I have the most wonderful girlfriend in the world. And I love her very much.

For anyone who's wondering, yes, I'm in a bit of a drug-induced haze after my sinus surgery. Thus, if you get random phone calls from me late at night, I probably don't know I'm doing it. My apologies.

To quote ESPN's Pat Forde, "Picking the 2006 Top 25 in January is dumber than an improvised lateral on the dead run to an unsuspecting teammate." [For those who missed it in the Rose Bowl, yes, that was Reggie Bush proving that having a Heisman on your mantle doesn't excuse you from stupidity on the field.] But just for the kick of it, I'm going ( Read more... )

Christmas has come and gone . . . for the 20th time of my life now. Some have been better; others worse, but it was Christmas nonetheless. Christmas Eve, on the other hand, was a great day. I love Amanda so much ( Read more... )

Yes, I should be studying right now. But I'm having an ADD moment. And though you're sitting across the room, Amanda, I just wanted to say that I love you, and this seemed like a good way to do it.

Life is still going along . . . and it's going along great . . . I have the most wonderful girlfriend any guy could ever ask for, and she seems to like having me around (which I'm pretty sure is putting it mildly), which is good, because I kinda like having her around, too (which I'm quite certain is putting it very mildly ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting at the West Alabama State Fair last night, working at the AL Arise booth, and we've got a "Alabama Needs a New Constitution" banner on the front of the table. Nothing special, right? Well, a guy walks by, reads it, and points to the table and says "I think we should re-instate the 1861 Constitution!" Now, for everyone who misses ( Read more... )

This is an article that Dr. Stewart had published in the Tuscaloosa News recently. I thought I'd post it ( Read more... )

According to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar, the world was created on Oct. 23, 4004 BC. And then a few thousand years later (10/23/1985), I came along. So I guess that means I've now made it to age 20 . . .

With thanks to Andrew, I just had to post this:

William Wallace
You scored 79 Wisdom, 77 Tactics, 61 Guts, and 50 Ruthlessness!

Like William Wallace, chances are you have no problem charging a larger, better trained, better equipped, better armed and armored English army with a band of naked drunken Scotsmen. I'm not contesting that you have ( Read more... )