Thursday, August 12, 2004

Olympic Games Athens 2004 Olympic opening ceremony to kick off Athens Games. "The Olympics are returning to their birthplace, putting a new twist on old traditions for the extravagant opening ceremony: The last will be first. The first will be last. And they'll all be Greeks. Greece, as host of the inaugural... [Athens Olympic Games Blog] 10:30:20 PM    comment []

Myths and Olympic Games in Athens Olympic organizers, church at odds on mythology's role at games. "First out will be the drummers, playing to the rhythm of a beating heart. Then a meteorite will streak across the night sky. Later, a centaur will gallop to center stage with a javelin, followed by the ancient Greek demigod... [Athens Olympic Games Blog] 10:27:02 PM    comment []

An education is... Anatole France. "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." [Quotes of the Day] 10:07:07 PM    comment []

Things that my mother-in-law and I both like Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight" (get some eggnog streaming through your veins at Christmas, crank this song, and see if you and your mother-in-law don't start dancin') My wife Good foreign films like Chocolat and The gods must be crazy A well-constructed sentence My mother-in-law's grandchildren Good coffee Jesus Christ Third Day Making a difference in the public education system What do you and your mother-in-law enjoy? 8:19:05 AM    comment []