Last night, when the Phillies came back to win the game and take a 3-1 lead in the NLCS my gang and I were all amazed by the lack of any kind of excitement on the part of the TBS broadcasters. To be honest, this z-level broadcast team seems to talk about the Dodgers constantly…
Month: October 2009
Hanging with the gang
My neighbors and I are baseball and football fans, so we’ve taken to getting together and watching games together. Football has been the ideal gathering, because we all crash at someone’s house and enjoy the game. It’s a lot of fun. Yesterday we did a double-header, crashing at my house for the Eagles game and…
A Quote on Providence
I mentioned in my Gettysburg post yesterday that I find the appeals to “providence” when referring to events in the war unconvincing. Today I came across a quote that communicates why it is that I feel this way: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is…
