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When John Edwards returned to North Carolina in the course of his long quest for the presidency, Andrew Young always met him at the airport in Edwards’s big black Chevy Tahoe. Young drove, and Edwards rode shotgun, silently raising his left hand whenever he wanted a Diet Coke, which Young would wordlessly supply.
When Edwards and his family arrived home, Young had made sure there was fresh milk in the fridge, a neatly trimmed lawn and neatly folded dry cleaning. When he arranged their vacation to Disney World in 2004, he naturally booked himself a ticket. And when Edwards’s mistress became pregnant, Young — at the cost of his reputation, his wife’s and his minister father’s — stepped forward to say the child was his.
…until Christmas. 2009’s ‘Christmas Every Day‘ is going to make your grandmother go c.r.a.z.y.
Second-year coach Larry Fedora said following practice that the Golden Eagles will be without senior running back Damion Fletcher, junior receiver Johdrick Morris and sophomore receiver DeAndre Brown, who will not make the trip for the 7 p.m., contest, Thursday, against the Blazers at Legion Field in Birmingham.
Dustin Curtis is the ultimate frequent flier.On Sept. 8 the San Francisco-based Web designer began an ambitious trek to visit all 43 JetBlue-served cities in 30 days — the amount of time covered by the airline’s new All You Can Jet pass.
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Curtis took some time to answer questions about his journey Friday, 172 hours into what he expects will be 320 hours in the air and minutes before he boarded a flight to Seattle, where he arrived about 10:30 p.m. and left at 7 a.m.
Great article by Dr. Saturday on just how messed up the current NCAA polls.
• The coaches rank Oklahoma State ahead of Houston. Obviously they weren’t very impressed by the Cougars’ win at Texas Tech, nor the Cougars’ win at — Who was that again? Oh, right — Oklahoma State. Tulsa: That’s where ya make yer move, kids.
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• All three polls rank Ole Miss ahead of South Carolina. The demons of inertia strike again. Carolina not only thoroughly outplayed Ole Miss in a convincing win last Thursday, but also has two other wins (over N.C. State and Florida Atlantic) better than either of the Rebels’ two victories (over Memphis and Southeast Louisiana). Hell, I’d take the Gamecocks’ last-second loss at Georgia over beating Memphis and Southeast Louisiana, too, but I’ve always been too interested in obscure details like “quality of opponents.” The 3-1 Gamecocks don’t appear in any of the polls.
“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”- Gen. George Patton
Arena Football 1 to launch in 2010:
Officials from what will be known as Arena Football 1 said Monday they will have 16 teams ready to play in 2010, including three in former Arena Football League markets: Chicago, Phoenix and Orlando, Fla.
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The new league says its markets include Bossier-Shreveport, La., Arkansas, Fresno, Calif., Des Moines, Iowa, Jacksonville, Fla., Kentucky, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Spokane, Wash., Alabama, Kennewick, Wash., Tulsa, Okla., and Utah.
Bring back the Steeldogs!!!
In an article on a America’s Funniest Home Videos:
“At first, I wanted to put in up on U-Tube but my wife wouldn’t let me,” Richard said. “We were watching the show on one Sunday night and I asked her if I could send it in to them and so we sent it.”
[The live stock section of the fair is worth the price of admission alone.]
- Deep fried fish and chips.
- Scones w/butter and jam. Yes… I know it sounds weird, but it’s the most popular item at the fair; beyond delicious.
- Chocolate-covered bacon. It was too hard to pass up. It tastes exactly what it sounds like. I’ll have picture later.
Via CBSSports:
Ole Miss isn’t a great football team. Ole Miss isn’t even a very good football team. So what is Ole Miss? I’ll tell you. Ole Miss is an example of the dangers of groupthink and greatness-by-association. Ole Miss football represents many of the evils that plague society.
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It was a lot of people who should know better, and as a public service, I’m about to name some of them. That could be embarrassing to a few of these people and publications, but it will serve a purpose. It will teach a lesson or two.
One of those lessons is this: Never, ever take the Ole Miss football program seriously.
After filling myself on This American Life, Netflix felt the need to suggest The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. How the two are related I’ll never know.
[Disclaimer: I was home, sick. I don't normally sit around, looking to relive my childhood via Netflix; that's what YouTube is for.]
Anyhow, like many of you, I used to watch this Emmy Award-winning show each morning over breakfast.
The blog got a shout out yesterday on Yahoo!’s official college football blog, Dr. Saturday. It’s written by a Southern Miss grad, so he was all over the the USM-MSU rivalry rekindling.
Seattle-based Ace Hotel, Portland-based Stumptown Coffee, and Seattle-based Rudy’s Barbershop have joined forces in New York City, with the Ace Hotel as the hub.
Do yourself a huge favor and visit Stumptown @ 18 W 29th St. New York, NY 10001.
