Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Fat Tuesday
This is the day on which good Catholics are supposed to prepare for Lent by getting all of the fat out of the house and eat a lot of pancakes.
I’m not even a bad Catholic, but I’m going to join in the tradition and get the fat out of my blogging house today. So here’s [...]
17 Comments » - Posted in Iraq, baseball, conservatives, fat tuesday, pancakes by ME
Monday, February 27th, 2006
Close, But No Brass Ring
The Harding Academic Quiz Team had a good weekend at the Regional College Bowl tournament at the University of Houston, but not as good as the weekend we had last year.
The team went 10-2, with the two losses coming in the playoffs against the eventual tournament champion, Baylor. Baylor finished second to Harding last [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in College Bowl, Houston, academic team by ME
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#17)
A 41-year old mother has saved the lives of her two children by wrestling a 700-pound polar bear.
Lydia Angyiou, who lives in Inujivik (pop. 300) on the shore of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, was watching her two sons play street hockey when they were approached by the bear. She immediately told her sons to [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in moms, polar bears, the Apocalypse by ME
Friday, February 24th, 2006
I’ve Seen It All Now
The Whataburger in Timpson, Texas has free WiFi.
My first blog entry from a fast-food place.
On the down side, I think the ice in my drink has bacteria in it.
4 Comments » - Posted in fast food, technology by ME
Friday, February 24th, 2006
Defending College Bowl Champions
That has an odd ring to it, but the Harding Academic Quiz Team will be defending its 2005 Regional Championship this weekend at the University of Houston.
This is the first time in the history of Harding College Bowl that we have a championship to defend.
The team won the Region 12 (Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas) Championship [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in College Bowl, academic team by ME
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Meanwhile, Back in Iraq…
I’m somewhat sympathetic to the view that the news we get from Iraq is mostly depressing and that the media doesn’t report all of the good things that happen there every day.
This would include such reports of all the US troops who were not attacked by IEDs or Iraqis who say that they do not [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Iraq, media by ME
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Port Authority
I’ve been reading a lot of College Bowl questions to the Academic Quiz Team lately preping for our tournament this weekend in Houston.
I wrote this one last night:
Q. What do the following people all have in common? Mark Elrod (D), Bill Frist (R-TN), Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Charles Pataki [...]
28 Comments » - Posted in Dubai, George Bush by ME
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
Nails Hate Hammers
Several months ago, I almost wrote a blog about a student at UMass Dartmouth who claimed to have been visited by Homeland Security officers after he requested a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book via inter-library loan.
At the time, the story both outraged and intrigued me. Why would anybody be interested in investigating a college [...]
19 Comments » - Posted in homeland security by ME
Monday, February 20th, 2006
Presidents’ Washington’s Day
Since 1971, the United States has used the third Monday in February to honor the birth of our first president, George Washington. Washington’s birthday (February 22) was recognized as a holiday while he was still alive and it was declared a federal holiday in 1885.
But if you believe the legends, Americans started celebrating Washington’s birthday [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in holidays, presidents by ME
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#16)
A 12-year-old Tampa Bay, Florida girl’s science fair project has determined that the ice in that soft drink that you ordered in a fast food restaurant last week probably had more bacteria in it than the water in the restaurant’s toilet.
Benito Middle School student Jasmine Roberts won an $800 prize for her study that examined [...]
