Monthly Archives: September 2008

Thursday Pickin Round IV

Quote of the Day     “Horse sense is the thing a horse has that keeps it from betting on people.”     –W.C. Fields Welcome to the Premier Pick’em Game on the Worldwide Web. You may be asking yourself, “why … Continue reading

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TB’s Guide to Life (in the event of a Second Great Depression)

Quote of the Day     “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”     Franklin D. Roosevelt The U.S. Government this week “bailed out” the largest insurance company in the United States, AIG, … Continue reading

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The Concerts List

Quote of the Day      Nigel Tufnel–“We were told they knew how to rock in Shelbyville!” (crowd boos) Derek Smalls–“But nobody rocks like…..(pauses to look on guitar for sticky note of what town he’s in)…..Springfield!” (crowd roars) –from The Simpsons, … Continue reading

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Things Every Father Should Know (the lesser list)

Quote of the Day     “Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.”     Ephesians 6:4 TB was reminded yesterday by one of you loyal readers that a “lesser list” has not been posted in some time. I was … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin Round 3

Ahhhhh, sweet redemption.  TB knocked it out of the park last weekend boys and girls. Four and one in my regular picks and a sweet “lose-but-cover” pick of the week by my Ole Miss Rebels (sorry Rebel fans, if my … Continue reading

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Premature Jocularity?

Quote of the Day    “It’s not so important who starts the game as who finishes it.“      —John Wooden In college basketball, sixty-four teams have a theoretical shot to win the national championship by winning the tournament held at … Continue reading

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Mid-Life

Quote of the Day       “Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.”     Daniel Defoe By all rights I should be having a mid-life crisis.  After all, I’m thirty-eight.  But alas, circumstances are such that I’m … Continue reading

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Sittinathomebaen Football Bloggin

Quote of the Day     “It only takes one.”     Rusty Lachaussee, during the 1993 Sugar Bowl Anybody else taking in a college game or twelve today?  Since TB can’t sit in Waldo’s 1980’s parlor, or Scoop’s 1990’s starter … Continue reading

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Great American Beach Towns

Quote of the Day     “I know I don’t get there often enough, But God knows I surely try”     –Jimmy Buffett, One Particular Harbor They say the true measure of another person’s genius is how much they agree with … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin

Quote of the Day     “I’ve lost my mojo, baby.”     –Austin Powers Waldo Pepper is the patriarch.  The penultimate power wielder has been Sweet for several years now.  But perhaps from long association or possibly it may be innate, … Continue reading

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