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Not the SNL sketch:  just an update on my weekend at SU’s Homecoming.
UPDATED UPDATE – Samford has a great slide show from Homecoming weekend here.
This was the very first Homecoming I’ve been able to attend in 19 years.  Yep, it’s been 19 years since I graduated.
It was wonderful.  It could have been more wonderful, had [...]

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The New York Times claims to have “all the news that’s fit to print.”  Well, this won’t be the first time a retraction is in order from that venerable publication.
The Grey Lady caused True Southerners all over this great nation of ours to reach for their collective Smellin’ Salts a few weeks ago with this [...]

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SU people, read this story.
I think I know exactly who this is.  My roommate had a famous/infamous run-in with him.  I seem to recall a colorful conversation Chip had with him too (do you remember him, Chip?).  We called him “Barney Fife,” for good reason.  But this takes the cake.
Mark, I know you remember him.  [...]

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If you watched AI last night, you may be wondering that too.
All the media outlets have been buzzing about David Archuleta.? They’ve been saying he’s a shoe-in to win this year, hands down.
Last night, I think all that pressure got to him.? He forgot his words.? Three times.
David Hernandez has been under a different kind [...]

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Laurel Mass? has called our attention to the fires in California and calls on us all to pray. So does Mark Roberts, and he notes that Malibu Presbyterian Church has burned to the ground. Here are two pictures of what once was that church’s building. According to Mark, [...]

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Back when I was at SU, I was in the vocal jazz ensemble (which, I must humbly add, I had the honor of naming: The Samford Vocal League) with a girl named Jena. Jena and Cat (whom I believe has commented on here before) were the life of the alto section, if not [...]

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Looks like you had the same issue I had: ringing in. It’s kind of like a big video game, isn’t it? The ones who get the hang of ringing in right when those lights go on, not a split second before or after, are the ones who pull ahead. I could [...]

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I make it a policy never to vote for anyone who says “repasennative.” If you can’t properly say they name of the office you’re seeking, you don’t need to be running.

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Thanks to the miracle of the internet, one can listen to the Last Night of the BBC Proms concert series live.
When: Saturday, 8 September, 7:30 p.m. GMT (2:30 p.m. EDT, 1:30 p.m. CDT)
Where to listen on the internet:
Radio 3
KMFA, Austin TX
WCLV, Cleveland OH
WUGA, Athens GA
Your public radio station may be carrying it as well. [...]

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Mark sent me this link from the New York Times. Thanks, Mark, for letting us know. She will be greatly missed.
Update: please read Laurel’s beautiful tribute to Madeleine L’Engle.

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