August 2008
ACC Recaps and Predictions | Week 1 →
Game Recap | Hokies (0-1) vs. Pirates (1-0) |... →
Hokies Stumble in Season Opener to Upstart ECU →
Tough loss for the Hokies. No doubt about that. There isn’t a Hokie fan anywhere that isn’t hurting right now. Even though most knowledgeable fans knew that ECU was capable of beating us, not many of…
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A Review of Blacksburg' Backstreets Restaurant
Nic and I went to Backstreets last night before the Virginia Tech women’s volleyball game. I hadn’t eaten at Backstreets since I was a student at Tech more than 11 years ago, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised! The hostess was very nice and engaged Nic in conversation. We were seated immediately, which surprised me on a Friday night at 6:15. Try...
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Twas the Night Before Kickoff...
If you were expecting a clever re-write of Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 classic, sorry, but it’s been done before … Google (yes, it’s a verb) “Twas the night before kickoff” and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
This is the night before my beloved Virginia Tech Hokies open their 2008 season in Charlotte, N.C., against the media darlings, East...
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Live from Worsham Field at Lane Stadium...
I haven’t updated in a few days, that’s because things have been completely crazy now that football season is underway. For those that don’t know, I run a Virginia Tech Hokies football fan site called VTHokieFans.com and we’ve been cranking out the blog posts in the evenings after our full-time jobs. The kickoff of the college football season is like the start of a new...
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Redshirting Tyrod Taylor Was the Right Decision
The column below was posted on VTHokieFans.com on April 21, 2008, following the annual spring game. It was published before Zach Luckett was suspended indefinitely and before Brandon Dillard was lost for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Those two losses further support the redshirting of Tyrod Taylor.
Revised from April 21, 2008 Post
Following Virginia Tech’s annual Maroon vs. White...
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Ireland's Citizens Say U.S. Election Is A...
I received the following e-mail from my dad today and it made me laugh. I’m not sure to whom I should attribute it’s origins, but it’s pretty funny. Enjoy!
An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the United States. A point to ponder despite your political affiliation:
“We, in Ireland, can’t figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election...
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My Wii Has a Sense of Humor. Who knew!?
I was playing Wii Sports last night and after several tennis matches and some spirited boxing matches (which I won, naturally), I decided to take the Wii Age Fitness test.
The first challenge was tennis; specifically returning 50 volleys and keeping them in-bounds; I was 48/50.
The second challenge was a homerun hitting contest. Hit as many home runs as I could in 10 pitches; I hit nine homers...
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I Am Legend - Home Alone Mashup Trailer
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My Faith is Constantly Being Tested
I’m angry. I’m confused. I just don’t understand. I know I never will, at least not during my time here on Earth. Today I joined a Facebook group called “Stand Up 2 Cancer” in honor of my immediate family members who have fought cancer and in some cases, died from it. I joined to support them, as well as my friends who have been affected by this horrible disease that...
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
When we are born, it is called a birth day. When you get married, it is called your wedding day. So, I have a couple of questions that have been nagging me…
Why do we celebrate “birthdays” but not “weddingdays?” For weddings, we celebrate “anniversaries” because it’s the anniversary of our wedding day. Duh. So, why don’t we celebrate the...
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Social Media Redefining the Concept of Friendship?
The other day I was talking to a “real world” friend about a cool new Web site I discovered. Actually, I didn’t discover it, a “Twitter” friend did. I was asked by the real world friend, “How did you hear about the site?” I replied, “My friend on Twitter told me about it.” To which they responded, “Your friend … on … Twitter?...
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Coulda' Been a Scene from 'The Office'
Yesterday, I was sitting in my office, which is located in a hallway. Yes, a hallway. You see, I had a nice office in Roanoke, but with gas prices being ridiculously high, our boss pushed to get the team assigned back to the Blacksburg office since all three of us live in Blacksburg. Seemed like a no-brainer to me, but it took more than six month. Go figure!
The tradeoff to moving back to the...
Last Saturday I realized how much I hate drunk...
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On weekends, drunk people are at Starbucks to either a. use the bathroom, b. cure their case of the drunkies, c. be obnoxious, or d. all of the above.
