Stuff

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Who Finale

1) Enjoyed it.
2) I love Rory (that's a constant BTW), even the jokes at his expense.
3) Enjoying it or not, that was...er... complicated. I'm not sure how that works. I mean, I understand how it works plot-wise. I'm not sure how the in-story 'physics' works. Thwarts the 'bad guys'? Yes. I understand that bit. But the timey-whimey aspects are...er..wha? I'll probably have to watch a few more times (though I suspect it's not supposed to be overly inspected).
4) I love River Song (but, like Rory, that's also a constant).

Football

1) Totally didn't expect the way that Auburn vs. South Carolina turned out. Where did Auburn find a defense? And USc needs a quarterback.
2) Yay, Arkansas comeback against Texas A&M.
3) Woo-hoo Alabama vs. Florida. The first quarter was scary. I wish Bama didn't take so long to get into a damn game. But... hey, how are you going to complain about 38-10 as a final score? Funniest write-up was from someone writing in a Florida newspaper:

...After Alabama's 38-10 victory over first-year coach Will Muschamp and his Florida Gators, it is clear that The Force remains with the Dark Lord of the SEC-- Darth Saban. {...} Everyone chuckled at the Tampa TV reporter who earlier this week had the audacity to ask [Florida Coach] Muschamp if his relationship with his mentor, Alabama coach Nick Saban, was similar to a cinematic Star Wars battle pitting "Master vs. Padawan."

"I don't know what a Padawan is," Muschamp replied, turning on the Southern charm. "You didn't call me a bad name, did you?"

Guffaws resounded throughout the room and then the news conference went on with mundane questions about personnel groupings and injury reports. Little did anybody know that the fledgling TV reporter had it right. She had a better grasp of Saturday night's showdown than any of the grizzled scribes who have been covering SEC football for decades.

You see, it was a long time ago in a gridiron galaxy far, far away, that The Force was sucked out of the Florida football program by this very Alabama program and this very Alabama coach. Darth Saban and his Alabama Death Star took away the mojo and the momentum from the Gators two seasons ago in the SEC Championship Game.

- They took away a chance for a second consecutive national title.

- They sent Tim Tebow, the Gators' spiritual leader, to the NFL with his most devastating loss. [Bama made him cry... on national tv]

- And more importantly, they sent former coach Urban Meyer to the hospital and ultimately out of the profession. [He had an angina attack on the flight home after the loss, quit the team the next day, unquit, flaked-out, and quit again... and now does commentary for ESPN. At least until Ohio State chooses to hire him (yes, I went there).]

This time, the Alabama Death Star landed in an inflamed Swamp [name of Florida's stadium] Saturday night and once again doused Florida's football fire. Florida may have a new coach, but Alabama still knows how to give the Gators an old-fashioned SEC seal-clubbing.

I think the seal-clubbing mixed the metaphor. ;)

Sunday
Weather outside is gorgeous today. Sunny, perfect blue skies, 70F. Am heading out to the nursery to buy a rhododendron to plant beneath the maples in the back yard.

Stuff

:
Who Finale

1) Enjoyed it.
2) I love Rory (that's a constant BTW), even the jokes at his expense.
3) Enjoying it or not, that was...er... complicated. I'm not sure how that works. I mean, I understand how it works plot-wise. I'm not sure how the in-story 'physics' works. Thwarts the 'bad guys'? Yes. I understand that bit. But the timey-whimey aspects are...er..wha? I'll probably have to watch a few more times (though I suspect it's not supposed to be overly inspected).
4) I love River Song (but, like Rory, that's also a constant).

Football

1) Totally didn't expect the way that Auburn vs. South Carolina turned out. Where did Auburn find a defense? And USc needs a quarterback.
2) Yay, Arkansas comeback against Texas A&M.
3) Woo-hoo Alabama vs. Florida. The first quarter was scary. I wish Bama didn't take so long to get into a damn game. But... hey, how are you going to complain about 38-10 as a final score? Funniest write-up was from someone writing in a Florida newspaper:

...After Alabama's 38-10 victory over first-year coach Will Muschamp and his Florida Gators, it is clear that The Force remains with the Dark Lord of the SEC-- Darth Saban. {...} Everyone chuckled at the Tampa TV reporter who earlier this week had the audacity to ask [Florida Coach] Muschamp if his relationship with his mentor, Alabama coach Nick Saban, was similar to a cinematic Star Wars battle pitting "Master vs. Padawan."

"I don't know what a Padawan is," Muschamp replied, turning on the Southern charm. "You didn't call me a bad name, did you?"

