As Christmas is drawing near, we went out to do some shopping after church yesterday, in part to allow our kids to look at some of the things for which they’ve been asking for Christmas, so that we can get an idea of what the really want. As we were walking into one store, [...]

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It’s been over seven months. Soon, the wait will be over.
Monday, November 10th.
The quest begins anew.

GTHC!

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I thought I’d try to get in an update post here before I’m gone for a few days. My kids are on spring break this week, and I’m only working through noon today. I’m taking off the rest of the week, starting with taking my daughter to lunch. She’s asked for just [...]

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The madness technically began last night, but I still don’t care for the play-in game. For me, it still doesn’t really begin until late Thursday morning.
Normally, I’d have already started posting about the tournament before now. Last year I did a post for each region with my thoughts and picks. [...]

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It all comes down to Saturday night.
Duke and Carolina will face off in the final regular season game, both sitting at the top of the ACC tied with 13-2 records. The winner of the game at Cameron Saturday will win the ACC regular season outright.
I can’t recall the last time that happened. [...]

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At least for tonight…

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The day has arrived. February 6, 2008. The most anticipated day of every year for Duke and North Carolina fans. The day, this year, that #2 and #3 will face off. The day as glorious as any other day of the year, and more so then most. The first meeting [...]

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Saw this on DBR this morning - a quote from Maryland freshman Cliff Tucker:
I can’t stand Duke. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to come here so I can beat Duke, I already got North Carolina. Duke is next. I cannot stand Duke. I tell people all the time, if they gave me a [...]

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It’s been a long week. More on that another time. For now…
From the land down under
In my US Open recap a few months ago, I wrote that Djokovic’s time is coming, and coming soon. The gap between Federer and everyone else was closing fast. Nadal already owns him at the French, [...]

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I did a lot of work around the house the past two days, so I was able to keep my eye close on the sports world (well, at least, the NFL, tennis and college basketball.) It was a great weekend in my opinion.
NFL
The Super Bowl is now set.

A year after Peyton reached his first [...]

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