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The longest day

Tuesdays are by far my longest day. I have three hours of Gospels in the morning with an hour break in the middle for chapel. Reformed chapels are interesting, very liturgical with a hymn, a responsive reading from the Psalms, a 'Pastoral Prayer', then one of the professors preaches. Nothing groundbreaking, but not bad. Then I spend the afternoon doing homework. Today was gorgeous autumn weather so I took some books out to the park. I tried a new park today and about 3:30 a ton of people came for a jr high cross country meet, so much for my peace and quiet. Then it's back to school in the evening for my three hour Systematic Theology class. Fortunately they invented laptops. If I was gonna try to keep up taking notes for these lectures with a pen and notebook, I'd be toast. But this is great! I can set up my laptop. They give us Word docs of all the notes ahead of time. It's a beautiful thing. How did I ever survive college without this stuff? Anyway, glad my longest day is over. The rest of the week is a breeze from here.

Quotes of the Day

Today deserves two quotes:
"You can't believe everything you hear on the internet. That's how World War I got started."

"I'm an eternal optimist. You could bury me up to my neck in dog crap and I'd be like, 'At least my heads not under!'"

Week Three - vs. Atlanta Falcons

How's that for a welcoming party! Did anyone else remember that this is a New England team that doesn't lose back to back games? Apparently no one warned Matt Ryan and Co. I must say, I was pleased with how much our "weak" points flexed a little muscle this afternoon. How about that defense shutting out the likes of Matt Ryan and Michael Turner for the whole second half. They made some great third down stops and took Tony Gonzalez completely out of the game. Not only that, but when was the last time we had a 100 yard rusher, and who said Fred Taylor was too old? The supposed "strength" of our offense, the passing attack, still wasn't firing on all cylinders, but Julian Edelman had a fair share of grabs for a rookie and Randy Moss is still...well, he's Randy Moss. It's a little frustrating that everybody expects unbelievable feats from this team. Sure they rewrote the record books in 2007, but that was a different team. Some sports writer was saying that Brady's biggest competition these days is his own myth. If everybody's going to expect this team to be the 2007 offense with the 2004 defense, then they'll be sadly disappointed. For all those whining about missing Rodney Harrison or Teddy Bruschi...Get Over It! This is a different team. A different defense, and a different offense. They'll get things done, but they'll do it their way. And after three weeks, maybe they're still figuring out what their way is. So all I have to say is thumbs up for the win, but there's still plenty to work on for next week.

Festival in the Park

I went over to Freedom Park for the Festival in the Park with Jeremiah this afternoon. The weather was not too cooperative for shooting photos but I managed to catch a few good shots. You can see some more over on my flickr page. This silver painted guy near the Youth talent stage reminded me of Andrew Cass. We also stopped to listen to a teen singer/songwriter playing an acoustic guitar. She had a very mature voice and playing style. Maybe she'll get big and I can say I heard her way back when. There were lots of great photography exhibits, painters, homemade pottery and jewelry, plus lots of fair food and games. The clouds were flirting with rain all afternoon and finally let loose as we were driving home. A little damp and well exercised it was a nice break from the books.