Reasons I love my wife: Paper towels

My wife has introduced some wonderful things into my life, not the least of which is realizing the incredible versatility of the paper towel.

Like many of you, I was brought up under the tyranny of the home-utility paper industry. That is to say, we used paper towels, but also napkins and facial tissue. We may have even at one time used the industrial-strength paper towels for big messes.

My mom brought up the idea of using paper towels as napkins, and many of your finer bar/restaurants do the same. And do you miss the napkin? Not really. The paper towel has the same function as the napkin — to wipe things up, in this case off one’s face or, if necessary, clothing.

My wife had the same idea — however, she took it to full-on everyday use. But the extension of the paper towel into the facial-tissue realm was all hers.

Hail to the Redskins? Hail, no.

I’ll be honest with you. Had you told me 10 years ago that I would no longer be a Redskin fan, I’d have called you a liar and a fool.

But then, I’d never have anticipated what Daniel Snyder would’ve done to this franchise.

It started with Snyder hiring Steve Spurrier as his head coach.

Now, to many folks, Spurrier may have at the time seemed like maybe it was a good idea. Or at least interesting. To me, it meant that my mortal enemy, my nemesis, as a Georgia fan through and through, was in charge of the Redskins.

So I took my leave as a ‘Skins fan. I considered myself almost a fan in exile. I told fans I was looking for a new team, but I thought eventually I’d come back.

This blog is … alive! (again!)

Hey there…

So we’re changing things up a little bit here. This started out as a music-heavy blog and there’ll still be plenty of music.

But I’m taking a cue from a new favorite of mine but a blog that’s been around for a good while, kottke.org. Basically, Jason Kottke writes about what he likes, which covers a lot of ground: Technology, art, history and more.

So I’m basically taking the same philosophy, writing about things I like. Which are:

– Music

– Movies

– Food/restaurants

– Sports, specifically baseball, Aston Villa soccer, Georgia athletics, football and basketball in general and the Olympics

– Technology

– Social media

– Books

– Travel

To look good is to feel good

If there has been anyone that has been at the forefront of trying whacked-out uniform designs it’s the Oregon Ducks.

Image via Wikipedia

Where other schools (Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan, USC) trot out the same uniforms year after year, likely because alumni would be apoplectic if they did anything with a modicum of change, Oregon seems to go the opposite route, throwing caution to the wind and saying, “We trust you, Nike, to not make our team look completely ridiculous.” Even if that trust shouldn’t be readily earned (see right).

For the record…

I neither agree with what A.J. Daulerio did last week with his ESPN rumors, going live with them in what can only be characterized as a malicious attack, nor do I condone anything ESPN has done in the last decade.

I feel that ESPN has ruined sports in a major way. And that Daulerio set blogs back about 5 or 6 years.

A pox on both of their houses.

That is all.

You just gotta shake your head…

You know… Villa’s gotta get better in Europe. It’s nice to be a good solid team in your own league, but Europe’s where the real money is…

Aston Villa 2, Rapid Wien 1 (2-2 aggregate, Rapid advances on away goals)

I know it’s been a while…

Noting a familiar theme?

Anyway, I was going to post a couple of angry photos about how poorly Villa had played its first two games, but never got to it. But Monday?

Well…

Can’t believe this was shot with an iPhone

This is by a Brooklyn singer-songwriter, Reyna Perez, and was shot on an iPhone 3GS. Think it was the first one — at least, that’s what BoingBoing says:

Steve McNair, 1973-2009

50 games later, I strike again!

Oh man! What happened!

I put the shame on Manny, he goes down for 50 games, and I forget where I blogged!!!!

So… now that he’s back… I guess I return too…

Here’s hoping I have a better second half than Manny.