Blogger Gideon Strauss has a habit of making lists of things he loves, and he encourages others to do so as well. Here’s my list, not comprehensive, in varying intensities, and in no particular order:
Month: October 2004
A W is a W
Vols 21, Rebels 17 There are many W’s floating around this time of year, but Tennessee found the right one at Oxford tonight. I didn’t get to see the game tonight (these are the times I rethink my decision not to pay for cable), but I was able to pickup a Nashville AM radio sation … Read more
Get the Flu Shot, Not the Flu
There’s a story behind this T-shirt. My little brother once procured the garment at one of the obscure summer jobs he was working. The first time I saw him wearing it, I laughed so hard at him it, that he gave it to me the following Christmas. I’ve worn it with pride ever since. The … Read more
Body and Soul
Did anybody notice Kerry’s gaffe when quoting the Scripture that is ever-so-meaningful to him? He said that the two most important commandments were to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, body, and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.” [emphasis mine] Compare this with an actual translation of Mark 12:30-31: And you … Read more
Round III
He got off to a rough start, but President Bush wins Debate III. He connected with Americans on a personal level when talking about his wife, his faith, and his stance on abortion. For Sen. Kerry, it was more of the same—he didn’t exactly breakdown, but he did look like a fish out of water … Read more
Ken Caminiti: Almost A Hero
The sudden death of Ken Caminiti reminds me of how he was almost one of the baseball heroes of my youth. Sometime in the mid-to-late 1980’s, my parents took my brothers and I to an Atlanta Braves game at Fulton County Stadium. The Bravos happened to be playing the Houston Astros that night, and we … Read more
Debate #2: A Late Take
By any standards in the blogosphere, late Sunday night is far too late to be weighing in on a Friday night debate, but here’s my take: President Bush won this one handily. He was lively, coherent, and he doesn’t own a timber company. Kerry seemed repetive, saying, “George Bush rushed to war without a plan … Read more
The Dog Days Are Over!
Vols 19, Bulldogs 14 Tennessee has broken the recent “Georgia curse” with a stunning win in Athens, shunning the oddsmakers who predicted a 12.5 point Bulldog victory. In a very sloppy game where penalty-wrought Georgia went back and forth with a Tennessee team who missed three field goals, the Vol defense picked themselves up from … Read more
More Than a Trace
I caught an episode last night of Without A Trace, a mildly-entertaining FBI drama on CBS. Though the show focuses on kidnapping victims who vanish “without a trace,” there was more than a trace of hostility towards the pro-life position in last night’s show. The story was about a “Christian” family that was formerly involved … Read more
Boxes for the Masses
If you’re into horoscopes, a typical ice-breaker to conversation might be, “What’s your sign?” Ostensibly, if you know someone’s particular sign of the Zodiac, you already know a great deal about them. Many people read horoscopes with the same enthusiasm of reading a fortune cookie—they’re seen as merely forms of entertainment, never taken too seriously. … Read more