It must be a sad day for Robyn over at Ain’t To Proud To Blog as her beloved Sooners lose again to in state rival Oklahoma State! The Cowboys got hot practically from the start and the Sooners just couldn’t seem to stop em; the game wasn’t as close as the 38-28 score made it [...]
My wife was not happy to be watching college football on a Friday night. “Why are we watching this game? Why is it so exciting?” she aksed. I said: “There is less than a minute to go I wan’t to see if it gets interesting.” Boy did it! It is beautiful comic justice that LSU [...]
Complete waste of a day at work (except I organized my desk a little). I have been listening to music, however, and so wanted to offer you one more lyric post. This one is dedicated to the Blog Daddy Glen Reynolds aka Instapundit. Daddy’s Gone to Knoxville Oh, you’re gonna miss your daddy when he’s [...]
I have always been a fan of Paul Simon but never really listened to him that much until I met my wife. She is a huge fan and really got me hooked. This is not his best album by any stretch but it has its moments. It is understated and relaxed yet humorous and deep. [...]
Well Kids, I am back at work the day after Thanksgiving. What? You say, I thought you worked for the state! Well I do. But I am a dedicated employee and so here I am at work. Should of took the day off. No one is here and it is unsettlingly quiet. Good day yesterday. [...]
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving Holiday. We are off to some friend’s house for smoked turkey! We are bringing the wine and my famous baked brie. I scrap off the white stuff on the top of the brie, cover it with carmelized brown sugar and toasted almonds and then wrap with puff pastry. [...]
For your holiday reading pleasure I offer you the following links: – Check out The Beauty of Gray’s Orwell posts. – Mark Byron has interesting posts on marriage, conservatism, and more. – Jim Henley has an interesting post on House Concerts. – Holy Blog Wedding Batman! Sasha Castel and Andrew Ian Dodge are engaged! – [...]
Unqualified Offerings is again attacking the No Fly Zones. No, I don’t mean that literaly. Jim uses a post over at Objectionable Content to rant that we are all being duped into buying the fradulent No Fly Zone concept. Both Jims argue that the zones are not strategically valuable but insteead prevent any real chance [...]
Also in NRO this morning – specifically a link in The Corner – Jonah shrugs off this critique of National Review by The Hillsdale Collegian. Now perhaps this is just because I have family in Hillsdale, but I think they have a point – even if they make it poorly. NRODT does have a tendency [...]
Continuing his meteoric rise from humble blogger to “National Review Online correspondent” Bryan Preston reviews the movie Treasure Planet today at NRO. What is his verdict? Entertainment for the whole family: Treasure Planet is classic Disney, combining grand adventure with a lush fantasy and a smidgen of romance. It’s also classic Pixar, and may be [...]