Sunday, October 29, 2006

Sadly, no one was here to witness, but when Tech went up 21-0 last night, I was confident UT would find a way to win. Colt McCoy really came into his own, leading the team to victory by just loading them up on his shoulders. He's not Vince yet, but he's got poise I haven't seen in a freshman since Major. I think he's 1 or 2 behind the UT record for single-season TDs - sorry, Vince and Weak Imitation of a Texas QB, your shared record appears to be dust.

Hehe, we're watching the Cowboys game and I was telling Wife about the confusion when OU safety Roy Williams would cover UT receiver Roy Williams. Since Chris Simms (the aforementioned Weak Imitation) was our QB, it was even money which one would catch it. And she replies "That's why you name your kid JerMichael" (referring to current UT tight end JerMichael Finley). No idea what this portends for our kids, but she's also mentioned naming a daughter Connecticut. Oh well I'll just make sure she's on epidurals or whatever so I get to fill out the birth certificate.

On a note of achievement, I finally finished Rise of the West! Conclusion was interesting, as the Soviet Union appeared to be a robust competitor to the US, so his perspective was that the systems would gradually compromise towards each other like the French Revolution and Europe's Old Regime did. I wonder if it would've if not for Vietnam, which discredited government enough to bring Reagan and the conservative movement to the fore.

Next book up is Christ Plays In Ten Thousand Places, sent to me by Ugandan missionary Spencer. The writing style, self-described as conversational, is easy to follow so far, but I'm pretty early in the book. I'm hoping for continued literary goodness.
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