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A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

Delusional Alabama Fans

From August 2007 MSNBC.com article Alabama gaga over overrated Saban: Crimson Tide pinning national title dreams on good — not great — coach by By Cary Estes

The Crimson Tide went 6-7 last season and has not won a national championship in 15 years. Yet a number of Alabama fans truly expect Saban to have a 10-victory team this season and be in the BCS title game within three years. And those are the rational fans.

Dear Cary:
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Who is a delusional Alabama fan? I am.

January 27th 2010
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A Landmark Day in Technology?

I love how some people are mocking the Apple tablet buildup, point out that Microsoft has had tablets out for years. Yes, and there were mp3 players before the iPod, but which one is considering the ultimate version of the technology that caused it to take root? And there were smartphones before ...
January 17th 2010
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The Nooma Video I Couldn’t Watch…Until Now — Matthew

As big a fan as I am of Rob Bell, there's one Nooma video that I just never could watch. Episode #12, Matthew. I guess it's just that I couldn't really related to it. I had never unexpectedly lost someone that I was more than just an acquaintance with. I guess ...
December 30th 2009
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The Best Music of 2009

Favorite Albums This Year: • Cracker - Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey Cracker was one my favorite bands in college. In the 90's they released some of the best albums of the decade. Catchy songs with quirky subjects. In the 00's, they seemed to have lost their direction...until ...
December 30th 2009
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Naked in the Airport

We spend $75 billion on security, and we can't keep a guy on a list from getting on a plane? (or can we?) So now instead, we're going to end up with these nude scanners in every airport and Lieberman says we should be considering a pre-emptive strike on Yemen. Someone ...
November 24th 2009
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Building a School Website

At work, we've been working on telling and collecting stories about the school. So many great things happen that those of us who aren't in classroom don't hear about. Each of us has had the responsibilty of writing a few pieces, so I decided to do a piece about how ...