Click this link and join! This one. Yeah, this one. It's better than Blingo. Seriously.

After finishing a brutal semester (which ended up being awesome, actually), and spending Christmas in New York with Cherith's folks, and spending an evening in central PA with Cherith's dad's family, we are now in Eden, NC for the New Year. We'll be jetting off again on Saturday morning, so if you're in the area and want to see us, give us a call (or facebook us). Then we get a day of readjustment to KY, and work starts over again (and classes). I've transitioned into a new position at the library: mail run/periodicals assistant. The main details: I now make the mail move around between IT, the library, and the Post Office, first off, and second, Rob is actually my direct boss now, as I'll assist with checking in periodicals and doing other odds and ends with them as time permits. For J-Term, I'll be filling my second Inductive Bible Study requirement, taking Hebrews with Dr. Bauer. Despite the fact that this is going to be hardcore, break-neck work for a month, it's going to be great. The only problem is that some time between now and February I have to write a 700-word research proposal for my Durham application, and interest is tottering on the edge. I'm excited about the subject matter, but not so much with the actual sitting down and typing the thing out. But it'll just have to get done I guess.

Enough for now. Peace.

I used to like basketball.  But I'll always like Kevin McHale.



And I'm pretty sure he's had that suit since the '80s.

4. I recently updated the Flickr, as you can also see by the little side-bar thingy on the right (assuming you have enough desire to scroll further down, or assuming you don't have 3 papers to write in 7 days like me). Mainly pics from SBL at Boston and Thanksgiving.

5. I just noticed that traffic to this site has dramatically increased in the last few days...is there some alien conspiracy out there trying to trick me into thinking more people read this site than I originally thought? Or is it just thanks to RSS feeds? (In which case, let me personally thank you for allowing me to clutter your feeder.)

Back to reading Childs. Good stuff. Just wish I didn't have to do it at the moment.

Ok, I probably post about sports more than semi-annually, but since it hasn't been a while, here you go...

Football:

The AFC East is actually shaping up to be an interesting division this year.  You have the 7-3 Jets (yes, the Jets have a winning record...wow), at the top, the 6-4 Patriots (who aren't doing too badly without Brady), the 5-4 Miami Dolphins (I can't even believe it...not just a winning record, but a viable shot at the playoffs this year...woohoo!!!), and the 5-4 Bills (don't believe NFL.com's rankings...the Dolphins have better conference and division records, and are thus on top of the Bills...those web people need to be fired).

Did you catch that?  The Dolphins are 5-4.  Despite having a man-child as a quarterback.  Despite losing some of our best defensive backs.  Despite having a no-name receiver corp.  This is amazing.  Most of it is thanks to great coaching (a la Tony Sparano and Dan Henning), taking the offense back to high school with all those trick plays (I will say, though, that by the end of the season I'm probably going to have a nervous reaction any time someone says "wildcat"), and trusting the running game to lead the charge (and you can't have a good running game without a good offensive line).  Pennington's really stepped up his game, though, so I'll give him some credit too.  However, all that being said, we are still 5-4 - which means there's room for improvement.  Get everything clicking on all cylinders, though, and there's a chance.

In other football news...Mike Singletary is the new Ozzie Guillen.  The man's hilarious.  My most recent favorite quote, regarding how Frank Gore thought he had a concussion, though it ended up just being a neck strain: "Frank Gore is a football player," said Singletary. "He does not know what a concussion is."

Baseball:

I won't belabor this, because most of you probably don't care at this point, but the Astros are in position to make some interesting moves as the free agent market heats up.  They're obviously shooting for quality starting pitching, but will Ed Wade continue to invest in old clunkers, or actually make a good move?

Hockey:

The Detroit Red Wings are 10-2-3, which is good, but not as good as last year.  With the exception of Chicago (I can't believe Chicago's competant at hockey again...it's been a while), though, the division's looking pretty anemic, so the Wings shouldn't have any trouble locking it up again this year.  Hopefully there's no mid-season melt-down, though.

Basketball:

Basketball?  Are you kidding?  The last time I cared about basketball was when Bill Clinton was President.  Guess the year.

Happy Friday!