A Few Things I Hate About Football
I’m a fan of football, but there are some things I could totally do without: see how many you agree or disagree with!
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Latest happenings in the world of Scott…or personal thoughts on pertinent topics.
New Theme for Ye Olde Blog
I like it quite a lot, but there’s plenty of work to be done. First, the tab box is way too tall…I need it smaller with less wasted space. I also need to renovate the right side with the featured articles, with the first two or three displaying images and the rest without. The middle column repeats a post if it’s in more than one category.
Read More9/11/01: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Here’s where I was and what I was doing on my Mama’s birthday back in 2001, now simply known as 9/11 and serves as one of my generation’s flash-point events, similar to the JFK assassination and the Challenger explosion.
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Joe Wilson: My Thoughts
This is just a quick note on Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), who interrupted Obama’s Wednesday night speech with “you lie!†Which, by the way, was true: Obama lied when he said the current plans didn’t cover illegal immigrants. I only have two criticisms for the Representative.
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Salvation by Faith…and the Sabbath?
I was greeted at the Christian bookstore where I work this fine Saturday morning with a set of papers stapled together on the table behind the sale counter. It sort of grabbed my attention, as it said in big, bold, all-caps letters, “TELL OTHER CHRISTIANS AND SAVE A SOUL FROM HELL.”
So immediately I think, “this doesn’t look like company material….”
Read MoreAwe of Space Travel
I got to do something a week or so ago that I haven’t been able to do in quite some time: watch a space shuttle launch. I can’t even remember the last time I’d watched one, but it’s just as awesome as I remember them. But with all the talk of retiring the shuttles floating about and current government plans for replacement, I really have to look back and evaluate my understanding of the space program.
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I Hate Eminent Domain
I have always hated the entire concept of eminent domain ever since the state came to my father and made him sell some of his frontage property.
Read MoreBetter Bitter Clinging
I picked it up today…a Blackhawk Spec-Ops stock with recoil suppression springs built-in. It wasn’t cheap…but it’s got adjustable length, fits right into the existing weapon, and looks pretty bad-news.
Read MoreJournalism’s Gun Nitwittery
Excuse me, but I don’t feel like leaving my life in the hands of men who only have to qualify their gun handling skills once a year, much less to some nutbar with a grudge.
Read MoreI love Opera!
I am an Opera user, and I have been ever since the late nineties…probably as early as 1997. I love Opera…I always have and, from the looks of it, always will. It’s here to stay, and there is no reason to pull the plug on it.
Read MoreThe Longhorn Revenge Law?
In further attempts to better waste taxpayer time and money, representatives to the U.S. House have proposed the College Football Playoff Act of 2009. Hey, try winning all your games next time, and stop wasting Congressional law-making power.
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