Rodent Regatta

After seven months in Australia, our oldest daughter is scheduled to arrive in Memphis this coming Saturday afternoon. We’re counting on cooperation from ”the worst drought in 100 years.” We’re also counting on these fires being no threat whatsoever to the Sydney airport where she’ll change planes. Jonathon, if you’re still a reader, keep us posted as the weekend draws nearer!

This is spoken like the true ”software guy” that we know he is. Yet, the heart and the feelings shine through brightly.

I think I have to go back to NY now to get a demo of Dad getting better.

Dave Winer

Wishing you and your family all the best this Thanksgiving, Dave.

I think this means two thumbs up.

I really dislike the BCS and the illogical thinking behind it. For that reason (alone) I hope Michigan beats Ohio State. With as much basketball as colleges play, adding a 16-team playoff that uses the bowl sites seems like a low-cost way to give football fans what they really want.

Today, Arkansas (7-3) travels to Mississippi State (3-7). It’s a beautiful fall day here in the sunny South. State doesn’t have a chance, but desperately wants at least one conference (SEC) win this season. Get it today, get it Thanksgiving night at Ole Miss or live with it for a LONG off season.

Then there’s today’s little scrap between Alabama and Auburn in the Iron Bowl. It’s in Tuscaloosa this year and I’m hoping the Tide Rolls and wipes that silly little smirk off Tommy Tuberville’s mug.

People at Ole Miss remain livid about the way he treated them when he left for Auburn. Now, Auburn fans are enduring the rumors that smirk-face is headed for Texas A&M. Did I mention that I’m not a fan of his?

Tigers kick up flap with fake FG: With Auburn leading Mississippi State 35-14 in the fourth quarter last week, coach Tommy Tuberville decided to try a fake field goal. Mississippi State stopped Auburn but was called for being offsides. The Tigers went on to score their final touchdown in the 28-point win. Asked afterward if he wasn’t concerned about running up the score, Tuberville replied: ”My number one concern was winning the game.” Two days later he told The Huntsville Times, ”If I had to do it over again, I’d do it in a heartbeat.” Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill clearly wasn’t pleased, although he said he ”probably would have been” more upset when he was younger.” ”Again, those things happen,” he said. ”One, you (have to) consider the source and you go on down the road.”

After six months, the people on the Atkins diet had lost 31 pounds, compared with 20 pounds on the AHA diet, and more people stuck with the Atkins regimen.

This finding is from one of the recent studies that compares the Atkins diet to the American Heart Association’s recommended regimen. Read about it here.