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Every weekend our kids hear a pep talk from their coaches about the importance of playing their best, working as a team, and demonstrating class in victory and defeat. But after all our lectures about sportsmanship and how we should celebrate excellence in competition, do we parents really have the will to live the values? […]
There’s a lot of talk these days about Nick Saban and his “process” for developing his team members and ultimately winning games. Well, I have a process of my own that I have found to be effective (if less profitable) in developing kids as participants in the family’s home keeping. A few years ago I decided that I […]
If you're at home you're not searching for a toilet like everyone else on Bourbon Street (Sun. night) How lucky are we that this is the third year in a row that an Alabama team is in the BCS national championship game? This is becoming a habit that nobody minds. How many offices are operating […]
Every year at the elementary school open house the students proudly show off their math concepts with bulletin boards in the hallways. Venn diagrams with interlocking circles invite students to write their names in their choice: Oreos , Chips Ahoy, or both? Chocolate, Vanilla, or both? Alabama or Auburn? (Obviously, there is no “both” in […]
Most of us are probably embarrassed by Harvey Updike, our state’s current redneck from central casting who is famously accused of poisoning the oak trees at Auburn’s Toomer’s corner. Although he says he didn’t actually poison the trees, rather he only claimed to have poisoned the trees as a prank, Harvey has demonstrated questionable judgment […]
Bulldog among Tigers When you’re the home team, you expect to see your opponent’s colors in one small section and scattered throughout the stands. You welcome these visitors (mostly) knowing that they, like you, are here to support their team and see a good game. Yet, there are always folks in the stands who, while not overtly rooting […]