Agincourt

So, I bought Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell as soon as it came out last whenever. January? I forget, because I bought it and then put it on the shelf. I finally pulled it off the shelf last week and read it. I'd thought it was a little odd that he'd written a book in the same time period as Harlequin, and had a hero (Nick Hook), with a name very similar to the hero of Harlequin (Thomas of Hookton). Well, it's actually set about 80 years after Harlequin and it explicitly mentions Thomas of Hookton as a hero of the archers, including Nick Hook.

Actually, it's only about Nick Hook because Cornwell needed someone to go to Agincourt and survive, so that he could tell the tale. And it's a standard Cornwell historical adventure, with excellent battle descriptions and accuracy, with a real good conveyance of the feeling of squalor and cruelty and unfairness of the world back then. That's the same sense I got from his Uhtred of Bebbanburg books. I'd recommend it.

Devil Dogs

300 Taliban ambushers v. 50 Marines. This story is amazing.

English Usage Pet Peeves

Hilarity ensues. (Slight cussing warning). Those Ace of Spades commenters are alright.

Texas Tech

Ok, that offense is for real. Like, for REAL. Touchdowns on 6 straight possessions, perfect timing, they mix it up, their offensive line is giving Harrell OODLES of time to throw. I can't wait for that OU- Tech game, as the final score is likely to be something like 68-66.

College Football Saturday Afternoon

Penn St. did not look like the 3rd best team in the nation, and no way Alabama looks like the best. LSU's quarterback play was PUTRID and they still were within spitting distance of a win. In fact, without those points Jarrett Lee handed 'Bama, they would have lost. Sorry, you crazy southern bastards, but the SEC IS down this year. Georgia, the pre-season number 1, has a bus whose wheels are coming off, squeaking past Kenituck, Tennessee, you know I love you, but you suck bad, losing to Wyoming. The only legitimate SEC team is Florida. They are going to beat Bama by 24. You heard it here first.

Anywho, with Penn St. out, Texas will get into the national championship game, against Florida. That's the way it'll play out, as Tech will lose to Oklahoma, Texas will play, and destroy Mizzou in the Big 12 championship game, and Florida will beat Bama as noted above.

Now that she has lost

is it ok to say how freaking cute she is?

I Hate Lou Holtz

I know it's a strong word, "hate", but the guy has no business, whatsoever, being on TV or talking where other humans could potentially overhear. He sounds like he has a continual mouth full of peanut butter, and peanut butter in his nose and ears, too. Then, in that supremely annoying voice, he says ridiculously vacuous and empty cliches, sometimes simply repeating the exact words heard seconds earlier from Rece Davis. Or, he'll argue that a team isn't all that good because they get a lot of turnovers, and are sure to take advantage of those turnovers by having a very high percentage of turnovers-into-points.


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I fully expect to see Mark May or Rece Davis simply pull out a pistol someday and take their own life, on the air, rather than have to listen to one more inane, illogical, passionately stupid opinion from Mr. Holtz.