GodBlogCon 2008

Just returned yesterday from GodBlogCon 2008 in Las Vegas. It’s a funny name for a conference, but nomenclature aside, it lived up to its reputation as the premiere conference for Christian bloggers. Conference organizer Dustin Steeve and his crack squad from the Biola’s Torrey Honors program ran an excellent show, and made a great first … Read more

Better off in 2008

Commenting today on John McCain’s “We’re worse off than we were four years ago” ad, George Will observes that the question of being better off should be quantified in terms of more than one’s pocket book: Unfortunately, the phrase “better off” is generally understood as a reference to your salary, your bank balance, your IRA … Read more

Junior League

Vols 24, Bruins 27 In football, experience can make or break you.  The fact that Tennessee had a young, inexperienced team this year was no surprise.  The fact that they were inexperienced enough to lose to a UCLA team that played like a mediocre high school squad was more a disappointment than a surprise. There … Read more

Summer hibernation

Bears hibernate in winter; bloggers hibernate in summer. Contrary to popular belief, I have not been: competing in the Olympics as a stealth athlete attending the DNC as a superdelegate catching state record channel catfish with a Barbie rod & reel I have been: working like a dog pseudo-exploring obscure shipwrecks in the Outer Banks … Read more