12.10.2006

Sunday reading

... I finished putting up the Christmas lights today, and managed again to do it without falling off the roof and breaking any bones ...



... My Christmas shopping is done ...


... And my beloved Bearcats are heading back to the D-II National Championship game ...

Life is good.

...Thanks to Internet radio, I listened to the 'Cats bowl over Bloomsburg. Once again, "Sweet Home Alabama" blared on the stadium PA, and the goal posts came down and went into Colden Pond ... Sitting here hundreds of miles away, I'm picturing every moment as it unfolds and reminiscing about my days following the team during the 'Florence or Bust' run of '98 and the miracle ride of '99. And my heart is yearning to be there again tonight to experience it once more ...

Let the countdown to next week's big game begin ...

Some other good Bearcat reads ...
aBearcats step into national spotlight in Division II semifinal
aNorthwest Missouri State has no problem getting big-city talent
a Northwest Missouri State has plenty of pass catchers


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Some interesting reads from the last couple weeks ...

Starting with this one: Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood, a fun, comical read for any father ...

New media...
a Morgan Freeman releases new film `10 Items or Less’ by digital download
a ’80s music videos pop up to rock YouTube
a TV, Internet melding
a Star of blogosphere segues easily into ‘old’ media
a Chronicle of the Newspaper Death Foretold

TV ...
a The silent transition: Meredith Vieira moves smoothly into new role at 'Today' ... Interesting. I was just talking the other day about how funny it is that Katie Couric and Rosie are having so much trouble in their new seats and Meredith is sailing ...
a 'The Office' opens doors for Rainn Wilson
a Writers as actors and vice versa ... one of the things that makes The Office so good ...
a 1st ‘Office’ managers write script for States ... if it hand't been for this story, I never would've known watching the episode ...
a Actor aims to leap from 'Heroes' to 'Star Trek'
a 'Heroes' star Masi Oka living the dream

Music ...
a Stefani stumbles during 'Escape' ... Hollaback Girl was 'bananas' enough. Stefani has really gone off the deep end now. Whether it's the AMAs, SNL or VH1, I've been reaching for the remote every time her mindless yodeling song comes on. She ripped off 'Fiddler on the Roof' with 'Rich Girl' (...something I had to inform my brother of at one point last year when the song came on the radio, you would've thought he'd never heard of 'Fiddler'...) and now she's ruining 'Sound of Music' songs .... ugh.

Baseball ...
a Ripken dodges steroid talk as Hall of Fame election nears
a McGwire won't get my Hall vote this year ...I hate to think about it, but these guys have a point ...
a Not all smiling over Soriano deal ... including me.
a Cubs must say 'No' to Soriano for his good and the team's ... more reasons not to smile about Soriano ...
a Piniella learns drought, doubt go together
a A baseball player answers his fan mail 15 years later

And in politics ...

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