Here’s an image showing the distribution of the various (Christian) churches in the US by county. I hadn’t realized how dominant Baptists are in the South, but I guess the surprise for most people would be the dominance of the Catholic church. Many Minnesotans don’t realize that Lutherans aren’t the main religious group in the state (and while we’re at it, the single ethnic origin is German, not Norwegian).
Great link from Daring Fireball for the book ’19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England’s Unbeatable Patriots’. I particularly like the user-added tag of ”dewey defeats truman” (go and vote for it now) and the apparently unhacked fact that users who looked at this also bought “Lost: Season 3”
I’ve tagged this as Sport, but perhaps I should add Hubris.
Update: 5 minutes after I post the page has already gone. But it was a legit Amazon page, honest!
Just finished watching the game (no, I didn’t stay up, I recorded it) and without wanting to sound like Greg Easterbrook, trying to trademark the character sequence (it’s hardly even a phrase) “19-0” is an insult to the footbaling gods, who clearly responded.
Normally I’d save this for a Friday, but I think your life will be improved so much by watching it that it would be wrong of me to hold back. You definitely want to have headphones on for this – without them it’s not safe for work.
Following a phone call at 8:40 this morning I have a job interview this afternoon (I’ve been unemployed since 5pm yesterday, so I guess it’s time to get back in the saddle). I’m rather nervous, not just because it’s an interview (it’s been a while since I had one, but I’m generally OK with them), but because the company:
So today’s schedule involves finding and ironing a tie and shirt (and possibly my suit), going to the barber (haven’t had a hair cut in at least a year) and reading reading reading.
By the way, don’t be too nervous for me – I’m a generally optimistic person, so when I say that I don’t think I’ll get the job it’s not because I doubt myself, I just doubt that this will work out.
