Archive for December, 2006

Hoops, Bama

Monday, December 25th, 2006

A few days late, but…
Florida 86
Ohio State 60
Actually, this game wasn’t nearly as fun to watch as the Florida 80-82 loss to Kansas, which was a terrific, hard-fought game which came down to a last-second shot in OT. But it was hard not to be happy about the result. The Gators’ 33-9 run in [...]

Name that noise

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Hey kids: guess what this audio is? Here’s two samples in .mov format…

Mystery audio number four
Mystery audio number eight

General quarters

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Today I got up before Erin and Madelyn, which isn’t unusual, made coffee, and headed downstairs to work. When I came upstairs for a cup, Madelyn was in her room looking at some books.
Alone. Erin was still in bed.
So Madelyn woke up, got out of bed, climbed the half-stairs from our bedroom to the [...]

SEC

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Florida 38
Arkansas 28
If you didn’t see this game, well, you missed some pretty flashy football. Punts: one fake, one blocked, one muffed (and recovered for a touchdown). Lead changes: 17-0, 17-21, 31-21. Touchdown passes by five different players. Six turnovers. A shovel pass returned for a touchdown. More gimmick plays than I can count.
Dang, I [...]

Snowed in

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Three and a half years after we moved to Illinois, we’ve got our first real snowstorm. WIU is closed. The wind’s blowing so much it’s hard to put an exact figure on it, but I’d say at least eight inches of snow fell overnight–and there’s probably a half-inch of ice under that. And it’s still [...]