TO is a Jerk

Terrell Owens and the Cowboys lost to the Redskins yesterday.

Spudnuts

AOL counted down the top 21 donut shops in America and decided that Spudnuts, here in Charlottesville was #16.

Flu Shots

All kids over the age of six months need a flu shot.

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond is coming to the John Paul Jones Arena on Monday December 8.

Assorted News and Notes

Sebastian Janikowski tried (and missed) a 76-yard field goal attempt for the Raiders yesterday.

Only 46,716 fans were at Jacksonville's Municipal Stadium to see Florida State defeat Colorado 39-21, the smallest in-state crowd the Seminoles have drawn in 25 years.

Miami (Fla.) had won 111 consecutive home games when leading by at least 10 points in the final quarter before giving up 14 in a 28-24 loss to North Carolina.

Virginia (1-3) is a 13 1/2 point underdog at home vs. Maryland (4-1) this week. Game time is 7:00 pm.

Saw a live snake in our garage this morning. It was approximately 15 inches long and very skinny. It "ran" away before I could catch it.

Monday Night Football

In tonight's Monday Night NFL game, Ravens at Steelers, Joe Flacco (Ravens) attempts to become the first rookie quarterback to start and win his team's first three games of the season since Greg Cook of the 1969 Bengals. Cincinnati started 3-0 (with all three games at home), but only won one more game after that in a route to 4-9-1 record. Cook appeared in only one more NFL game after his rookie season.

Interesting Thoughts About Couples and Marriages.

Interesting thoughts about couples and marriages. And another similar story from Newsweek.

iPhone Games

Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently made a big show of how the iPod touch and the iPhone have become serious gaming machines – so serious that he seems to fancy them giving Nintendo’s handheld DS game machine and Sony’s PSP a run for their money.

Plain English story about the bailout

The government’s biggest economic bailout since the Great Depression.

Morgellons Disease

Interesting story about an unusual disease.

Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and . . . . Hootie ?

Darius Rucker has a Number One country single.

David Blaine

David Blaine begins upside-down stunt.

Saturday Forecast

Must be getting cold you know where. Duke is favored over us on Saturday by 6 1/2.

Three Different QB's in First Three Weeks

The Kansas City Chiefs have started three different quarterbacks in route to their 0-3 start.

Discounting the 1987 strike campaign, every other team that has trotted out three different quarterbacks in its three first games since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger has gone to the playoffs.

Interesting Little Device

I'm not really much of a hiker, but if I were, I would want one of these.

20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life

20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life

Gambling at W.Va. Resort Back on County Ballot

Gambling at W.Va. resort back on county ballot.

ESPNU

Virginia Football plays tomorrow night at Connecticut on ESPNU. Game time is 7:30 pm.

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Virginia Lacrosse

Thinking ahead to 2009 with Jeff White of the RT-D.

Why Guys Go for Outta-Their-League Ladies

Anybody think this may have been what happened to me ?

Kids of Privileged Working Moms Fare Worse

A new study finds that children of privileged families fare worse when the mother works outside the home.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady tore both his ACL and his MCL on Sunday. Here is a t-shirt from the kind of country we live in.
Also available in white.
Reaction from Boston.
The NFL says the hit was legal.

Nine Eleven

Seven years ago today . . .

CMA Award Nominations

CMA Award nominations for the upcoming show on November 12.

Steve Jobs

Funny comment from Steve Jobs about Alfred Nobel.

John McCain

Craig Wilson of the USA Today, talks about 72 things younger than John McCain. See the blog for the book here.

73% Off Sale

The football team won 83-10, so the whole store was 73% off.

Tom Brady's Knee Injury

Looks like Tom Brady might be out for the season with a torn ACL. Calvin and Bailey will be sad for its effect on the Patriots' season. Calvin will be especially sad since Brady is the quarterback on Cal's fantasy football team. Here is the play from today's game vs. Kansas City in Foxborough.

Living in a Small Town

When I stepped outside to go across the street to get some lunch today, I saw my First Grade Teacher (from Greenbrier Elementary). She was driving her daughter, who was on crutches. The daughter ran in the Charlottesville Womens' Four Miler on Saturday and somehow damaged her leg when she was less than a quarter mile from the finish line.

Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly on the University of Virginia sign policy.

Sarah Palin

Slide show from MSNBC about Sarah Palin. None are shown here, but I read that there are bumper stickers that read: "Alaska: Coldest State, Hottest Governor".