Guffaws resounded throughout the room and then the news conference went on with mundane questions about personnel groupings and injury reports. Little did anybody know that the fledgling TV reporter had it right. She had a better grasp of Saturday night's showdown than any of the grizzled scribes who have been covering SEC football for decades.

You see, it was a long time ago in a gridiron galaxy far, far away, that The Force was sucked out of the Florida football program by this very Alabama program and this very Alabama coach. Darth Saban and his Alabama Death Star took away the mojo and the momentum from the Gators two seasons ago in the SEC Championship Game.

- They took away a chance for a second consecutive national title.

- They sent Tim Tebow, the Gators' spiritual leader, to the NFL with his most devastating loss. [Bama made him cry... on national tv]

- And more importantly, they sent former coach Urban Meyer to the hospital and ultimately out of the profession. [He had an angina attack on the flight home after the loss, quit the team the next day, unquit, flaked-out, and quit again... and now does commentary for ESPN. At least until Ohio State chooses to hire him (yes, I went there).]

This time, the Alabama Death Star landed in an inflamed Swamp [name of Florida's stadium] Saturday night and once again doused Florida's football fire. Florida may have a new coach, but Alabama still knows how to give the Gators an old-fashioned SEC seal-clubbing.

I think the seal-clubbing mixed the metaphor. ;)

Sunday
Weather outside is gorgeous today. Sunny, perfect blue skies, 70F. Am heading out to the nursery to buy a rhododendron to plant beneath the maples in the back yard.

Stuff

:
Who Finale

1) Enjoyed it.
2) I love Rory (that's a constant BTW), even the jokes at his expense.
3) Enjoying it or not, that was...er... complicated. I'm not sure how that works. I mean, I understand how it works plot-wise. I'm not sure how the in-story 'physics' works. Thwarts the 'bad guys'? Yes. I understand that bit. But the timey-whimey aspects are...er..wha? I'll probably have to watch a few more times (though I suspect it's not supposed to be overly inspected).
4) I love River Song (but, like Rory, that's also a constant).

Football

1) Totally didn't expect the way that Auburn vs. South Carolina turned out. Where did Auburn find a defense? And USc needs a quarterback.
2) Yay, Arkansas comeback against Texas A&M.
3) Woo-hoo Alabama vs. Florida. The first quarter was scary. I wish Bama didn't take so long to get into a damn game. But... hey, how are you going to complain about 38-10 as a final score? Funniest write-up was from someone writing in a Florida newspaper:

...After Alabama's 38-10 victory over first-year coach Will Muschamp and his Florida Gators, it is clear that The Force remains with the Dark Lord of the SEC-- Darth Saban. {...} Everyone chuckled at the Tampa TV reporter who earlier this week had the audacity to ask [Florida Coach] Muschamp if his relationship with his mentor, Alabama coach Nick Saban, was similar to a cinematic Star Wars battle pitting "Master vs. Padawan."

"I don't know what a Padawan is," Muschamp replied, turning on the Southern charm. "You didn't call me a bad name, did you?"

Guffaws resounded throughout the room and then the news conference went on with mundane questions about personnel groupings and injury reports. Little did anybody know that the fledgling TV reporter had it right. She had a better grasp of Saturday night's showdown than any of the grizzled scribes who have been covering SEC football for decades.

You see, it was a long time ago in a gridiron galaxy far, far away, that The Force was sucked out of the Florida football program by this very Alabama program and this very Alabama coach. Darth Saban and his Alabama Death Star took away the mojo and the momentum from the Gators two seasons ago in the SEC Championship Game.

- They took away a chance for a second consecutive national title.

- They sent Tim Tebow, the Gators' spiritual leader, to the NFL with his most devastating loss. [Bama made him cry... on national tv]

- And more importantly, they sent former coach Urban Meyer to the hospital and ultimately out of the profession. [He had an angina attack on the flight home after the loss, quit the team the next day, unquit, flaked-out, and quit again... and now does commentary for ESPN. At least until Ohio State chooses to hire him (yes, I went there).]

This time, the Alabama Death Star landed in an inflamed Swamp [name of Florida's stadium] Saturday night and once again doused Florida's football fire. Florida may have a new coach, but Alabama still knows how to give the Gators an old-fashioned SEC seal-clubbing.

I think the seal-clubbing mixed the metaphor. ;)

Sunday
Weather outside is gorgeous today. Sunny, perfect blue skies, 70F. Am heading out to the nursery to buy a rhododendron to plant beneath the maples in the back yard.