NOLA.com: Weather News “Sunday, June 11, 2006Tropical Storm Alberto becomes first named stormAs of 10 a.m., Tropical Depression One has strengthened to Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm in 2006. It is moving north-worthwest near 9 m.p.h. and is located about 400 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida. “ […]
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Tropical Depression One moves over the eastern Gulf of MexicoAs of 10 p.m., Tropical Depression One was moving North-Northwest near 9 MPH and was located about 290 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida. This track is expect to hold though Sunday. The word tonight is that by tomorrow he will […]
From one of my students who does. “You can teach the Bhagavad-Gita all day long. You can teach the Koran all day long.” College students are biblically illiterate, according to a Templeton Foundation study: College students need to be more familiar with the Bible, according to a report based on […]
Tonight we went to see Cars! E and the kids got tickets early (good thing too!) and it was worth it! OK, here is my confession about Cars. Not cars in general, I like them far too much and spend too much time looking over mags and websites about things […]
Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute and a member of Tulane University’s board has “Go Southeast, Young Man”in the New York Times I think it is a good piece with sound suggestions. He comments that New Orleans is a tale of two cities these days. In areas that were […]
I have not followed cricket since we left England so I was surprised when my Google alert of “Dead Sea Scrolls” found this article. Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | Murali gives umpire Hair no chance to poop his party. The key quote: What a mesmerising performance from Murali on […]
Mark Cuban, tech guy and owner of the NBA Mavericks blogs during they first (EVER!) NBA final. Wow How are we ahead ? We have not played well at all. we took advantage of some mistakes, they made, but we need to push the ball more and take it stronger […]
For those of you in my class who read this blog (all two of you ;-), Tyler Williams reports Another New LXX Book: The Legend of the Septuagint There is a new book on the Septuagint that focuses on the legends surrounding its origins (the Letter of Aristeas), as well […]
This one is for Ralph: The Avalanche is a new release of out-takes from his Illinois album. From the site: The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project […]