If I watched trash TV…
…this is how I would watch it.
Jared Bridges
Pigged Out
Vols 14, Razorbacks 31 Were I to graph the Volunteers 2006 season, the hills and valleys in the graph would warrant a 4-wheel drive to navigate. From looking like a well-oiled machine against Georgia, to being rendered completely ineffective by Arkansas tonight. Granted, Arkansas is hot right now, but it didn’t even appear that the … Read more
Why I’m not voting in this Tuesday’s election (it’s not what you think…)
I’m not voting on Tuesday. Why am I sitting this one out? If you believe various media, pundits, and politicians, you might think that it’s because as an evangelical Christian, I’m disillusioned with the Republican party’s failure to deliver on a number of important issues. Therefore, I’m staying home from the polls this year. Or, … Read more
Cooked Cajun Style
Vols 24, Tigers 28 Tough game against a gritty LSU team. The Vols lost this one the old fashioned way: they were outplayed. Do I think a healthy Erik Ainge would have made a difference? Yes. Do I think a healthy Ainge would have won the game? I doubt it. To add insult to injury, … Read more
Firefox 2.0’s Spelll Checkur
I’ve been using Firefox 2.0 since its release a couple of weeks ago and I’m thrilled that it finally includes a spell checker for form fields. It’s the feature I’ve been lamenting the abscence of for a long time, and I’m glad to see its incloosion in a browser. Now my posts are certain to … Read more
Falling Back to Reality
The charade is up, so set your clocks back to normal time. It is, once again, the time for us all to stop pretending that we’re saving daylight by moving the clock forward one hour. And, once again, it’s time to point to my favorite article against the practice of daylight savings time. So, here … Read more
You can’t spell Spurrier
without a “U” and a “T”
Vols 31, Gamecocks 24 It’s a shame that Steve Spurrier has done away with his visor. The Ol’ Ball Coach could have added his famous half-hat to the mix as the South Carolina fans tossed trash and other debris onto the field. Rough game for the Vols, but hats off to them for the win. … Read more
Smoggy Smoke on Rocky Top
Vols 16, Crimson Tide 13 Years before tradition was trumped by the timidity of political correctness, it was custom for the winning team of the Tennessee-Alabama football game to smoke cigars together in victory. A few years ago, the institutional powers-that-be decided that universities that send out their students to bludgeon themselves in a football … Read more
Alabama Fans
I love Alabama fans. I have to. After all, an entire branch of my family tree comes from the Southern state that stars fell upon. Growing up as a Tennessee fan with an Alabama-alumnus father made for an interesting time come football season. I and my brothers were forced to wear crimson clothing as young … Read more
(In)fertile Israel: The State as God in the Promised Land
Do we have a right to have children? If so, whose job is it to guarantee this right? These are tricky questions. On one hand we are faced with the biblical injunction to “be fruitful and multiply,†and on the other hand, there are those who are willing to lay aside any ethical considerations in … Read more