The 2008 SEC Championship is scheduled to kick off in four hours and change. I don’t have many thoughts. I’m mostly just glad the day has arrived. My two primary observations are rather obvious, but that’s because they’re true: Alabama has to have efficient run solutions on the defensive front pretty much from the start. … Read more
John Derbyshire is one of my favorite opinion journalists. He’s grumpy and pessimistic, but his grumpiness and pessimism sync up with mine a lot of the time. He’s also wicked smart and a hell of a writer. On page 2 of his November diary entry on the National Review site, he answers Randall Parker, who … Read more
Eight weeks today. Vietnamese with Melanie for lunch. Great day for pho. A new Pretenders record came out in October. I’m digging it. Review soon. Tonight is the last Thursday night football of the season. This same matchup was one hell of a game (and one of my earliest blog posts) two years ago. One … Read more