She had fallen during the race and hit her head, but finished and seemed OK. Not bad though; finishing a marathon at 86 – in good shape her whole life – she looks great in the picture. Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run New York City Marathon, dies at 86 Johnson, of San Jose, Calif., … Read more
72 year old tough guy! Penaflor's survival story began Sept. 24 when he and a friend set out to hunt deer in the national forest in an area known as Bloody Rock, sheriff's officials said. He and his hunting partner split up for the morning and planned to meet up for lunch at noon.
A new position after many years in low income housing development with LISC (Local initiatives Support Corp). Leviticus Fund Hires Gregory Maher as new Executive Director If you follow the link, you'll also find out what The Leviticus Fund is.
Of course we all knew that. Way back in my Fairfield U days, I still remember the Jesuit head of the philosophy department saying in a homily that we can know the devil exists because it’s not conceivable that all the evil in the world can just be coming from men. Made sense to me. … Read more
A video; pretty good, short and fascinating insight into the snapper, holder, and kicker on a field goal. Field goals occur so swiftly, in about 1.2 seconds, and so regularly that they are often treated as afterthoughts. But a highly intricate three-part choreography is involved. The Giants’ field-goal unit breaks it down.
With successive winss on the road. They beat St. John the Baptist on Long Island, 49-7 (and it was their homecoming!) and this past Saturday beat Monsignor Farrell on Staten Island, 28-7. We saw the Long Island game, but Saturday's game was in the evening (because of SAT's during the day) and Brigid and I … Read more
At the Seagrape, Friday evening. A get together organized by my class (’73) for the classes of ’69-’74. What happens when juvenile, immature fabulous age 60-something ruggers get together. The great Bruce Klastow, the great Colin Kiley, and the REALLY great Betsy Kiley. Betsy took this picture. My t-shirt was a hit! Huge celebratory dinner … Read more
Actually just a guest picture, looking down on Lake Elmore. Of course the connection is, Farandaville is on Elmore Avenue. As you can probably tell from the leaves, Lake Elmore is well north of us – in fact in Laurie’s home state of Vermont. The town of Elmore can no doubt be described as quaint. … Read more
He announced it in Latin – which doesn’t help me much (two years of HS Latin leaves me with Amo, Amos, Amot, in Latin I’m not so hot”). Canonizations set for April, next year.