For those of you who read this, I wanted to apologize for not keeping up very well with new material. Things at work got busy, preparations for the Spring semester to square away, so I've been preoccupied. Also I haven't had much to post about the last couple of weeks.I didn't want to obsess on one subject, the Bears in the Superbowl for instance. Turns out I thought so much about what to write that I didn't write anything.
Can anything show how far the NFC has fallen than the idea that Rex Grossman will be quarterbacking in the Superbowl? I see another snorefest on the horizon, reminiscent of the Ravens-Giants in, what year was that, anyway? Exactly.
I think the look in Tori's eyes say it all. She's allergic to milk, eggs and nuts, so ice cream has been a big no-no, but for her 3rd birthday party we found soy ice cream bars. Needless to say, she DEVOURED it.
Truly one of those hits that make every person watching this game cringe.
Abe my friend, as the father of three boys you'll miss out on giving this speech. On the other hand, tell Connor, Ike and Eli that they had better understand...
Nick Saban has given up his shot to be the next Don Shula to be the next Mike Shula of the Crimson Tide. Saban gave the Miami Dolphins notice he was leaving to take the head coaching position at the University of Alabama. I'm not necessarily a fan of the Dolphins or the LSU Tigers, but if I were, I'd be a little ticked at this point.
Here's a good article by Pat Forde at ESPN about the price of integrity.
I hope this doesn't get flagged as a threat message because of the title. Of course that would be a way to get web hits...
Now that Senator Barack Obama is a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination it's only natural that he come under closer scrutiny. Two stories over the past couple of weeks threaten to tarnish the reputation of a man who rattled the windows of Washington and skyrocketed to A-list political affluence. The first linked an intern in Senator Obama's office to questionable character Tony Rezko. Shot two came with an article focusing on his admission of drug use in a memoir he published 11 years ago.
At first glance it would seem like the Republican spin machine is shooting to derail the Obama campaign by making the Senator think twice about entering a full-scale run at the White House. On the other hand, could it be someone in his own party, a Senator Clinton, perhaps? She faced no serious obstacles in the way of challengers to a post she sees as rightly hers until the emergence of the young senator from Illinois.
Why do I think this? Two reasons really, both stemming from the stories; the timing of one and the origin of another. Let's begin with the timing of the drug use admission. Senator Obama won the Illinois seat vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. His Republican opponent Jack Ryan dropped out of the race following an embarrassing revelation from court documents of his divorce from actress Jeri Ryan. The Republican party, scrambling for a candidate to run what would most likely be a lost race against a strong Obama campaign, named conservative commentator Alan Keyes in a move reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's relocation to the Big Apple. Keyes came out firing, most notably with the claim that Jesus wouldn't vote for Barack Obama because of his voting record. Don't you think if the Keyes campaign had Obama's memoir admission it would have been open season? Even if it didn't do any damage, it would at least merit a mention.
I'll post more tomorrow...
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