for those non-football people out there, in addition to weeping for you:) i’ll mention the books first…
“eifelheim” – 06 award winner – probably for adult sci-fi – two stories – one, 1300s in germany where the people are visited by aliens (outer space) and then the black plague – second story a modern one as a cliologist (studies ancient cultures) and a physicist uncover why the village of eifelheim disappeared – forever…
anyway, great book – very complex – or more complex than what i usually read – i consider it the “tough” book of the summer – but i enjoyed the story – the ethics as well that were involved in what had to be decided – and the message of sacrificial love was encouraging
“the last hero” by bryant – about henry aaron – baseball’s home run king – all-time (i don’t count bonds) – aaron grew up in mobile – he played for the braves – i’m about 1/2 through – learning more about a person that i knew little about – so i’m enjoying that
other readings – i read all the transcripts of the sec coaches this week (80 typed pages plus) – the funniest quote of the days for me was les miles – he said he’s instructed his players to “avoid the internet” – yeah, good luck with that…
(i should turn up at the bama-lsu game this year with a picture of the internet to use as tiger bait:)
of course, at this time, everyone, every team, thinks they will win – hope springs eternal – i guess the striking thing to me this year was that little of the questions were about the upcoming season – most were about recruiting, academics, conference matchups, 3-4 defense, nfl strike, miss state billboards in mississippi (they say “we own state” – as in they own the state of mississippi – makes me wonder how many pennies they had to pay for it…)
well, i’ll be in my room this week – st. k and landon b, due to your undying devotion to my blogs, i have media t-shirts to give you next time you drop by school – i also have pink “orange beach” hats if anyone wants one – besides nathan and a fuzzy pink squirrel named climaxx… 🙂
mafeld