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W&M 24 - JMU 3

2009-10-24T15:56:00.004-04:00

No offense once again. JMU has now failed to score a touchdown in the past 10 quarters. Going to the Delaware game will be awful. Delaware is off this week, meaning they have had an extra week to prepare for ... not much, at least concerning the JMU offense.

	JMU	WILLIAM & MARY
First downs	15	22
Rushed-yards	50-150	45-258
Passing yards	66	127
Total yards	216	385

Hoping JMU Football Finishes Strong in '09

2009-10-24T09:20:00.004-04:00

Just looked over my posts from last year about JMU's miracle wins at Richmond and Villanova and the great comeback against Appalachian State. Seems like more than a year ago.

A win today at William & Mary would sure be nice. At 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the CAA, we're probably out of the playoffs, but a strong finish would lead to good feelings going into next year. Plus, I will be going to the game at Delaware next Saturday and a win today would give me some hope going into that one.

Go Dukes!

My next novel?

2009-10-24T00:13:00.004-04:00

I have a couple ideas for my next novel and have actually started writing one of them. I didn't get far before cooling on the idea though. The thought of writing about a neurotic killer just isn't appealing. There's too many of them in real life. I think I like my second idea better. I think it would take place in the 60s and involve a character recalling his childhood in the early 1900s in a company town that no longer exists. A secret that has haunted him for years leads him back to the site of the former town. That's about as far as I've gotten on that one.

I'm not sure either idea is publishable, but what the heck. It's a nice hobby.

I've neglected my blog

2009-07-16T15:04:00.004-04:00

I am really not into blogging. I started this blog to find out what a blog was and have since learned that blogs can be just about anything. The couple that I follow are written by journalists and cover particular themes or interests. I have used my blog mostly as a notepad. There's certainly not much rhyme or reason for the entries. I am writing this post just because I happened to click on my link to the blog and noticed how long it has been since my last post.

A few things have happened since then, such as my graduation, David's graduation, Brian's engagement . . . I'm sure there's been a few other things.

Well, that's enough blogging for one day . . . and probably many more to come.

Announcing my retirement

2009-03-24T00:08:00.002-04:00

If Curt Schilling can announce his retirement on his blog, so can I.

So, it is with zero regret that I announce my retirement.

Practicum work on a Saturday

2009-01-10T09:33:00.004-05:00

Another weekend of schoolwork in the office. If I can finish drafts of the project proposal and the memo to the committee members this weekend, I will feel a lot better about the start of the semester on Monday.

CAA Football Champions

2008-11-16T08:56:00.004-05:00

I love the quote from Coach Micky Matthews at the end of the game story in the Daily Press: James Madison, which hasn't lost since its Aug. 30 opener at Duke, tied a school regular-season record with nine wins and kept alive its hopes to play host to a playoff game for the first time since 1994. If JMU beats Towson next week to finish unbeaten in the CAA, I think our fans would burn the NCAA headquarters down if we're not the No. 1 seed," Dukes coach Mickey Matthews said.

The Miracle at Villanova

2008-10-26T03:04:00.000-04:00

Oct. 25, 2008

Another Stunning JMU Football Victory

2008-10-25T19:42:00.003-04:00

What a great time to be at Buffalo Wild Wings to see a game. It looked like JMU's winning streak was history, but on the final play of the game Boscoe Williams grabbed a tipped hail-Mary pass from Rodney Landers in the end zone to steal a victory. The crowd at B-dubs went wild. It was awesome, especially when a bunch of people started singing the JMU fight song.

#1 JMU 23- #7 Villanova 19

This is the third wild comeback of the season. I forgot to post something a couple weeks ago when Scotty McGee returned a punt to win a game at Richmond, 38-31.

Next up: Homecoming next Saturday vs. Delaware.

JMU 35-App State 32

2008-09-21T08:57:00.002-04:00

What a game. App. State was up 21-0 at halftime. Scotty McGee returned the second half kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and Bridgeforth Stadium was rocking the rest of the night. Second half score: JMU 35, App. State 11. Way to go DUKES!

Oh yeah. I'm in the office on a Sunday morning doing more school work, but in a good mood for it.

