It has been nearly two months since Hurricane Ida—the second-most destructive hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana—hit as a Category 4 on the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ida wreaked havoc on Louisiana and on other parts of the country. For those of us who lived through Katrina, it was another traumatic…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: Made for TV
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently in film as well. Among the many comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Learning About Math! #STEM
Learning math can be difficult. Sometimes it's best to approach the topic in different ways to increase your understanding of it. Learning can be fun!
Season of the Witch
Witches have been written to be good, evil, or something in-between, and this collection of books covers all corners. Let's dig in!
October 30th: Birthday of Emily Post
The name of Emily Price is often synonymous with etiquette. Emily Price Post was born into wealth as the only child of famous architect Bruce Price. As a child of the upper class, she was raised on the importance of etiquette and the precise social rituals of the wealthy elite. In 1892 she married successful…
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Cybersecurity is a vital part of the digital age. On every level of computer usage, including national, state, business, and even our own personal level, cybersecurity is a factor we all need to keep in mind when using computers, devices, and online resources. The cyber threats we face today include fending off foreign hackers targeting…
National Noodle Day
Noodles have been a staple portion of dishes in multiple cultures around the world for almost 4,000 years. This dish is often made from unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into long thin strings. Certain vegetables such as zucchini and sweet potato can also be made into delicious noodle dishes. Noodles are usually…
Louisiana Ghost Stories!
Have you heard the one about the pointing ghost and the buried treasure? Legend has it that the pirate Jean Lafitte buried his treasure in Destrehan, Louisiana before his untimely demise in a skirmish out at sea. Agonized by his inability to return to his hidden cache of gold and jewels, his ghost now roams…
King Richard III of England and the Wars of the Roses
The 15th century was among the most tumultuous of the millennium for the English monarchy. Much of the latter half of that century was dominated by the fight for the throne that erupted within the house of Plantagenet. Fought between the York and Lancaster branches of the family, the 32-year clash came to be known…
Principles for Better Searches: Grouping
Previously, we explored the principles behind the Boolean Operators (AND, NOT, OR) and how to ensure that databases or search engines return results that match your search terms exactly through quotation marks. If you are new to this information, take a look at the other blogs in the series: Principles for Better Searches.The tips and…
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