I’ve found very little time for trying to post anything recently, as is already evident by my lack of posts. Trying to find time here and there, but the “busyness” of both work and home lately has eaten up most of my time.

So, here’s a few random things just so that I don’t go more than a full week without a post.

Lax

I recently read Don Yeager’s It’s Not About The Truth (a great read), and DBR has reviewed another recently published book on the case, Until Proven Innocent, by Stuart Taylor and K.C. Johnson (who is the man behind Durham In Wonderland.) I suspect a lot of the material in the book is identical to Yeager’s book, but part of me wants to read it as well. So, I’ve put it on my library request list and we’ll see what happens.

Other reading

I’ve been stuck in the middle of two books (see sidebar) recently and just haven’t had time for reading, either. After finishing the books by Card and Collins, I have Jon Meacham’s American Gospel on deck, and I also have a few re-reads I’m considering - C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, which I’ve wanted to read again for years; Lee Camp’s Mere Discipleship, which I’ve wanted to read again since I first read it; and, Philip Yancey’s Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?, since we’re studying prayer right now in our Sunday morning meetings and small groups at church. I also have Scot McKnight’s The Real Mary that I may read in December. But, as usual, I’ll probably not get through half of these and possibly none. I guess I’m going to have to start taking vacation time in order to read.

Music

I’m hoping to acquire the new Springsteen disc soon. I’ve read a lot of good reviews, so I’m anxious to have it in hand shortly. When I have eMusic downloads again next week, I also have a list ready, including new albums by Dashboard Confessional and John Fogerty.

In the meantime, I’ve been listening to the newest from David Crowder Band and Caedmon’s Call, both of which I’m enjoying, but haven’t really had time yet to fully digest. I can, however, recommend both.

College Football

Watching the LSU-Florida game from Saturday (which I didn’t watch until Sunday afternoon), I couldn’t help but notice this: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is the football team’s version of Joakim Noah. His jumping up and down, arm waving antics have always been a bit annoying, but taunting the LSU crowd in the first half was undoubtedly a bad idea, especially considering it was probably Florida’s biggest game of the year. He just looked stupid doing it, and even more so after they failed to win the game. If you want to run around taunting your opponents’ fans after you win, that’s one thing (although still unsportsmanlike.) But to do it before you have the game in hand is just idiotic. Especially when you’re playing in one of the most challenging environments in college football - Baton Rouge on a Saturday night. Nice job, Joakim Tim.

And, in Los Angeles, it was bizarro football weekend, where Notre Dame actually won a game (over UCLA), and USC - a 41-point favorite - lost to Stanford.

Garage Sales

Part of my “busyness” last week involved a garage sale. We had the sale on Saturday and unloaded a bunch of stuff, but had a lot left over, too. I’m always amazed at what people choose to buy and what they choose to leave behind. It usually seems to be the opposite of what you’d expect.

One year, maybe 10 years ago, we had a sale with some friends of ours (a co-worker of my wife’s and her husband.) We joked beforehand about how one particular item he was putting in would never sell. It was a small plastic Larry Bird Christmas ornament that someone had given him a number of years before. That’s right, Larry Bird on a hook so that you could hang him from your tree. As it turned out, it was one of the first things to sell. The lesson is, no matter how minute the possibility of a sale may seem, put it out anyway. You just might be surprised.

Okay, that’s it for today.