The Chief is Chief

Coach John "Chief" Chavis was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. It's an honor long overdue. BTW, where did Chief get his nickname?

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Dog Lovers

Sam Venable has written many wonderful articles, but this one had special significance to me.

Two of my favorite sayings about dogs:

"I wish I was half the man my dog thinks I am."

"Pet a cat, and it thinks it's god. Pet a dog, and he thinks you are."

I love dogs!

Whew!

The move is finally over, and the computer is hooked back up. Hopefully I will get back in blogging mode quickly.

Book Burning?

I'm moving and I've been packing my books. I am finding there are a whole lot of books I don't need any more and that McKay's won't take so I have no choice but to use them to roast marshmallows.

Here are a few examples of what qualifies kindling: All potty training books (I've almost got that down), anything to do with learning numbers, colors, or the alphabet (at 43 what's the point), the dictionary (who needs Webster when you have spell chekc!) and all books with Disney characters, Barney, Teletubies, Elmo, or Power Rangers.

Here's some idea of books that made the move: Hans Christian Anderson collection, The Stinky Cheese Man, I love You Stinky Face (I'm noticing a trend), old church directories, a financial calculations workbook (I spent 4 days in a cold hotel basement for that and I'm not giving it up), and my collection of Tennessee Football press guide 1983 - 2005.

Change in Power

Today millions of Americans went the to polls to prove once again that the great experiment in democracy started by our country's founders is alive and well. The direction of the country, the economic future of our children, the health of our seniors, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of our men and women in uniform hang in the balance. Now the votes have been casted, tallied, and America's choice is clear.

Britney's getting a divorce! Yeah, yeah, war in Iraq, health of a nation - who cares! Britney dumped KFed! Now that's news.

Oh, by the way, the Democrats took back control of the House.

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Skipping School

Friday, I was taking Clara Grace to school when it started. "Dad -cough, cough, fake sniffle - I don't feel good." Now I would like to say that I made sure that my daughter's education took precedence over my selfish desire to spend time with my daughter, but that would be a lie. I wimped out and told her she could spend the day at home with dad. No sooner than we get home, she's jumping around the house like Olga Korbut. I explained that when you stay home sick, you have to rest. You can't be playing around. Yeah, right. So I made the energizer bunny come outside and help me rake. We did the whole front yard, 26 bags in all according to Olga. After all the leaves, she seemed to learn her lesson. "Dad, next time I'm sick, I'm just going to go to school." Then we watched three episodes of Jimmy Neutron. It was a good day.

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