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Today’s new Travalanche post for September 11, 2025, includes several new posts connecting the events of 2001 to the world of show business, including ones on Ultra Violet and her 9/11 artworks; Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers; and the selfless deeds of Debi Ryan, a former Coney Island USA staffer. To peruse […]

Today’s new Travalanche post for September 11, 2025, includes several new posts connecting the events of 2001 to the world of show business, including ones on Ultra Violet and her 9/11 artworks; Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers; and the selfless deeds of Debi Ryan, a former Coney Island USA staffer. To peruse […]

I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at the NCAA Power Index (NPI) numbers from this time last season. We were still trying to figure out some issues and the data that we produced wasn’t as comprehensive as we (uh, the Latvians) are doing now. Oh, if you hadn’t noticed, I… Continue reading Fun With Numbers (Wk2)

S. Samek The top four teams in the Pioneer League are ready to battle it out in the playoffs. The first semifinal series is between the Ogden Raptors and Oakland Ballers. Oakland won both halves of the season and will host the series. The Ballers finished with the league’s top record as well at 73-23. … Continue reading “2025 Pioneer League Baseball Semifinals”

S. Samek Weekly picks for NCAA top 25 college football with winners in bold. #22 Indiana vs Indiana State #4 Oregon vs Northwestern #12 Clemson vs Georgia Tech #13 Oklahoma vs Temple Wisconsin vs #19 Alabama Central Michigan vs #23 Michigan South Alabama vs #24 Auburn Villanova vs #2 Penn State #6 Georgia vs #15 … Continue reading “2025 NCAA Football Top 25 Picks Week Three”

S. Samek Weekly NFL picks with winners in bold for week two of the 2025 NFL season. Commanders vs Packers Browns vs Ravens Jaguars vs Bengals Giants vs Cowboys Bears vs Lions Patriots vs Dolphins 49ers vs Saints Bills vs Jets Seahawks vs Steelers Rams vs Titans Panthers vs Cardinals Broncos vs Colts Eagles vs … Continue reading “2025 NFL Week Two Picks”

While I have participated in oral history projects about both September 11 and Coney Island, both of which topics factor into this post, Travalanche is not an oral history blog, by a long way. That said, a kind of inadvertent by-product of living where I live, and knowing who I know, has been a small […]

While I have participated in oral history projects about both September 11 and Coney Island, both of which topics factor into this post, Travalanche is not an oral history blog, by a long way. That said, a kind of inadvertent by-product of living where I live, and knowing who I know, has been a small […]

20 years on, it is interesting in new ways to engage with In the Shadow of No Towers, Art Spiegelman’s lesser known second comic masterwork. There are ways, technically, in which it surpasses his universally praised Maus. But the events depicted in Maus were of course settled history (or so we thought) at the time […]

20 years on, it is interesting in new ways to engage with In the Shadow of No Towers, Art Spiegelman’s lesser known second comic masterwork. There are ways, technically, in which it surpasses his universally praised Maus. But the events depicted in Maus were of course settled history (or so we thought) at the time […]

About a week ago I did a post on Superstar Ultra Violet and learned about an art project she created in 2011 for the 10th anniversary of September 11. It made sense to me to save talk of that topic for today. According to the artist, while exploring the graphic possibilities of Roman numerals she […]

About a week ago I did a post on Superstar Ultra Violet and learned about an art project she created in 2011 for the 10th anniversary of September 11. It made sense to me to save talk of that topic for today. According to the artist, while exploring the graphic possibilities of Roman numerals she […]

The normal weekend chaos is nigh, but today is bereft of Region VIII/IX and top 25 matches. -Ricky Nelson

Updates: Workouts are done. Rangers win and sweep the Brewers. I have about 5 minutes before I have to get ready for PB. Some matches have ended and a number have started. Tufts is up 1-0 on WPI. Looks like the scoreboard had the wrong time for IWU/DePauw. It’s starting at 6 central. That’s probably… Continue reading Birthday (Sept 10) Match Day!

By Karthikeyan (RK) Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality – Iris Murdoch, The Bell (1958) In western philosophy, right from Plato every major philosopher who established a system gave considerable importance to morality. Though pre-Socratic philosophers were […]

P5 swims in shallow / SP and HP with Ken in deep 18×25 choice 40/30/20 Butterfly work: 4x through: 12×25 on :40 with fins Warmdown 2×8:00 continuous on 9:00 1st time free 2nd time Back or Breast 25 fast/75 low SC/25 fast/50 low SC/25 fast/25 low SC Approx:3500m

You might think it’s hard packing to go on holiday? Then try and pack to go on the pro tennis tour for what might be weeks on end! It can be challenging. You want to pack enough to cover at least the first week/10 days of your trip but at the same time, you haveContinue reading “128. HAVE YOU GOT EVERYTHING?”

At about 50 minutes, this is a featurette that shows young love amidst religious intolerance. Its strength lies in its quiet conviction. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Jeevan (Mayur Gowda) loves Ameena (Sucharitha). They’ve known each other from when they were children, and the fact that he is Hindu and she is […]

Today’s new Travalanche post for September 10, 2025 is about my kid! And I Iied! I promised some new show biz posts for today, but the truth is I had a dental implant installed yesterday and at the moment I am pretty loopy on drugs, which is probably why I did that nutty but heartfelt […]

Today’s new Travalanche post for September 10, 2025 is about my kid! And I Iied! I promised some new show biz posts for today, but the truth is I had a dental implant installed yesterday and at the moment I am pretty loopy on drugs, which is probably why I did that nutty but heartfelt […]