Finally, one of the more incisive commentators on television finally will be getting her own show on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow will replace the show Verdict with Dan Abrams at 9pm with her own show of opinion on politics and other items. She is scheduled to premiere on Sept 8th after the Republican convention.
In the months [...]
Filled up the gast tank with premium gas at $3.65/gallon. I think it was that price sometime last winter I believe. It is about 40¢ off from the peak in the summer time. That works about $4 less per fill-up. Does not seem like much but over a month that works about $30 less for [...]
It has been a quite summer relatively for tropical storm activity but it seems to be revving up now.
Tropical Storm Fay jumpstarted over the week popping up over Haiti and moving northward on a track that will take it over Cuba, across the Keys and up the west coast of Florida. It is moving [...]
So here it is after one week of competition.
So far it has been a pretty good olympics. Many of the compeititions have been exciting to watch to be sure especially on the swimming though from the coverage on NBC, it was more like the Michael Phelps show. Question is what NBC is going to [...]
Birthplace: Italy
Date of Birth and Death: 1225 - 1274
Feast Day: January 28th
Notable: Patron of Catholic Schools and Students
Life:
St. Thomas Aquinas was born in southern Italy around 1225. He was of noble descent and educated at the best schools. At the University of Naples, he showed exceptional ability in speech and logic. Influenced by the [...]
I am a Olympics junkie. For the past twenty years or so, I have been an interested devotee of the games and for most of the events no obscure it may be.
It has been quite a change from how I track the games events and results from 1988 to 2008. Back then, I was [...]
Not a great day for Canada on Monday’s actions at the Beijing Olympics. Another day without any medals along with some performances that were less than sub par in some cases, others better than expected but still short.
Many sports had medal events which Canada was not expected to do well like the lightweight weightlifting events. [...]
Sport: Fencing
Age: 50
Hometown: Edmonton Alberta
Medal Potential: Unlikely- Women’s Foil
Luan Jujie is a renown fencer though not so in Canada. In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, she won Gold for China, its first fencing medal ever. For that feat, she is considered to be one of the top 50 athlete of the past [...]