Monthly Archives: February 2008
William F. Buckley, R.I.P.
I am not conservative in many of my beliefs. However, I was raised by conservatives in a house where Bill Buckley was revered. The only non-art magazine (my dad was an art teacher) that my dad read regularly was ‘National … Continue reading
Thudddd…what was that loud noise?
It’s a number ONE ranking clanking to the ground. It’s always a pleasure to beat the Orange in basketball. It’s always fun to see a number one team come into Memorial Gym and leave with their ranking tucked between their … Continue reading
Filed under basketball, Vandy
About last night..the Vandy fan’s dilemma
If you live by the black and gold you can’t really have any kind of sports crush on that Orange team dwelling roughly 200 miles east of Nashville. A true Vandy fan chortles at the Knoxville police blotter’s daily UT … Continue reading
Filed under basketball
Now Jesse had a wife, lived a lady all her life, and a step-brother named WHAT???
We watched ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford‘ this morning. It’s certainly a bit more ponderous than your typical ‘Long Riders‘/’The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid‘ James bi-ops, but Brad Pitt performs handsomely as J. James, and … Continue reading
Filed under Huh?
If a right-wing bombast falls in the forest, is it anything more than noise..
One of the cheery side-notes (for me, at least) of the McCain sleigh ride (with Huckabee hanging on to the back of the sleigh legs a’flyin’) is that the right wing really really hates this guy. I don’t listen to … Continue reading
Filed under politics
Most people or, it’s the baseball that has the grip on me..
Most people would not choose to fly to New York in the dead of winter, AFTER Christmas. Most people flying to NY would at least visit Manhattan, stay in Manhattan or Brooklyn. That’s most people.. Me..i’m flying into Kennedy in … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, friends and family
