Tuesday Thoughts 11-27-07

First, RIP Sean Taylor, Washington Redskins Safety, 24 years old, shot in his home in an apparent Robery attempt. It's sad when anyone dies, and terrible when it is due to senseless violence. So I will post this for this player, but think of it as a tribute to the many faceless victims of violence who were not also professional athletes and therefore did not make the national news.

Bill Simmons on fatherhood

What a great story about taking a young child to a sporting event. We've dragged James and Daniel to just about every sporting event we could: football (NFL, College, Arena), Basketball (NBA), Hockey (CC) and Baseball (Sky Sox). And Simmons really hits the nail on the head as far as how easy it is to get your kids to watch sports, so long as you make them exciting. James is not a total convert yet, but he's getting there, and so is Daniel. Which means it should be that much easier to draw in Emily mwahahaha...

Ole Miss get's it right

Nutt is a good coach, he knows how to win in the SEC, even when he doesn't have the resources of an LSU or Florida. He's not afraid to be creative, his use of QB Matt Jones and RB Darren McFadden are excellent examples. He is a good recruiter. Plus we don't have to play against him every year now.

Christopher Hitchens attacks Mitt Romney

In case you are not familiar with him Hitchens is a vehement atheist, attacking all religious beliefs with an equal hatred. But he does raise some valid points in this little diatribe. Why shouldn't Romney be asked the same questions we asked Kennedy about his Catholicism? Of course he answers his own question with this last observation:

we should expect him not to obfuscate and whine anymore but to give clear and unambiguous answers to them.

Of course it is to laugh to expect a politician to actually do the above.