Re the second point, to use a term I learned from graveline, it sort of made me squirm to see how many of our games this year looked like chess matches.

Thanks for the comments, MrMac and Ursa. I knew a late post at the end of a game thread would have a limited audience, but that's what I had. seamac77, I did not know you were a Paul Thorn fan. I like that guy a lot. Great combination of good ole boy fun plus a serious view of life. If anyone else r...

A conversation that took place near the football field a few minutes after the game: Eight year old boy to dad: "How can you make somebody upset in basketball?" (I.e., how can it happen, not how can you make it happen.) Dad: "I don't know." Me: Young man, basketball will rip your heart out. It's bee...

My minister's kid had an electric blue Corvair Monza convertible with all the performance options. That car was extremely cool.

Yeah, a lot of things went wrong to still get a W. That may bode well for the season.

Well, I guess that falls into the category of winning while not playing your best. It's got to be a little hard to be the road team two days after Thanksgiving.

Ugh. Jake with 3 and everyone still taking a Thanksgiving nap, one hopes this moves in a better direction.

OK, good, Jake took stan's pep talk to heart.

I'm thankful to Prophet, Jersey, and WC for those compelling recollections. The human personality is such a mystery, and when a person, particularly a very gifted person, is willing to go through life seemingly without a need to explain himself in any way, it tends to get our attention and vex us.

Good article, but enigmatic. Obviously, many unanswered questions, and probably inevitably so.