me… From the Telegraph (UK). Hit the link forthe whole article – it's a quick read – pretty amazing. British grandfather celebrates beating three types of cancer in a year with trek to South Pole Doctors operated almost immediately, removing parts of his large and small intestines, stomach muscles … Read more