Today, Mrs. T. and I went to JoJo David’s funeral. He was the music director at our parish and also was part of Campus Ministry at Boston College. An article about him that appeared in the Boston College press is here. I like that they interviewed people about JoJo’s impact on them. The Church was
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A Sad Day
A sad day today. This morning, two food-service workers who worked in our building were in a terrible accident. One person has died. Then, I just learned that JoJo David, our parish choir director, passed away a few hours ago, leaving behind his wife and young daughter. After a long bout in the hospital, JoJo a
Bad Stuff
Mrs. T. and I have been chatting off and on about what happens when people are devalued and are treated as a means to an end. Bad stuff happens. Then, this morning, I listened to a riveting podcast about a hostage situation about which I’ve never heard before. It’s from This American Life. Here is
The Election in Two Charts
I last night saw two interesting charts at FiveThirtyEight.com. The first shows how the electoral vote totals would look if only women voted. The second shows the outcome if only men voted. Wow. Full article here.
Contrarianism
In New England, Monday was a holiday. For the long weekend, I went to Barkhamsted, CT, to fish. I rented a small room on a river. Fished about eight to 10 hours a day. Water was very low, which made for very challenging conditions. The fish spooked easily, and so, you had to slowly creep
The VP Debate
Here’s a very funny, and insightful, review of last night’s VP Debate. From The Daily Show and Trevor Noah: Trevor reacts to the vice-presidential debate. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/QmOpNDGmGN — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 5, 2016