I went to Omaha a couple weeks ago for a for Union Omaha’s Open Cup Round of 32 soccer match. Before I returned home the next morning I wanted to stop at my favorite big box outdoor store to pick up a hot sale item. The store didn’t open until mid-morning, so I drove out …
Continue reading Like a “Wandering Aramean,” I Went to Omaha a Couple Weeks Ago
One of my favorite athletes is Alex Morgan, 30 year old soccer player (Orlando Pride and US Women’s Nat’l Team) and world class athlete. When I originally wrote this, she was “great with child,” and social media and various news sites were quite fond of posting videos of her daily workout. She said she continued …
The Gospel lesson for Sunday, July 16, is what Jesus called “the Parable of the Sower.” (The parable appears in Mt. 13:1-9 and Jesus’ own interpretation appears in 18-23.) To the extent it is a parable about the Sower, then it is a defense of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus’ ministry wasn’t particularly successful at this moment. …
Over at ESPN the reporters are gushy about Oscar Pistorius, the sprinter with artificial legs. ESPN asks (rhetorically, I will add), "Who can't be rooting for Pistorius in the quarter finals?" Well, me for one. Pistorius races with a huge disadvantage (no natural legs) and a huge advantage (the highly unnatural spring in his blades) …
Now that I'm a real college student again I feel it's incumbent upon me to watch inane sports shows on television. What I learned this week is that everyone hates LeBron James. At least that seems to be the universal opinion on ESPN (that would include, Kornheiser, Wilbon, Paige, Plashke, Beadle, Cowherd, Smith ad nauseum). …
(And this post is written by somebody who used to live in Louisville!!!) This summer a horse named Arrrrr! is running at Saratoga Race Track and listening to the announcer is hilarious. (The links are to YouTube videos, by the way.) I first heard this first one on the Dan LeBatard radio show (and laughed …
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Dear Algebra, Please stop telling us to find X. She's not coming back.
The Sioux City Journal reports that Sioux City is in for sleet, ice, snow, rain, and even a thunderstorm, pretty much all at the same time. Columnist Earl Horlyk calls it a day of "weather's greatest hits." We're getting exactly the same stuff down here in Mississippi ... except for the sleet, snow, and ice. …
Continue reading It’s EXACTLY the Same … Except for the Sleet, Snow, and ICE!
Ever been to Mississippi in July? We were in Mississippi last July, and I suspect that, other than the humidity (something Mississippi no doubt has more of) and the smell of sulphur (something Hell no doubt has more of) there is a remarkable similarity between Hell and Mississippi in July. (By the way, Mississippi is …
I can’t say that I was rooting for South Carolina, but by the fourth quarter I was glad that Nebraska was going to lose their bowl game, which they certainly didn't deserve to win. The coach has become an embarrassment, and as the coach goes, so goes the team. One cannot ultimately be a winner …
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