Tim’s latest football
His team defeated Ardsley, 22-0. Tim played very well – he is really consistent. His number is 77 – they accidentally sewed his name onto 77, rather then 70, so that settled that. And one more
My friend and business associate Judy Anderson written up in “Catholic New York”
A very nice article. Go here for link to the whole thing. LifeNet: HVCL co-director Judith Anderson featured in current issue of Catholic New York
Third anniversary of my brother Paul’s death
At 47. After leading a “noble life” (my brother Jim’s phrase) filled with illness. Here’s the posting I put up about him a few days after he died. I had just started my chemotherapy a few days earlier. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Paul Faranda, 1958-2005 And here’s a picture I’ve posted before, of Paul with Brigid and I … Read more
Breast cancer: Shorter radiation works as well as longer radiation for some
From the NY Times health section: Shorter Radiation for Cancer of the Breast – NYTimes.com Three weeks of radiation treatment work just as well as the usual course of five weeks or more for women with early-stage breast cancers, Canadian researchers have reported, after monitoring a large group of patients for 12 years. The results, … Read more
Moment of ovulation captured on film
Here is a really neat article with pictures, that I set aside meaning to post awhile ago. There are four pictures in the article. BBC NEWS | Health | Ovulation moment caught on camera A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a … Read more
Last night’s last game at Yankee Stadium
Yesterday I posted about this Tom Faranda's Folly: Yankees last game at the (old) Stadium tonight Here's the NY Times coverage as the Yankees won, 7-3. Jose Molina will go down as the last person to hit a home run at the stadium – and it was only his third of the season! Yankees 7, Orioles … Read more
Yankees last game at the (old) Stadium tonight
UPDATE: Here's the resultTom Faranda's Folly: Last night's last game at Yankee Stadium Game is at 8:15. Andy Pettitte will start and Mariano Rivera is going to pitch the ninth innning, regardless of the score. The game will be shown on ESPN, and there will be shows all day on the Yankee network (YES) and … Read more
Tim’s latest football
Well, after leading 14-0, they lost to Bronxivlle 24-22. It turns out that if you get up by two touchdowns, you have to substitute out your first stringers, which I suppose makes sense at the 5th/6th grade level. So they are now 1-1. Ossining really has a good program – they run three teams at the … Read more
Latest Read: Render Unto Caesar
One of the more outspoken - and sensible – Bishops in the U.S. today is Charles Chaput, the Capuchin Francisican Archbishop of Denver. One can only hope that when Cardinal Egan retires from the New York Archdiocese that the Pope will move Chaput to New York. In any event Archbishop Chaput has a timely and excellent … Read more
Tina Fey does Sarah Palin on SNL – very funny!
I never heard of Tina Fey but she sure is a dead ringer for Palin UPDATE: Phooey, the original video "is no longer available". Probably a copyright thing with NBC. So try the second video for a taste of the skit. Here it is –