Been There Done That...a Few Times

You have to feel for Carolina fans a little bit today. The Heels lost the College Baseball World Series by one run. That one run was given up on an error in the top of the eigth inning. Seminole fans can certainly relate to that 'ole so close', 'what might of been' and even the 'would things have been different if the coach had done this instead of that' feeling that goes along with coming so close but falling short in the championship game.

I know we're supposed to say, 'I was pulling for the ACC' but honestly had the Teels won it in their first trip something would have seemed terribly unjust in the world. Any Seminole fan, knowing we have the distinction of having been to the College World Series more than any team that has never won it, would have to agree. In the world of baseball your season always ends in one of two ways...a championship or a season ending loss. There is no in between. As it turns out the 'Noles, who went 2-2 against North Carolina this year, and the Heels both end their seasons on errors and will continue to think back on this season as 'what might have been' until finally one of them wins the final game of their season.
tags: Tar Heels Seminoles baseball

Even the White House is Refuting Dan Brown

Dan Brown has claimed a lot of things...Constantine determined what goes in the Bible, Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, Jesus had a child named Sarah, etc. The list could go on for a long time and no doubt if you go to a church anywhere in the United States you have heard things refuted over and over again.

Here's one you probably haven't heard. The church isn't interested in it but the White House has gone out of its way to refute this new Dan Brown claim.

Apparently Dan Brown makes the claim in a 1992 book that when the United States is at war the presidential seal is changed. The Eagle turns his head toward his talon carrying the arrows rather than the standard postion of facing the talon carrying the olive branches. Is Dan Brown right? And if he is does this have the potential to undermine everything we have always believed about the presidential seal?

Following is the response from White House curator Bill Atlman...

"There is just one Seal of the President at any given time, and it does not change according to whether or not the United States is at war. However, the Seal has undergone modifications over the years. President Truman modified the Seal in 1945, and the changes included turning the eagle's head to face its right as opposed to its left.

A press release issued after the new design was approved said, "In the new Coat of Arms, Seal and Flag, the Eagle not only faces to its right — the direction of honor — but also toward the olive branches of peace which it holds in its right talon. Formerly the eagle faced toward the arrows in its left talon — arrows, symbolic of war."

Although the eagle featured in the Presidential Seal has faced its right ever since, there are items in the White House collection that were made before 1945 that display the eagle facing its left (such as state services, furnishings, architectural elements, etc.)"

This explanation, however, seems to come up short. If in fact the relics of an 'arrow facing eagle' are in existance because that was the design prior to Truman than someone needs to explain the following which is the original sketch of the seal created in the 1786.


Congressional hearings will no doubt be called for once the democartics in congress catch wind of this new White House cover up.

One Year Later...

One Year Ago Our Seniors' Last Sunday was the Sixth Graders First Sunday @ ROC

Tony Dungy - Amazing Grace

This is a great article on Tony Dungy's faith. What's really cool is that this is by ESPN and not FCA or some other Christian sports magazine. Kudos to ESPN.
Tony Dungy - Amazing Grace


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Irony

Irony is a hard thing to define. Alanis Morissette tried but some people feel like rain on your wedding day isn't ironic it's just bad luck. A picture is worth a thousand words so maybe this breaking news will do the trick.




tags: irony Elvis

Goliath Loses Again...This Time With a Bag of Honey & Oysters

Jenna left for Ukraine today...barley. Traffic outside of the airport was backed up. Apparently there had been some sort of a traffic accident. Hopefully no one I know ;)There was a bomb scare at the airport so everything inside was backed up as well. You know it's not going to be a good day at the airport when the first thing you see when you walk through the door is news crews. They generally don't do stories on, "another slow day at the Tallahassee airport". So because of the bomb scare the airport had been evacuated and now that they had re-openned the lines and flights were backed up. Jenna was behind a huge line of people to check in and her flight was supposed to leave in just a few minutes. We were sure it would be delayed but had no idea how long. Lisa (her mom) said, "I just have a peace about it." She mentioned studying David and goliath and how all the obstacles that day seemed like Goliath but that God was going to work it all out in ways we couldn't even imagine. There was some kind of confusion about Jenna's flight number so Lisa walked up front to see if she could find out the right flight number. The lady looked at the ticket and said, "where's your passport?". So Jenna handed her passport. "Do you have bags?" So we brought up the bags. They tagged the bags, put 'em through the machine and the next thing you know Jenna's through the gate and on her way to Ukraine. Lisa had no intentions of bullying Jenna to the front of the line. She simply asked a question. God did the rest.

On a side note Paul (Jenna's dad) should receive an Tony Award for his acting skills. He was concerned that the people who used to be in front of Jenna and than watched Jenna check her bags and head to the gate may be upset so he started doing one of the best, "no, we can go before all of these nice people" routines I've ever seen. He must have pulled it off because nobody seemed upset.

On another side note...following is the AP story on what caused the bomb threat...
AP Story

tags: Jenna Ukraine

Diet Coke and Mentos

tags: Diet Coke Mentos

Welcome Home Tamara

Tamara gets back from Ireland today. I wonder if she saw this soldier...