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Keep in shooting for the moon
Earlier this week, the Obama administration released their proposed 2011 budget, and there are two items that are very disturbing for the economy of this area. President Obama’s budget plans to cut the funding for the Constellation project and the Ares I rocket. The Constellation project was started by President George W. Bush to set up a base on the moon to be used as a stepping-stone to other space journeys to planets like Mars. The Ares I rocket would replace the aging space shuttle program and be used to shuttle supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station.
More of this storyWith the Saints going to the Super Bowl this Sunday, just as the carnival season starts to get into gear, one has to wonder about destiny, fate, and whoever is up there running things.
More of this storyWhen a baseball player has come to bat after failing to get a hit twenty times in a row, some fans say he is “due” for a hit. But statisticians say he is no more likely to get a hit in this at bat than at any other time. In other words, there is no such thing as being “due.”
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Which college athletic program members have the best physical conditioning: Baseball? Football? Basketball? Wrong! It’s the school band. In a recent U.S. government survey they found that overall fitness often runs higher in the school band than in the teams they play for.
More of this storyThe cheer, with its inside joke of a “French” spelling for go, serves as the standard greeting among New Orleanians these days. The NFC champions have become so much more than a football team to the citizens of Cokie’s hometown — those big guys in black and gold stand as a symbol of resurrection and resurgence.
More of this storyThe U.S. Postal Service sent me a notice saying that it will be issuing a stamp honoring Bill Mauldin, the World War II cartoonist. It’s the first time any friend of mine has been honored with a stamp by the Postal Service (known to me as “the Post Office”). I wish they had issued the stamp while Bill was alive so he could have appreciated it. Bill died in 2003.
More of this storySo, doesn’t “expecting the unexpected” make the unexpected expected?
More of this storyToo much going on at once, so it’s ketchup time (not Heinz, thank you).
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