Oct 162011
 

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon died of injuries he received in a 15-car crash early in the IndyCar World Championship race at Las Vegas this afternoon.  He was 33 years old. It’s being reported as happening on lap 12, but lap 11 was clearly displayed on the broadcast graphic.  Perhaps it was not updated promptly.  Whatever [...]

 Posted by at 6:51 pm
Sep 272011
 

The winner of the Alabama-LSU game, slated for Saturday, November 5, need complete only a few victory laps—the remainder of the schedule, the SEC championship game against whatever hapless sacrifice the East sends, and the national title game against whatever sacrifice SOC sends—to add another crystal football to its case. Or so the overwhelmingly leading [...]

 Posted by at 12:20 pm
Sep 232011
 

It’s a cool evening, a successful deadline submission, a hilarious lunchtime conversation and walk with a friend, and the promise of an exciting day of football tomorrow.  It’s not thinking about cigarettes even once today.  It’s a house full of a healthy, beautiful family.  It’s thanks to God.  The glory is His. And it’s not [...]

 Posted by at 8:31 pm
Sep 092011
 

The boys brought home a flyer announcing a reading contest this week. It’s an excellent example of why we in Alabama think it’s just darlin’ and exchange knowing Iron Bowl glances when you Yankees, midwesterners, or left-coasters start babbling about the intensity of your football rivalry. “Be sure to check off which team your child [...]

 Posted by at 7:53 am
Aug 152011
 

So we were taking in Aaron’s first soccer game of the season this past Saturday morning when the pronouncements from guys with their noses in phones much nicer than mine started flying.  “SEC expanding!” one said.  Another cried “Texas A&M done deal, along with Missouri, Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Texas Tech, [...]

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