Category Archives: Sports

With Or Without You

Posted on March 2, 2014 by nathanalbright

I do not know exactly when the tradition began, but it is apparently a somewhat longstanding tradition for dances in the Northwest in my church to end with the U2 song “With Or Without You.” This is even true of … Continue reading →

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Sochi Problems

Posted on February 7, 2014 by nathanalbright

In the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics there have been a large amount of complaints made about a few areas of Sochi’s preparations for the Olympics [1]. Depending on which sort of news you consider the most important, there is … Continue reading →

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Play By Play

Posted on February 3, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today before watching a surprising football game (surprising in its thoroughness, not necessarily in its end result [1]) I had the chance to see part of what is called the Kitty Bowl, before my errands of grocery shopping impelled me … Continue reading →

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Why I Want The Seattle Seahawks To Win This Year’s Super Bowl

Posted on February 2, 2014 by nathanalbright

I have long viewed sports as being a forgotten relic of ancient heathen religion [1], a way that we in the contemporary world can understand a little of the mindset of the petty states of the ancient Mediterranean world where … Continue reading →

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Too True To Be Good

Posted on January 20, 2014 by nathanalbright

Today I managed to spend six hours at work, though I did get to see most of the 4th quarter of an enjoyable AFC championship game and the second half or so of the NFC Championship after running some errands … Continue reading →

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A Scarcity of Gentlemen

Posted on January 19, 2014 by nathanalbright

So, as I alluded to in my previous entry [1], today was a day of some very unpleasant drama. As can be the case on occasion, this is a deeply unpleasant matter. Considering I have the worst luck in the … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Wanna Stay Here A Little While?

Posted on December 31, 2013 by nathanalbright

One of my more consistent habits is the habit of getting a haircut whenever the back and sides of my hair are getting a little shaggy [1]. Since my hair tends to get a little unmanageable when it gets long, … Continue reading →

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The Cut Line

Posted on December 24, 2013 by nathanalbright

It is intriguing how many contexts include some element of the cut line. The book I just finished reading [1] had a particularly chilling form of the cut line, where those children shorter than a certain line were killed right … Continue reading →

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Pray It Doesn’t Break

Posted on December 23, 2013 by nathanalbright

This morning I arrived early for the second day of the Northwest Weekend [1] so that I could help set up for the sports day, and the sports events were held at a local high school in the Vancouver area. … Continue reading →

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What Would A College Football Playoff Look Like?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by nathanalbright

After reading a conversation today [1] where a coach mentioned that a playoff was not a natural fit for the sport of college football, I pondered what it would look like this year if there was a genuine playoff. For … Continue reading →

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