Zeta, the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Fri Dec 30, 2005 20:04 (UTC -5)Just when you thought hurricane season was over… it really wasn’t. Tropical Storm Zeta, the 27th storm of a hurricane season which has already officially ended, formed this morning. It’s not a threat to land, but it exists.
Hurricane season ended at the beginning of this month, but when a storm forms outside the season, it is named as if the season consisted of a calendar year. Hence, on December 30, 2005, they’re continuing with the 2005 naming scheme. Even if the storm lasts into the new year, it will be considered a 2005 storm. But if another tropical storm were to form next week, it would be counted as part of the 2006 season and would be named Alberto. And now you know.
Apparently a local 16-year-old ran off to Iraq by himself. He was studying journalism at school and took the idea of immersion journalism much too far. It figures that he goes to Pine Crest (or, as I like to call it, Slime Crust). He could afford the $900 plane ticket.
What can I say? I envy the rich, and I’m 16 also. Maybe I could run away to Afghanistan.
Jumbo Joke is a good joke site that presents “humor the way you like it.” It’s from the guy who brought you This Is True.
One year ago: “I don’t know what we’d do there, I think help people (it’s a poor country).”
Two years ago: “Thanks to ‘all’ the ‘great many people’ who ‘racked their brains’ to ‘help us out.’”