Doing Homework and aniticpating JMU-App State

2008-09-20T11:51:00.003-04:00

Spending another Saturday morning/early afternoon at the office doing grad school homework. Probably will be here tomorrow too. Really looking forward to tonight's football game between JMU and App. State. Go Dukes. Can't wait to get to the stadium.

JMU 52 - UMass 38

2008-09-13T20:22:00.001-04:00

Way to go Dukes. Next up: App State. The defense needs to improve.

Sacrificing exercise for school work (and PRC stuff)

2008-09-13T09:46:00.003-04:00

Spending another Saturday morning in the office. Have spent 45 mins on PRC stuff. Should be doing school work. Will get to that shortly. Have to leave at noon to make the Admissions tailgate on Godwin Field by 1 p.m. Game vs. UMass starts at 3:30. Go Dukes.

The conditions outside are perfect for running, at least the way I like them. Warm, humid, no wind. Oh well.

Another Grisham Novel Read

2008-08-25T23:08:00.002-04:00

Just finished reading Playing for Pizza and loved it. The football descriptions are very good and I enjoyed Grisham's description of Italy, especially the food since I could eat pasta at least once a day. Don't read this book on an empty stomach.

A great birthday present from Linda.

Love this quote

2008-08-14T22:29:00.002-04:00

Terry Francona had one of the best baseball quotes I've ever come across when talking about Boston's 19-17 win over Texas earlier this week: "At some point," the Red Sox manager said, "you're thinking about going for a field goal."

The Red Sox took a 10-0 lead in the first inning, then fell behind 15-14 in the sixth before rallying for the win. At the time of this post, the game story was here.

First blog with the MacBook Pro

2008-08-12T13:01:00.002-04:00

It's been about a week since I got a MacBook pro at work and the transition from the PC has been pretty smooth. The main difficulty was getting the Apache server to run SSI, but I finally figured that out. I had the server side figured out at least a day sooner than I realized. The final hangup was the text file I created to be included in an .shtml file. I created it with the text editor that comes with Mac and that didn't work. When I created it with another text editor, it worked fine.

Overall, I am glad I am getting the opportunity to work with a Mac. It will be nice to be proficient with both Macs and PCs.

Another Saturday in the Office

2008-08-09T15:56:00.003-04:00

Working on comps again on a nice Saturday afternoon. I need to be mostly finished by tomorrow so I don't have to think about it on vacation.

Saturday morning in the office

2008-07-26T09:30:00.003-04:00

More work on comps, but at least I'm not sacrificing great weather. It's a bit cool and cloudy this morning. It's supposed to warm up, but also get windy later, so all in all, not a bad day to be working on this stuff.

For the record, I've already put in an hour or so at home this morning. It's 9:30 a.m. now and I've been awake since 4 a.m. Not sure how long I'll last. Fortunately, I have plenty of time to nap later.

Working on Comps on a Saturday morning

2008-07-19T06:36:00.003-04:00

Got up at 5:30 a.m. to continue working on comps. Have to get this done before Kitty Hawk. At least I'm doing this at home. The rest of the day will be spent being lazy, enjoying a sunny, 90 + degree day with little wind and no chance of rain. Just about perfect. Plan to do a lot of sitting on the deck and will probably take a nap too.

Beginning work on comps

2008-07-16T20:25:00.001-04:00

It's a beautiful night: about 80 degrees, light breeze, low humidity, no clouds and I am here in the office beginning to put comps together. But if I get it done before the end of August, it's worth it.

Novels I've Written!

2008-07-14T13:39:00.001-04:00

Finally, five years and two months after starting, I have one. Time to start working on another. Maybe the second won't take as long.

Another novel read

2008-05-27T09:59:00.002-04:00

It's about time for another post. The Memorial Day weekend gave me time to read To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Enjoyed it. Great characters and interesting reflection on the south of the 1930s.

A 70-degree day

2008-02-05T12:14:00.000-05:00

And more of the same expected tomorrow, with a chance of thunderstorms. Then it's back to the 50s for the rest of the week.

Snow - 4 1/2 inches

2008-01-17T18:02:00.000-05:00

The first real snow of this season and 2008. It was great. Nice big flakes for a while that piled up fast and no wind. Linda measured 4 1/2 inches on the back porch.

Snow squall

2008-01-15T14:31:00.000-05:00

We didn't get much; just enough to whiten the ground, but it came down hard and fast for a bit.

Click here for more photos.