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Random minutiae

The ComFrame interview went okay, I guess. We’ll just have to see.

A new edition of UA Football Facts is out.

Mozilla users (read: me, probably) will see a little pressing on… icon where their bookmark formerly was. IE users would get the same thing, but I don’t have a program that can make icon files on my computer. I did have one when I had Visual C++ installed on my computer, but I don’t anymore. You’re not missing that much, anyway.

Show that’s rapidly becoming my answer to Ricky and Tammy’s watching Buffy and Angel: Smallville. Problem is, I keep forgetting that it comes on Tuesday nights at 8! I usually run into it about 15 minutes in. And besides it being a pretty good show, come on! Clark’s dad once drove the General Lee! What more could you possibly want? 🙂

It runs on both sides

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Bill Keith. Super-superstitious, and always on the refs’ backs. Not afraid to give anyone his real opinion on the “other team”.

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Eric Sexton. Fired up enough to destroy furniture just thinking about the upcoming game.

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Chris DePew. Probably has the entire history of the Iron Bowl on file in his mind. Not to mention the other thousand or so games his favorite team has played…

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Stephanie Bain. Wouldn’t necessarily know it to look at her outside the stadium, but inside she’s one of the biggest fans at the games, and runs through as much the gamut of emotion as any man. Always on the DB’s backs. 🙂

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Ricky Eanes. Normally pretty quiet while watching the game, but taking it all in. Always ready to dissect the performance afterwards.

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like Curt Martin. Always shows his school colors and has a car horn that plays his fight song. Has serious reservations about stepping into the enemy’s territory, even when his team’s playing there.

Somewhere there is an Auburn fan like me. Knows the stats and the facts and loves all the tradition behind the game. But he’s just as ready for the game to be played on the field as anyone else. More so than most, he’d probably say.

Yes, it runs on both sides. That’s what makes it so great. And come this Saturday, all sorts of fans will stop a state for three and a half hours for a game that most other people don’t understand. Not fully, anyway.

Football facts, collapsing menus, and interviews

To begin with, this week’s edition of UA Football Facts is online.

Also, the first step in a slightly new look for the front page: the menus on the right side collapse and expand, for a somewhat cleaner look (in my opinion). This probably won’t work in Netscape 4, and may even crash the browser. I haven’t implemented this yet on the front page because I want your opinions. Yes, you matter here at pressing on! 🙂

Finishing up, I’ve got a couple of interviews next week! One’s with Regions on Tuesday, the other is with Hewitt Associates on Thursday. Both are on campus.

I’d say this is a big game

This Saturday, Long Beach Poly High School hosts Concord De La Salle High School in a football game. Tickets are going fast. There’s a good reason.

Long Beach Poly is ranked #1 in the nation in USA Today’s high school football poll. Concord De La Salle is #2.

Oh, yeah, by the way…Concord De La Salle hasn’t lost a game since 1991.

That’s right. 1991. They’ve won 116 games in a row. That’s a national record. They’ve had nine straight undefeated seasons. That’s a national record. Their coach has a lifetime 94.7% winning percentage. That’s a national record.

Random musings

I’ve added a couple of new UA football facts, if you’re interested.

Sorry about not posting a lot recently…I just can’t seem to find the enthusiasm for it. Yesterday I went to a bookstore, looking for a computer book to learn something new. But I just couldn’t get interested in any of the languages or topics. I guess I’m just in a funk.