Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Michael Vick = Monster
I touched on this briefly last week, and I don’t want to say much more, because what Michael Vick and others do to dogs and how others think their behavior is acceptable and amusing just sickens me. But I heard some more about this story today, and I don’t think [Read More]
Pro athletes = Thugs
I remember my disillusionment nearly twenty years ago when I learned about how Kevin Mitchell, formerly of my beloved 1986 World Series champion New York Mets, had bragged about how he had killed a cat or a dog. (Go Google it; I hate reading the details of such things, so [Read More]
Baseball game at 11am?
The Durham Bulls have an 11am game today. Baseball before noon? Are they serving mimosas instead of beer? [Read More]
Betty White Stockings
It occurs to me that I never quite announced to the world that I am the proud manager of a fantasy baseball team. After about a dozen years away from the sports-geek world of fantasy sports, I’m addicted again, checking in on my team several times today. Presenting [Read More]
March Madness
I was going to write something about Duke having lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament, but I won’t, other than this sentence, which will include the expression of the sentiment that I don’t really care all that much. I’d rather post about how [Read More]
March Madness on Demand
I am watching live NCAA basketball tourney action on my left-hand monitor at work, full-screen. I still have work-stuff on my right-hand monitor. This is so cool. I know people have had TV-tuner cards in their PCs for a decade, but this is still amazing. EDIT: What [Read More]
Two things I don’t enjoy so much anymore
1. Beer – It doesn’t matter what kind of beer it is; I have no affinity for any beer. That could be considered a good thing, but I didn’t say I’ll be giving up alcohol. 2. Duke basketball – It has nothing to do with how they’re playing [Read More]
In the news
Time magazine cover story: How we became human - What? DNA? Genomes? Science? Huh? The Bible, which is the Word of God, inerrant and infallible, and it says that God created the first man and called him Adam. I hope this Time magazine isn’t in my kids’ school [Read More]
