Archive for November, 2001

November 10th, 2001 Rice crushes Tulsa

Rice resurrects bowl hopes with rout of Tulsa. This is a Very Big Deal. Keep in mind Rice is the smallest Division 1-A school in the nation, not to mention that they actually have academic standards of some sort for the football team. The year before I showed up at Rice (1989), the team won a single game in the season. The team was gradually improved until it could post an occasional winning season (the 6-5 variety). But this year, things have finally started to gel. Here’s the highlights:

Tulsa (1-8, 0-6) was helpless against the Owls’ offense, which amassed a school-record 653 yards of offense and averaged 9.3 yards per play. Rice scored on its first six possessions and led 38-13 at the half.
The 498 yards rushing were the second-most in Rice history (505 vs. Arkansas in 1953), and the 59 points were the most the Owls have scored in a conference game. Tulsa, which lost its eighth straight game, finished with 506 yards of offense.

Wow! That rushing performance should hopefully ensure we finish second in the nation behind Nebraska in rushing offense… very cool! Stop by here to revel in all things Rice football.

November 10th, 2001 Bin Laden comes clean

Bin Laden: Yes, I did it. I’m so surprised. May he be dispatched from this life to stand before God’s judgment seat very soon.

November 9th, 2001 TNPC worship

Here’s an example of how our church is using the web as an integral part of congregational life: TNPC Worship. The worship guide gets posted around Friday of each week for the coming Sunday’s worship. Of course, don’t head to the main page expecting other innovative uses of the web… it is a rather lonely example at this point.

November 9th, 2001 Spank the monkey

So far I’ve spanked the monkey at 88 mph… and isn’t that what the web is all about?

November 9th, 2001 The Beauty of Truth

I sometimes feel that some people believe an argument from scripture is more likely to be true if the result is, well, ugly. Within the reformed tradition, this approach seems to find particular resonance in discussions of worship. We know that God desires true worshippers, those who will worship him in spirit and in truth. But I feel some are biased toward reading spirit and truth as antithetical to beauty.

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November 9th, 2001 Mavs 5 and 1

Five and One. I suppose if you haven’t lived in Dallas for the past 8 years it doesn’t make your jaw drop…

November 9th, 2001 Harry Potter

Is ‘Harry Potter’ by the book? I’ll admit I’m planning to see the Harry Potter movie at some point, but I haven’t read any of the books and am curious if folks thought they were a worthwhile read.

November 8th, 2001 Is Clinton for real?

From the Washington Times:

Bill Clinton, the former president, said yesterday that terror has existed in America for hundreds of years and the nation is “paying a price today” for its past of slavery and for looking “the other way when a significant number of native Americans were dispossessed and killed.”

Is this guy for real? Osama killed thousands because we used to have slaves?

November 8th, 2001 All systems go

Okay, everything seems to be in good working order. Comments, archives, it’s all up and running.

November 8th, 2001 Switching to dotcomments

I am switching to dotcomments for my feedback. It stores the comments locally, so even if it doesn’t provide an elegant interface, at least I will have some control over the comments. Seems prudent. However, it will probably be a short time until I work out the kinks. Right now, it insists on claiming their are 22 comments against any post that has no comments.

November 7th, 2001 Reblogger is down

Reblogger seems to be down… send me an email if it you know it is working and I’ve simply goofed up the code on my page.

November 7th, 2001 Dallas Mavs 3 and 1

Only four games in and Dirk delivers the third win of the season. Go back to 1998 and the Mavs only won 20 out of 82 games… it’s a turn-around reminiscent of the Cowboys in the early 90’s.