An Excellent Review of Super Bowl Ads and Performances
I basically agree with everything he says...
ESPN.com - Page2 - The good, bad, empty on Super Sunday
Here is a sample:
The Empty
Levi's bison thing. Two problems: 1. Made absolutely no sense. 2. (And I'm quoting my wife on this one) Those are some ugly-ass jeans.
AT&T Wireless "Gilligan's Island" bit. Felt like an Old Navy rip-off, only nostalgia making me want to buy clothes I can see; nostalgia making me want to spend my hard-earned cash on your fancy little phones? Not so much.
Monday, January 27, 2003
-17 degrees
That is what it is here this morning. We have been below freezing now for 18 days in a row--that is a lot of cold. Personally I was graced with a respite when I was away in Wichita, KA last week and it was a balmy 67 degrees. There is a glimmer of hope, it is supposed to be 33 degrees tomorrow with three inches of snow and some sleet thrown in to make it interesting, I guess.
That is what it is here this morning. We have been below freezing now for 18 days in a row--that is a lot of cold. Personally I was graced with a respite when I was away in Wichita, KA last week and it was a balmy 67 degrees. There is a glimmer of hope, it is supposed to be 33 degrees tomorrow with three inches of snow and some sleet thrown in to make it interesting, I guess.
BUCS WIN!
From the The Tampa Tribune - Online Edition
Too much. Free beer for every Buccaneer touchdown at Kazbor's Sports Grille in Zephyrhills. Count 'em, six rounds for hundreds on the house. Too much, groaned co-owner Kristy Anderson.
Not many would have predicted the Bucs scoring 48 points! I had only predicted half that many. I know to the casual fan it must have been a bore but to a Bucs fan you could not have asked for a better game.
From the The Tampa Tribune - Online Edition
Too much. Free beer for every Buccaneer touchdown at Kazbor's Sports Grille in Zephyrhills. Count 'em, six rounds for hundreds on the house. Too much, groaned co-owner Kristy Anderson.
Not many would have predicted the Bucs scoring 48 points! I had only predicted half that many. I know to the casual fan it must have been a bore but to a Bucs fan you could not have asked for a better game.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Need an Interesting Speaker for Your Catholic Group?
I'm available. Here is the talk I'm currently scheduled to give both at the St. Louis Catechetical Congress and the NCEA convention this year. If you visit my home page and click on appearances you'll get some idea of various parts of the country I'l be visiting throughout this year. If your parish is nearby I would be happy to schedule a talk in conjunction with travel I'm alread planning. In most cases my wife Amy could also speak. Check her site out too!
I'm available. Here is the talk I'm currently scheduled to give both at the St. Louis Catechetical Congress and the NCEA convention this year. If you visit my home page and click on appearances you'll get some idea of various parts of the country I'l be visiting throughout this year. If your parish is nearby I would be happy to schedule a talk in conjunction with travel I'm alread planning. In most cases my wife Amy could also speak. Check her site out too!
I was Right! Thanks to Amy for Finding the Proof!
Ever since I first saw this beer commercial I said that it was a rippoff of Tom T. Hall's "I Love." Hopefully Coors is paying him big royalties.
From the NY Times:
The team of Aaron Evanson and John Godsey provided the ''Love Songs'' idea. Two hours before the meeting, they were driving back from a focus group in Indianapolis when Godsey, 38, came up with the idea of writing a love song for guys. His inspiration was ''I Love,'' a 1974 hit by Tom T. Hall in which the country musician extols the virtues of, among other things, pickup trucks, coffee in a cup and little fuzzy pups. Knowing that puppies weren't likely to sell beer, they began to compile a list of things they thought would -- ''sports, supermodels, eating and hanging out with friends,'' Evanson says.
Ever since I first saw this beer commercial I said that it was a rippoff of Tom T. Hall's "I Love." Hopefully Coors is paying him big royalties.
From the NY Times:
The team of Aaron Evanson and John Godsey provided the ''Love Songs'' idea. Two hours before the meeting, they were driving back from a focus group in Indianapolis when Godsey, 38, came up with the idea of writing a love song for guys. His inspiration was ''I Love,'' a 1974 hit by Tom T. Hall in which the country musician extols the virtues of, among other things, pickup trucks, coffee in a cup and little fuzzy pups. Knowing that puppies weren't likely to sell beer, they began to compile a list of things they thought would -- ''sports, supermodels, eating and hanging out with friends,'' Evanson says.
Saturday, January 25, 2003
Friday, January 24, 2003
As Usual the Bruderhof Publishes a Great Story (this time by Mark Twain) on Their Site
Here is a teaser...
"I come from the Throne - bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd and shall grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import - that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of - except he pause and think.
For the whole story go to
Bruderhof Communities - The War Prayer by Mark Twain
Here is a teaser...
"I come from the Throne - bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd and shall grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import - that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of - except he pause and think.
For the whole story go to
Bruderhof Communities - The War Prayer by Mark Twain
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