<p>A Tulane Talk note from 2004? OK.</p>
<p>Fallen Chemist: Talk Note from 2004? all I remember of that year was the George Jefferson (from the Jeffersons) was still alive and kicking in the re-runs late at night…LOL and today, George Jefferson, Sherman Hemsley, is gone; RIP.</p>
<p>Thats what you remember from 2004? Not Barry Bonds 700th homerun? Or the Christmas eve snowfall in the South? Or the Mars rover landing on Mars?</p>
<p>Hi Jym626 wait a minute, lemme wiki (wikipedia) that year 2004. Oke here are the results:</p>
<p>Early in January (Jan 05): Britney Spears’s marriage to childhood sweetheart Jason Allen Alexander was annulled (declared invalid) by a Las Vegas court following a surprise 55-hour marriage.</p>
<p>Towards the end of the year, December 26 - A strong earthquake from the Indian Ocean killed at least 140,000 people.</p>
<p>And somewhere in the middle of that year, Prez Cowen gave that speech (Talk Note 2004)</p>
<p>Read more: [What</a> Important Things that happened in 2004](<a href=“Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions”>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_Important_Things_that_happened_in_2004)</p>
<p>Glad those wiki skills are honed. But 2005 wasnt in the discussion. If it was, you might possibly consider mentioning this little, ummm, storm that came through the south in August. Named Katrina.</p>
<p>*** oh- and a technicality-- it wasn’t the earthquake that killed all the folks in the far east- it was the subsequent tsunami.</p>
<p>oh…uh I forgot all about it jym626. Katrina…yeah Katrina that has wrecked Tulane Ranking. Bad…bad Katrina. Well, now Tulane is no more on the rebound and in fact, it is going up…up and away.</p>
<p>Whatever.
Please stop.</p>
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