Category Archives: Scribbles

Faith-first Tebow

The common sportswriter narrative seems to be that Timmy T. has no chance to ever again be an NFL starting quarterback. Too inconsistent. Too etc. Not to mention the common Legacy Media-bane of too openly religious.

But the daily’s sportswriter Ced Golden admits that he likes Tebow’s faith-first attitude over the me-first attitude of most highly-paid NFL players. No kidding.

I also bet that’s why so many millions (41.9 million of them tuning in for the 11-second overtime last week, according to Ced) in this last-of-the-religious Western countries have made Tim a superstar.

UPDATE:  The Patriots rout of Tebow and the Broncos was not unexpected.

But, just as Tebow did not deserve the whole credit for the Broncos defeat of the Steelers—afterall, the receiver had to catch the pass and outrun his pursuers into the end zone—he hardly deserves the whole blame for the loss to the Patriots.

His receivers were either unable to shake their pursuers or they kept dropping his passes. And his offensive line couldn’t keep the Patriots defense from chasing him down before he had time to pass. It’s a team game, and, in that game at least, the Patriots were a much better team.

Rancho marauder

Actually, I’ve got them spooked. When I see them dangling from the bird feeders, trying to avoid the work of cracking their own nuts, all I have to do is unlock the sliding glass door to the patio. They drop and run. Heh.

And they better, or I might get me a pellet pistol and start potting these “limb rats” for an occasional meal, like the daily’s columnist Mike Leggett.

Savaging Santorum

Obozo’s Legacy Media lapdogs (no doubt weary of bruising their knees in three years of genuflection) have their knives out for the latest front-running GOP nominee for prez.

No surprise there, after what they did to Trig Palin and his mother in 2008 and since. Especially their approved “comedian,” the odious Bill Maher.

On the other hand, when I first heard about the Santorums bringing the dead baby home to show to their living children, I did think it was strange. Charles Lane sets me straight. I get it now.

Meanwhile, Santorum seems to be learning how to handle these Democrat hand puppets. Cooperating with them is worse than stupid.

Via Instapundit and Breitbart TV.

UPDATE: The Lapdogs, which some also call the Palace Guards (and, after the Halloween party dodge, the Secret Service) certainly have their work cut out if they hope to carry Obumbles over the finish line again this time.

As Instapundit says: “[W]ant stricter media scrutiny of a presidential administration? Vote Republican.”

Violin practice

I find I actually feel guilty if I miss a day. Have only once in the past month.

Finally up to 30 minutes before my wrists start cramping, and scales, even though short and simple four-note ones on all four strings, one at a time or crossing over to two or more.  Prompting another revelation: not only are my fingers too short, they are too fat to stay on one string at a time.

And paying attention to my fingers makes my bow stroke go all to hell, also hitting two strings at once. Sigh.

Ah, but insipiration definitely helps. Even if she has been playing since she was eight.

Back to school

Whew. A few more days of winter break and… Well, nevermind. Mr. B. goes back to school today, in about twenty minutes in fact. Nor will he be around much this weekend, either.

It’s the Lumberjack campout starting tomorrow evening, where the boy scouts spend the weekend cutting down trees and building shelters on some nice person’s ranch out east of here. So, after two weeks of “togetherness,” things are about to return to normal at Rancho Roly Poly.

The bad part is that this will mean resumption of the homework wars.

Iowa unlikely to be definitive

So if Ron Paul wins, only the Legacy Media (as always with Republicans) should be upset. Not that I care. I’d vote for a syphilitic camel rather than Obozo. Remember Mike Huckabee winning Iowa in 2008? Whatever happened to him, anyhow?

I am sorry to see Rick Perry doing poorly in Drudge’s informal, self-selected poll (which probably has a fair number of Democrat trolls), but he might do rather better with live, flesh-n-blood Iowa voters taking themselves to the, uh, actual voting booths. But, as I say, even if he won…

UPDATE:  It’s Romney by eight votes over Santorum. Meaning? Wait and see. This process is too young to call, though Gov. P.’s fifth place showing might be enough to bring him home for good. Or not. Still a long way to go…

The Best Congress Money Can Buy

And, to be sure, our supposed, ahem, representatives are well bought and paid for.

Nothing illustrates this as well as the coming federal assault on blogs and bloggers—courtesy of Hollyweird and Obozo’s lapdogs, the dying Legacy Media, angry that they are no longer the gatekeepers of old.

UPDATE: The opposition is, of course, rather less well funded. No surprise.

MORE: But Google, Amazon and Facebook have plenty of dough.