Has winter arrived early in Indiana or what? A high temp of 30 degrees today and snow on the ground this morning. My brother from Texas and sister from South Carolina are going to love this! Back home again in Indiana! Normal averages are supposed to be in the high 40's around this time. We just may have a white Thanksgiving.
Everyone's in town early for Rowan's baptism on Sunday. Grandpa Jeff will do the honors at St. Mark's UMC in Decatur. Rowan's godparents are Depune and Tera. This weekend will be the first time Rowan meets her Uncle Christian, Aunt Sharon, Aunt Shiloh and cousins Ella and Grace. Big family gathering! Lots of great picture updates early next week, no doubt.
Mercifully the last IU football game is this weekend. The Bucket Game between Purdue and IU will kickoff at noon in West Lafayette. Both teams have had pretty disappointing seasons. A win would be redemption for either squad. A win for IU could also keep Billy Boy around another year, Purdue's coach Tiller is already retiring after this one. [IUHoosiers.com]
Redskins take their two game losing streak to the west coast vs. the Seattle Seahawks. If there's one team that would know Coach Zorn's tendencies, it's Seattle. He was the QB coach there the last 5 years or so. Seems the book is out on Zorn's offense, scoring only 16 total points the last two games. Hopefully they can turn this around. The 1 year anniversary of the murder of Sean Taylor is next Thursday, that should be some motivation for these guys. [Washington Post]
Like Rowan says, it's time for Hoops. IU's men's team is off to a 2-0 start. We need to get as many wins as possible. I'm still trying to learn these guys faces and names! Walk-ons starting at PG? This is going to be a tough season. They're in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational next week. They tip off the tournament vs. Notre Dame on Monday afternoon. We can only hope for a 2-1 finish to the tournament (more likely 1-2 really). Here's a glory days link for the 1987 National Championship team. That win at Michigan was pretty amazing that year. [MauiInvitational.com & Indianapolis Star]
We didn't have an opportunity to see a movie last week, but there are several new reviews up on the main page. I had two more guest reviews to go with Brooke's two reviews: Role Models, Quantum of Solace, Madagascar 2, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist all up and ready for your perusal. We still need to see Quantum of Solace, but got an excellent guest review from David Hill, who's a huge Bond, James Bond fan. [SpydeysWebb.com & IMDb.com]
Found another great chart for all the upcoming movies over the holidays. Great little write-ups about each of them too. Plus, great news that there will be more Bourne movies! Ludlum Entertainment and Universal Pictures hammered out an agreement to continue the franchise. New Bourne movie in 2010. Looks like these guys have been watching a little too much movie entertainment. [Miami Herald & Variety & Mercury News]
This week's News Quiz. [Chicago Tribune]
Programming iPhone apps are a great way to earn some extra cash money. Just ask this guy. Here's a link for the 100 greatest apps out there, not all of them are free. The only ones I have downloaded are free ones. [CNN.com & iPhone Therefore I Blog]
Interesting anatomy lesson link from my brother Christian. You'll never look at a gummy bear the same again! [Unplggd.com]
Seems one historian doesn't think the Lincoln Team of Rivals was all that great a working relationship. Also, an interesting graphic link of each president's first 100 days from FDR to W. [Chicago Tribune & GOOD Magazine]
Dogs and cancer victims. Great healers those canines are. [Washington Post]
I remember when I got to Japan in 1994 how strange it was to have two containers for trash: marked burnable and non-burnable. Obviously one was for recyclable stuff and the other one was for burning. With no land for landfills, the Japanese burn the majority of their trash. Their trash burning technology is amazing and potentially quite 'green'. When Brooke and I were there last November, the receptacles for trash were everywhere. All places had spots to separate and collect your glass, aluminum, paper, and trash. Shows you can recycle if you want to (or in their case NEED to). [Washington Post]
Life Magazine photos to live on thanks to Google. [Chicago Tribune]
Have a great weekend! Stay warm.
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