Les Bowden calls it “the ecstasy and the agony”. That’s one way of putting it. Me? I thought of the Sixers. Couldn’t help it. They played where many other teams would simply lie down. It goes to show ya that the Eagles are not the one player team like so many have penned them as. Did you notice how even the 49ers came out to wish Detmer well? That was class.
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Ben Franklin on PBS
They are doing replays of this excellent show exploring his life and impact.
I caught it yesterday and it was well worth it. I’m probably gonna purchase the DVD for later viewing sometime.
NPR ran an interview with the writers of the show, Ron Blumer and Ellen Hovde.
via Russel Beattie.
Bye Bye Win98
Just finished an upgrade to Windows 2000 along with a new sound card and video card. Been using it at work for two years now and it was about time for my home machine to move on from Windows 98. I know what you’re thinking… he was still using ’98?!?. Yep. And my PC is around three years old and home built. I’m kinda funny that way. I just don’t feel the need to have the latest and greatest.
Heh… I still use a Palm that has the 3Com logo on it 🙂
Steve Van Zandt a Person of the Year
Bill blogs Rolling Stone naming him a “Person of the Year”. Is it me or has Rolling Stone magazine actually improved? Everyone was moaning about how the mag was dead due to it’s new direction, but if you ask me, it’s getting relevant again.
As homelessness grows, even havens toughen up
…cities like Santa Monica, long known for strong social consciousness, are trimming their largess – and often getting more aggressive in cracking down on homelessness.
Read the rest at the CSMonitor.
Send good thoughts their way
Garret had to take his wife to the emergency room yesterday.
The Philadelphia Cheesesteak Part Three
Go – read it – it will make ya laugh. There is some truth here.
I hate alterna-snobs
Here is a site that claims to list the top 100 albumns of the 80s. Good list to find albums you might have missed, but the bias against metal is very, very evident.
MVC the cure-all?
Check out this excellent post on MVC and how it relates to web development. via cwinters, via rebelutionary.
Go to Bark’s Bytes to discuss the McNabb injury
Yes I work for the same company – so I’m biased. But this *is* the best weblog that discusses the Eagles. Check it out. Also – webloggers – checkout the comments participation! Wow! I don’t know any weblog that sees regular threads like that.