Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
If you’re a chess geek, or a wanna-be chess geek like me, I recommend the DVD Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine. It’s a documentary of the 1997 controversial rematch between world-champion grandmaster Garry Kasparov and IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer. Kasparov handily defeated the supercomputer in 1996, but in ’97, Kasparov lost the match in … Read more
~ Volume XVI ~ It’s morning again in the blogosphere, as blogging has now resumed at Le Sabot Post-Moderne! Discoshaman has hit the ground running, with ruminatinos on the viability of multiculturalism, and rumblings of a new sub-blog focusing on War on Terror news. Terry Mattingly writes about the upcoming Johnny Cash biopic and notes … Read more
Vols 20, Tigers 16 The rumor out of Knoxville is that people had a hard time giving away their tickets to this homecoming game. Turns out that the season ticket holders who gave away their seats missed one of the greatest comeback wins of the season (I saw this with my toungue decidedly in cheek). … Read more
For the first time, I am an uncle! Congratulations to my brother Ryan and his wife Anya upon the birth of their son Samuel Bridges. May the Lord bless him and keep him, shine his face upon him, be gracious to him, and give him peace. [Numbers 6:24-26] I hope I get to meet him … Read more
A eulogy for an exceptional canine.
Vols 21, Fighting Irish 41 The television shot of the game came after one of the 20 fourth-quarter points scored by Notre Dame. The camera focused on Phillip Fulmer. Gone was the Fulmer who expresses disappointment by clapping his hands and gritting his teeth in a smile–like grimace. This time, the camera found the winningest … Read more