it feels good, to not only beat a talented uga team but to finally feel as the university of alabama is back onto the football landscape. i arrived on campus the season after a national championship and since then it has been mostly tough times to be a bama fan. i still won’t jump ahead of the game, like cbs sportsline calling us into the national championship game after five games, but i’m glad to be a part of the conversation again. gosh this feels good
today an acting icon passed away, paul newman. usually i’m not so phased by a celebrity death that i have never met, but this one is sentimental. i love paul newman movies, from the hustler, to butch cassidy & the sundance kid, with an all time fav being cool hand luke. and i’m a pretty good fan of his ranch dressing. we will miss you paul, you are a quintessential celluloid hero for me.
below is a bit of the closing monologue to cool hand luke. though the video is too short, i think this monologue captures a great glimpse of paul.
this is a little something from the biography channel.
john reminded me of a instance where i was watching some hip mtv show and started singing a background song. wife asked what the song was, i told her it was matthew sweet. she didn’t know who i spoke of.. we’re in counseling now (haha) & i share this video as a short distance dedication to my lovely wife. &:~D
so was i flipping through some old photos. this one caught my attention. it’s jonathon & jay, but rocking their excellent facial hair (which they don’t rock anymore). this was a stop at jacobs well church in kansas city when we were up there for the umerging conversation back in 2006. made some excellent friends that week. had some blogging fun with other friends, and the jay stache became such a powerful entity in the emerging church we had to give it forums to speak.
anyways, a little stroll down memory lane.
this morning started with a bit of a chaotic drive through nashville rush hour. not something i have had to deal with for a few years now. but, in the end, i spent my morning hours with jay, chatting a new book project and all points updates on each others lives.
now i’m sitting in alektor cafe, chilling out, reading a bit, eating some good foods, and just breathing in prayer. this, is the kind of morning i miss having not living as close to downtown as i used to. it may sound shallow or an excuse, but having physical, pilgrimage sites, to feel rejuvenated really does make a difference.