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Damn, I'm Color Blind !!

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  Most colorblind people are men. NY JETS  vs BUFFALO BILLS - NOV 12, 2015 VIDEO COLOR BLIND VIEW Normal view. How I saw the game, quit watching after first quarter.  I'm colorblind, so is my brother. My maternal grandfather, Ben Greiner was colorblind. My mother carried the X chromosome for colorblindness that both my brother and I inherited.  Color blind test diagram.  I never knew I was colorblind until the 7th grade, I saw no number on some of the diagrams. The school nurse asked if I dressed myself, or if my mother laid out my clothes? I dressed myself. One in 12 men are colorblind, while only one in 200 women are. That’s due to the fact that the red-green variant of colorblindness (in which people have trouble telling red, green, and sometimes other shades apart) — which is by far the most common type — is usually passed down via genes located on the X chromosome. Men only have one X chromosome and women have two, and in women, both X chromos...

The Vanishing Catholic Church

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St. Christopher Church -- North Chili , NY In his Nov. 9 letter, Bishop Matano stated, “I now write to you today out of deep pastoral concern for the current situation at Saint Christopher Parish, namely the declining attendance at Mass and participation in the Church’s sacramental life, as well as the financial resources available to sustain a vibrant faith, alive and strong in the North Chili area.” VIABILITY OF ST. CHRISTOPHERS   🔗🔗 Unfortunately, this is becoming the trend, not the exception among Catholic Churches in the Diocese of Rochester. And across the country.  I , with my former wife spoke about sacrificial giving at St. Christopher's Parish in 1995. We gave our talk from the pulpit at each weekend Mass. In essence, we were sharing the importance of our faith in our lives. Each Mass was very well attended.  My old Pastor and friend at St. Paul's Church in Webster, Fr. Ray Booth spoke very highly of his time at St. Christopher's. He was pastor the...

A GOOD SAMARITAN IN BUFFALO !!

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ARE YOU AN ANGEL? I hope you are 😇 🙏.  Read on , open the link   BUFFALO GOOD SAMARITAN  🔗🔗  LUKE 10 :25-37 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God [c]with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” 29 But wanting to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” THE GOOD SAMARITAN  30 Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. 31 And by coincidence a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passe...

Yes , you can, just as Damar has !

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Believe you're good !! SHOUT BUFFALO !!  Damar & his Buffalo Bills teammates, didn't stop believing that he was going to get better! 🙏👍🏈 I've been going to college, or residing in Bills territory ever since fall of '76. The Bills' preseason training camp has been at my alma mater St. John Fisher University (formerly a college until last July) since 2000. In all those years, I have never bought or worn any Bills attire, until this past Friday. Ask my friends, my family, I am a very very loyal person especially to my sports teams, in good times &  bad . The NY Jets have really tested my loyalty this past decade, but I continue to root, cheer,  and defend them. I really don't know any Jet fans who have defected to another team, they are as committed and loyal to Gang Green as I. In the good times, SB III, the Parcels years, and yes the two years Rex Ryan took the NYJ to the AFC championship game. And the bad times ; Rich Kotite, Bruce Coslet , Eric Mangi...

DEAR DEPRESSION,

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JUNE 5, 2026 AMENDMENT  JUNE - MEN'S NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH MONTH 🔗🔗 UPDATE: ..... Jane Pauley veteran broadcaster of TODAY show, currently the host of CBS SUNDAY MORNING.  JANE PAULEY on recognizing DEPRESSION . link Cheers to Jane. It takes a bit of time to first recognize clinical depression and treat it. Then, more time to correctly diagnose the illness as bipolar depression. A very powerful one - two punch, depression & mania or hypomania. First, you have low self-esteem, low energy, and NO motivation.   Then, everything and anything sounds fun and exciting. What do you want ? A new car , no problem   Need to go on vacation lets buy one,  two timeshares.   Out of work ? Hey kids, lets go to the Final Four  How about a week on Jersey shore ? Vegas? SF ?  New Orleans  Where were all my family ? They split, or have split, all of them....

The Aftermath of the Blizzard of Buffalo & Who Gets the Needed Help

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In the aftermath of a tragic weather event there is usually much Monday morning quarterbacking about how it was handled. Such as the response to Hurricane Katrina by federal & local agencies to the city of New Orleans.  Many New Orleans residents were left homeless, without food and water, and stranded without any transportation. The fire situation was ignored for several days. The overwhelming makeup of those affected were people of color.   The aftermath of the Dec. 23-25th winter storm in the Buffalo area  is that many people of color are stranded, dwindling food supply, impassable streets and lack of electricity. These people reside in the poor sections of Buffalo. The story BUFFALO BLIZZARD In March 2022, a proposal to build a new football stadium for the NFL Buffalo Bills was approved. A total of  $850 million in public funds for this project was approved by the NYS legislature and Erie County officials. Are these funds better served for a NFL f...

Perfect Storm : The Last Goodbye ! !

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The Perfect Storm  is one of my all time favorite movies. One reason, is that it was the last movie that we watched with my Mom/Grandma Pat a few days after Christmas 2000 . Yes, we rented it from Blockbuster.  2 1/2 months later, Mom died from leukemia. So, that Christmas was my Mother's last Christmas. I feel fortunate that she & Dad visited us for a couple of days. They both played  board games and dominoes with their granddaughters. All the money in the world cannot buy better presents. CHRISTMAS IS LOVE !  🔗🔗  Thank you God for that visit. 🙏🙏 Hello Mom ? 🔗🔗 Linda Greenlaw 🔗🔗 One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when one of the Coast guard navymen says Gloucester, they're always from ... 🔗🔗 My good friend Larry Maggio & I were discussing the movie, we both had read the book by Sebastian Junger. Great read, goes into more detail about the perils of commercial fishermen. The Final Message  ...