Basil’s Blog

I mentioned that I’ve been really busy.
Really busy.
Lots of stuff going on at work. And some issues arising that have caused them to call me in at like 4:00 in the morning. But, hey, it comes with the territory.
And, there’s a couple of projects I’ve been working on at home. One with another blog. Actually, [...]

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Porter Wagoner died this weekend.
I missed that. Didn’t find out until this afternoon. Been busy. Way busy. And still busy. 
But, I just feel I need to talk for a minute about Porter Wagoner.
If you don’t know who Porter Wagoner was, you missed a showman. You don’t have to like country music … heck, I don’t [...]

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Switched from Windows to Mac … for my computer at least … back in August. Things have gone pretty well. Takes some getting used to, but it’s not the drastic change I thought it would be.
That’s not to say there haven’t been issues.
For one thing, the hard drive crashed. Now, support was good. Took it [...]

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Because my Big Sister (who’s 5′4”) wanted me to, I’m writing about football.
She likes football. Or thinks she does. I’m not sure.
Anyway, we talked about starting the game. And we got as far as putting the ball in play.
Running
The most common football play is the run.
The quarterback, who stands behind the center, receives the snap [...]

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My great-grandparents lived in a log cabin. Ma and Pa, we called them. That’s what their children (my maternal grandmother and her sisters) called them. And that’s what their children (my maternal grandmother’s children, and all their cousins) called them.
And, that’s what the great-grandchildren (me, my sisters, and all our first, second, third, and so [...]

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Because my Big Sister (who’s 5′4”) wants to know about football, we’re talking about football.
We covered the coin flip earlier. Which determines who kicks off.
The kickoff
Used to be, everybody kicked off from the 40 yard line. High school, college, and pro. Then, in 1974, this thing called the World Football League showed up. The WFL, [...]

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Becasue my Big Sister (who’s 5′4”) wanted me to … and because I’m the perfect little brother … here’s a little bit about football.
Football isn’t football
Now, when I say “football,” I mean American football. Not soccer. Or association football. Which the rest of the world calls “football.” Well, not all the rest of the world.
The [...]

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Cathy Forsythe, sister of Chris Muir, who writes Day By Day, died Friday.
Cathy had battled cancer for some years. And bloggers helped promote her battle against cancer. Cathy had her own blog, in fact.
Many of us have been touched by cancer. Whether it’s a friend or a family member who suffered, or whether some of [...]

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I said so last year. I actually have said so for over 20 years.
Major college football needs a playoff system.
Now, the NCAA, the politically-correct, financially-corrupt organization that oversees college football in the U.S., won’t come up with a playoff system for the “big schools” like Ohio State, LSU, Florida, Texas, and the like.
They have playoffs [...]

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My MacBook crashed recently. Lost the hard drive.
And that’s not a good thing.
Anyway, Tuesday, took it to the local Apple Authorized place. They sent it off to Apple. And Apple fixed it — replaced the hard drive, actually — and sent it back.
Picked it up this afternoon. And have spent most of the evening getting [...]

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