Jan 18, 2006
Jan 5, 2006
College Football...gotta love it!
What a great bowl season we had this year. Great games and an awesome National Championship game.
The Ducks performance was the only downer. We should have won. We played poorly and sadly I have to point to the coaching staff and their decisions.
As for the rest of the top games, wow, Ohio State really impressed me in the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, the Buckeyes are impressive. The Sugar Bowl, it looked like after the end of the first half that they would both score 60 points, amazing offenses. It was a fun first half of football. Of course they slowed down in the second half and it was a battle to the end.
All of the BCS bowls were battles, the Orange Bowl, wow! Three overtimes! The missed field goals, the intensity was great, I was sure glad Kevin Kelly came through with his third chance to win the game. I am not sure he would have lived to old age if he would have missed another. Paterno and Bowden are the two winningest coaches in D-I football battling it out for over 4 hours (79 years old and 76 years old respectively). It was cool to watch.
Then there came the Rose Bowl for the National Championship. I was saying before the game, this is the most significant football game of the century. Texas and USC, all the stories to be told, wow. Texas ranked number two all season, had an amazing year, routing most all of the teams they came up against. After the game commentators were asking if Vince Young (runner-up Heisman candidate) might be the best quarterback ever! He is amazing, he ran for 200 yards and He threw for 267 yards, in the Rose Bowl for the National Championship! This Young’s second year in a row winning the Rose Bowl, his combined yardage and amazing …. 839 yards in two Rose Bowls.
"That," USC coach Pete Carroll said, "is an extraordinary football player."
"Vince is truly one of the great competitors to ever play college football," coach Mack Brown said Wednesday night. "He has got a tremendous amount of confidence. He just exudes that confidence."
And the USC Trojans … Matt Leinart comes back passing up tens of millions of dollars this year to go for his 3rd National Championship in a row. He was the Heisman winner in 2004, the top player in the whole nation. This year Reggie Bush, running back for USC, wins the Heisman and he deserved it he is like no other, he runs by defensive players like they are 7th grade girls. Two Heisman winners on one team playing for their 3rd National Championship, guarding a 34 game winning streak, they had not lost since 2003!
Now the game, wow, they battle to the final seconds. There was no way to know the final outcome until the buzzer rang. Intense. Wow. That was fun.
The Ducks performance was the only downer. We should have won. We played poorly and sadly I have to point to the coaching staff and their decisions.
As for the rest of the top games, wow, Ohio State really impressed me in the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame, the Buckeyes are impressive. The Sugar Bowl, it looked like after the end of the first half that they would both score 60 points, amazing offenses. It was a fun first half of football. Of course they slowed down in the second half and it was a battle to the end.
All of the BCS bowls were battles, the Orange Bowl, wow! Three overtimes! The missed field goals, the intensity was great, I was sure glad Kevin Kelly came through with his third chance to win the game. I am not sure he would have lived to old age if he would have missed another. Paterno and Bowden are the two winningest coaches in D-I football battling it out for over 4 hours (79 years old and 76 years old respectively). It was cool to watch.
Then there came the Rose Bowl for the National Championship. I was saying before the game, this is the most significant football game of the century. Texas and USC, all the stories to be told, wow. Texas ranked number two all season, had an amazing year, routing most all of the teams they came up against. After the game commentators were asking if Vince Young (runner-up Heisman candidate) might be the best quarterback ever! He is amazing, he ran for 200 yards and He threw for 267 yards, in the Rose Bowl for the National Championship! This Young’s second year in a row winning the Rose Bowl, his combined yardage and amazing …. 839 yards in two Rose Bowls.
"That," USC coach Pete Carroll said, "is an extraordinary football player."
"Vince is truly one of the great competitors to ever play college football," coach Mack Brown said Wednesday night. "He has got a tremendous amount of confidence. He just exudes that confidence."
And the USC Trojans … Matt Leinart comes back passing up tens of millions of dollars this year to go for his 3rd National Championship in a row. He was the Heisman winner in 2004, the top player in the whole nation. This year Reggie Bush, running back for USC, wins the Heisman and he deserved it he is like no other, he runs by defensive players like they are 7th grade girls. Two Heisman winners on one team playing for their 3rd National Championship, guarding a 34 game winning streak, they had not lost since 2003!
Now the game, wow, they battle to the final seconds. There was no way to know the final outcome until the buzzer rang. Intense. Wow. That was fun.
Dec 16, 2005
Black History Month?
I love it when guys like Freeman and Cosby tell it like it is. Two of my favorite actors (well Cosby plays himself most of the time) call racism "racism" and it is those who cry about it who are promoting it the most.
Freeman criticizes black history month
NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes to air Sunday (7 p.m. ET). "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."
Morgan Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."
