UPDATE: Go here More on Medal of Honor winner Salvatore Giunta Beautiful story. "The man who has earned it is the first from this war to live to see it." What kind of man is that? When we think of military heroism, we may think of Rambos decorated for great damage inflicted on the enemy. … Read more
Later today (Saturday) Tim will be playing in the "Pro Bowl" – the all star game for 8th graders in his league. Here he is in his last game, two weeks ago, on four consecutive plays. He's #56. I actually managed to edit and stitch together the plays. First, he kicks the extra points (in … Read more
Back in May, I posted a little bit on my college roommate Mike's son Matt's wedding to Kristen. A Riner Wedding Well in Mid-October at a gestational age of about 23 weeks, Kristen had a very premature delivery. Emma Elizabeth. And she was just baptized Sunday, the 7th. Amazing! Here's a blog that Kristen has … Read more
Well Timothy Francis Faranda is now Timothy Francis Mark Faranda (he took the same confirmation name I took). He was confirmed by Cardinal Egan, who did a great job – really a wonderful homily. Cardinal Egan is retired as head of the Archdiocese of NY, but still active, and he spoke about courage and compassion, using the … Read more
I only voted for people who I view as insurgent reformers – or are at least opposed to the status quo – and who share my values. So I did not vote for either the Dem (Hall) or Repub. (Hayworth) running for my congressional seat. I wrote in Neil DiCarlo. He won't win; but it's not … Read more
UPDATE: Brigid points out that Tim is standing on a “small hill” and she is wearing flat shoes … Having posted this Another of Brigid’s “secret admirers” – captured on film with her!! it’s only right to put this admirer up – before his game yesterday (cool video to follow in a day or two!). … Read more
That’s Damian under there – The mask is from the Congo. Here’s his trendy earring
Data from the CBSNYT recent poll – … the Democrats' 10-point lead among Catholic voters has been reversed into a 24-point Republican advantage. Lots of other interesting info if you hit the link.
My bet – millions. He certainly was not in violation of his contract. WSJ editorial this AM - NPR Finally Gets Its Man To fire someone because he said, even on television, that seeing passengers in Muslim garb on an airplane made him "nervous" would be preposterous. This is "bigotry"? Especially in that Mr. Williams … Read more