Like for most people today is a sorrowful day. Below is a posting I first put up in 2006. Tommy should be 53. The comments on his Legacy Tribute page are 100+ pages. I knew seven people killed on 9/11. But I only knew one of them real well. I knew Tom Knox (“Tommy”) because … Read more
Came to me via Brigid, via PM off of facebook. I tracked down the origin of the quote using perplexity ai . And it’s below the image. The quote “Modern man is in a terrible predicament. He is helplessly enamored with the beauty of what the old world built, yet despises the beliefs that inspired … Read more
In the NY Times so there shouldn’t be a paywall. Only 3% of Indonesia, which is the 4th most populous country in the world – is Catholic. On an Indonesian island about 500 miles east of Bali, an open-air truck traversed up winding roads one recent Sunday. It was taking dozens of jovial men, some … Read more
This should be big news – similar to Liz Cheney saying she’s voting for Harris – but it will not make the headlines of the NY Times or really any of the major media – except FOX. Hit this link for Dershowitz bio. Attorney Alan Dershowitz says he is leaving the Democratic Party after being … Read more
What a great story this is. She wins the Olympic long jump gold and he wins the Paralympic 400M gold as well as other medals. Woodhall and Davis-Woodhall, who wed in 2022, went viral at the Paris Olympics thanks to their emotional celebration of Davis-Woodhall’s win, her first Olympic medal. The couple, who also competed … Read more
As opposed to the standard and better known light daiquiri. The Farandaville recipe below the short video. Farandaville two slightly different variations – Myers Jamaican rum – 2oz. Lime juice – 1 oz Demerara syrup – 3/4 oz Shaken and poured as above; we cut the demerara back to 3/4 oz. from the … Read more
I’m impressed. Fr Anthony Ekanem. Text is from the Holy Name of Mary bulletin Get to Know Fr. Tony Fr. Tony is the fourth of 8 children and the younger of a set of twins born to Columba L. Ekanem, a late Chief Inspection of Education and Brigid C. Ekanem, a schoolteacher. He was born … Read more
Ahhh, yes only one. We did have our very nice trip to Jim Thorpe, PA and Brigid and myslef did some hiking – but no camping. So as we did last summer – Last Week’s Adirondack Adventure – we met up with our good buddy Laurie Hurley from Vermont and went to a different campsite, … Read more
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Not much damage – just spray painted the building and cemented the doors shut. What's the big deal? Meanwhile my friend Joan Andrews gets 27 month sentence "Pro-lifers imprisoned under FACE Act speak out" for walking into a clinic, sitting on the floor and saying the rosary. After the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, … Read more