Let’s just get one thing straight: everyone knows that you are drunk. There’s no use in trying to act sober. On a Saturday night we usually get one or two people typing away on their macs, a few talking over coffee with a friend, maybe...
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Be Responsible and Think Before You Blog
I saw a recent Twitter post about some controversial ads by Wrangler depicting what appears to be semi-nude female corpses wearing tattered and torn Wrangler jeans. I found two blogs that have these alleged ads; click here or here to see them, but be warned, they are rather disturbing.
I’m questioning the authenticity of these ads. I have yet to see them published anywhere on a major Web...
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WR Zach Luckett Suspended Indefinitely for Alleged... →
The one position that Virginia Tech could ill afford to suffer any more losses at was wide receiver. In today’s Roanoke Times, we learn that projected starting WR Zach Lucket, a redshirt sophomore, has been suspended indefinitely by head coach Frank Beamer.
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A Lesson Learned About Ice Cream
Today has been a movie marathon. First I went to see The Dark Knight; then came home and watched The Mothman Prophecies; capping off the evening with my latest Netflix movie, Live Free or Die Hard (I’m actually still watching it - I like to multitask). Yes, this post will get to the ice cream part, promise.
I decided to break out the Moosetracks Ice Cream, but my freezer was apparently too...
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A Quick Review of The Dark Knight
I finally went to see The Dark Knight and it was pretty good. Not great, but still very good. Heath Ledger’s performance was solid, if not disturbing, but I wouldn’t say it was Oscar-worthy, though I’m sure he will be nominated for sentimental reasons.
I do have one gripe and it is one that I’ve heard from more than a few people who have seen the film; Christian...
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Listen to Keith Onishi’s sermon “Being...
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Asking the Tough Questions in Life
This morning I got up and contemplated skipping church. In fact, at one point I said to myself (out loud), “Yeah, I’ll just go next week.” I stopped ironing my shirt and was prepared to just plop down on the couch and veg. But something told me that I should really go today. Maybe it was guilt, maybe it was the Lord giving me a swift kick in the rear, but after a few seconds of...
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Broadband Internet Growth Plummets in Q2 →
Cable operators and phone companies signed up about half the number of subscribers in the second quarter of 2008 that they signed up during the same quarter in 2007. Twenty of the largest cable…
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Sam's Club stores highlight solar power | Green... →
Some days I feel like we (globally speaking) are never going to get where we need to be in terms of alternative energies. But then, I read something like this and I have a renewed sense of hope. Keep the faith my green buddies!
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WatchThis is awesome! If you’ve ever worked in an office environment, you will appreciate this!
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WatchFound this on vimeo and thought it was kinda cool … disturbing, but cool.
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A Walk in the Park
Nic and I went to the park today. We tried to go berry pickin’ but didn’t get there until 11:30 a.m., and they close at … you guessed it, 11:30 a.m. So, we headed over the park and played for about two hours.
Nic met a lot of little kids there, but befriended a little boy named Austin, who was at the park with his dad, Scott, his mom and his older brother. Scott was kind enough...
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A Harsh and Unexpected Reality Check
I randomly came across a blog post today and it was a harsh reality check. I’ve been stressed at work with a host of projects all going in different directions at about 100 miles per hour. My personal life has had its ups and downs of late, and it all seems so important in the here and now. But after reading Cancer, Social Media, and the Meaning of Small Things I have refocused my priorities...
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Slashdot Reports Loss of 50,000 IT Jobs in '08
Ouch! Slashdot reporting that 50,000 IT jobs have bit the dust in the last year. Can you say “cloud?”
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California Supreme Court Rules "Noncompete" Clause...
While rifling through my Google Reader I came across a CNET article about the California Supreme Court ruling that noncompete clauses are invalid. The California law has been around since 1872, and forbids “noncompete clauses” that restrict management employees’ options in their next job or business. According to the CNET.com article, the law has been interpreted differently...
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It’s 3 A.M. – Are You Checking Your Email Again? →
Wow, I am guilty on some of these, but not all. And I’m not telling you which ones either, so don’t ask! Which ones are you guilty of?
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Colbert Report: Starbucks Cuts Jobs
