This one’s for the French 4×100 relay swim team, who couldn’t back up their trash talk, and finished .08 seconds behind the U.S. team. Awww…
“Of all the losers, you finished first in that group… You’re the #1 loser.”

Definitely the highlight of the Olympics so far for me.
Events watched so far (as best [...]

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Wednesday during lunch I was eating at a local Chili’s and from where I was sitting, I could see a television over in the bar area. I couldn’t hear it, but this is what I saw:

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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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Since it’s almost Halloween, here’s one of my favorite bits from Jerry Seinfeld’s I’m Telling You For The Last Time.

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Leading up to Halloween, I’ve noticed a number of “ghost videos” out there. Some of them are spooky or creepy, but not many are necessarily convincing. This one, however, stands alone. You may or may not you believe in ghosts, etc., but this just might change your mind.

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I posted this last year when I first heard it, but since it’s Arkansas/Ole Miss week, I figured it needed to be posted again. This song debuted on Chris Vernon’s radio show last fall, and it still cracks me up every time I hear it. (If you’ve never heard Coach O talk, check [...]

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Lewis Black’s “Back In Black” segments on The Daily Show are usually both humorous and on the mark. I particularly enjoyed this week’s segment where he discusses the propensity that U.S. politicians have for focusing on unimportant and/or meaningless issues. He begins with this, which sums it up pretty well:
In politics, anyone can [...]

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In case I’ve never mentioned it, I’ve been a big Wallace & Gromit fan for years. It just cracks me up, and now my kids love it, too.
This year, a series of short episodes (about 5 minutes each) featuring W&G character Shaun the sheep was created. They’ve been airing on The Disney [...]

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I received a new “Harding Alumni Digest” email a few minutes ago. There’s a section where they are relaying information about various building projects on campus. In discussing some land along Race Street that is being cleared by the university, I found the following statement:
Buildings that have been removed recently include the bus [...]

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Staying busy again this week, little time to post. This may be it for the week. However, you can now see some of what I’m reading when I have a little time here and there in my “Recent Reads” section in the sidebar. Here’s a few other things…

Faith & politics
In the first [...]

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