The Pope…On World Youth Day
In his “year in review” Pope Benedict the XVI mentioned much about the recent World Youth Day in Madrid. Rocco Palmo shared his message and you can read all of…
Another Loud Cell Phone Train Rider Put In Her Place…
On the Metro North Commuter Rail, which I used to take every day into New York City when I still lived with my parents in Yonkers comes this story which…
Houston, We Have No Footage
How in the world does this happen? An exhaustive, three-year search for some tapes that contained the original footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk has concluded that they were probably…
The Last Bastion of Civilized Travel
A doozy from Yahoo News: A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police this weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has…
May the Road Rise Ever to Greet You….
Today is graduation day at The University at Buffalo, UB to those of us in the know here. Many of the students who I have come to know are graduating…
Day 28: Lenten 50 Day Giveaway: Adoption Books
Two friends were able to adopt a child from an orphanage we visited in Nicaragua, so I had these books from when we were thinking of adopting and now they…
As Buffalo Celebrates St. Patrick’s…
Today is the Buffalo St. Patrick’s Day parade. The Irish have always had it rough and so, we look to another greenie to provide us a bit of sympathy. And…
I’ll Take the Pat Down
So, I did a lot of traveling over the holidays and throughout January. Coming back from Tampa I wore my Sabres Jersey to the airport and that was enough to…
Why I Miss Public Transportation
Buses and subways offer us a view of human life like none other. If you take public transit places you see amazing things and the social experiment that one can…
Chihuahua Stowaway
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. So I finally got home after a 9 hour train ride. It was a nice ride albeit long. We had flown down to…