60 Minutes via AP
Black History Month has roots in historian Carter G. Woodson's Negro History Week, which he designated in 1926 as the second week in February to mark the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Woodson said he hoped the week could one day be eliminated — when black history would become fundamental to American history.
Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."
The actor says he believes the labels "black" and "white" are an obstacle to beating racism.
"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man," Freeman says.
Freeman received Oscar nominations for his roles in 1987's Street Smart, 1989's Driving Miss Daisy and 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. He finally won earlier this year for Million Dollar Baby.
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Freeman criticizes black history month
NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes to air Sunday (7 p.m. ET). "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."
Morgan Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."
60 Minutes via AP
Black History Month has roots in historian Carter G. Woodson's Negro History Week, which he designated in 1926 as the second week in February to mark the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Woodson said he hoped the week could one day be eliminated — when black history would become fundamental to American history.
Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."
The actor says he believes the labels "black" and "white" are an obstacle to beating racism.
"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man," Freeman says.
Freeman received Oscar nominations for his roles in 1987's Street Smart, 1989's Driving Miss Daisy and 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. He finally won earlier this year for Million Dollar Baby.
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Dec 1, 2005
Ode to the Blue Bike
17 years of partnership
UO registration sticker
New lights
Scratched paint
Broken shifter leaver
Many miles between us
Rack with one blue pannier
Lock safely tucked in the pannier
Warn out tires
Customized seat with no cover
Gas saver and Bronco saver
Leg exercise and lung exercise
21 gears of which only a few were used
Replaced rims, tires, bars, stem, and seat
What will I hang the other pannier on?
I will miss you blue bike. Stolen 11/30/05
UO registration sticker
New lights
Scratched paint
Broken shifter leaver
Many miles between us
Rack with one blue pannier
Lock safely tucked in the pannier
Warn out tires
Customized seat with no cover
Gas saver and Bronco saver
Leg exercise and lung exercise
21 gears of which only a few were used
Replaced rims, tires, bars, stem, and seat
What will I hang the other pannier on?
I will miss you blue bike. Stolen 11/30/05
Nov 21, 2005
Already in heaven?
Tailgater discussion.
Before the big game...Damion and I (and Jessica Hyman's mom, Pat) were discusing the following verse and concepts surrounding the verse, what do you think?
Eph 2.6
"...[He] made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ..."
Note that this is speaking of those who have received God's grace through Christ and that it is in past tense. "Seated us with Him in the heavenely places."
So are our spirits already in heaven?
Where is heaven?
What is Paul's point?
Before the big game...Damion and I (and Jessica Hyman's mom, Pat) were discusing the following verse and concepts surrounding the verse, what do you think?
Eph 2.6
"...[He] made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ..."
Note that this is speaking of those who have received God's grace through Christ and that it is in past tense. "Seated us with Him in the heavenely places."
So are our spirits already in heaven?
Where is heaven?
What is Paul's point?
Nov 14, 2005
POLL: How much ($$) are you wearing?
Respond to the poll by adding up the amount all the clothes you are wearing cost.
How much money are you wearing? Put what ever things you are wearing, the brand and the cost of them. DONT FORGET SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, BRAS (for girls) AND SHOES! The add all the money up and find out how much your outfit costs. For gift items estimate what the cost was.
Examples:
Alex
$50 Nike golf Turtleneck
$25 Hollister Polo
$10 Union Bay T-Shirt
$2 Boxers from Marshalls
$25 Anchor Blue Jeans
$5 Official NBA ankle socks
$40 Puma's
TOTAL: $147
Andi
Abercrombie Vest: 120$
Hollister Shirt: 22$
Hollister wife beater: 15$
Abercrombie Jeans: 80$
V.S. bra: 35$
Nordstroms undies: 10$
Kswiss tennies: 70$
Socks: 3$
TOTAL: $355.00
How much money are you wearing? Put what ever things you are wearing, the brand and the cost of them. DONT FORGET SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, BRAS (for girls) AND SHOES! The add all the money up and find out how much your outfit costs. For gift items estimate what the cost was.
Examples:
Alex
$50 Nike golf Turtleneck
$25 Hollister Polo
$10 Union Bay T-Shirt
$2 Boxers from Marshalls
$25 Anchor Blue Jeans
$5 Official NBA ankle socks
$40 Puma's
TOTAL: $147
Andi
Abercrombie Vest: 120$
Hollister Shirt: 22$
Hollister wife beater: 15$
Abercrombie Jeans: 80$
V.S. bra: 35$
Nordstroms undies: 10$
Kswiss tennies: 70$
Socks: 3$
TOTAL: $355.00
Nov 3, 2005
Lori Gant's blog
My wife has given me permission to let you all know about her blog. It is good. Great fun with pictures.
www.l2gant.blogspot.com
www.l2gant.blogspot.com
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