I Survived the 80's One Time Already

Congratulations to Ms. Nina Patterson for correctly naming "Evil Urges" by My Morning Jacket as the Thursday Song of the Day.

After finishing up another quarter today (7 down, 2 to go), I've decided to take a little journey down to Austin tomorrow for the Lone Star State's version of David versus Goliath: Baylor/UT.
The Bears haven't won in Austin since 1991 (good old days, weren't they, U.S.S.R.?), and I don't expect that to change tomorrow, but if you turn on Fox Sports Net tomorrow around 11 a.m., I'll be the green dot in the sea of burnt orange.

Current Reading

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks

Impress All the Women, Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens, Wear Seersucker and White Linens

Congratulations once again to Ms. Amanda Pierce for almost naming "Anytime" by My Morning Jacket as the Thursday Song of the Day. Luke, before you file an official protest with the Running Down a Dream Song of the Day Rules Committee, you should note that she named the correct band and actually made an effort to win the prize, whereas your lack of participation was noticeable.

One of the more jarring sports-related experiences that I have had in the past 18 months occurred last May in Arlington as the Ballpark was transformed into Fenway Park Southwest by a roving band of bandwagon-hopping BoSox fans. The only living member of the Jig and Twig witnessed the same phenomenon last night at the Juice Box and left feeling worse than Kobayashi after a 4th of July spent at Nathan's Famous hot dogs on Coney Island.

Finally, thanks to information relayed by an unnamed source from the ABC/ESPN promotional department, Running Down a Dream is proud to bring you the rejected taglines for today's Euro 2008 Final between Spain and Germany:

Rejected Tagline #1:

Franco!

Hitler!

It's the Euro 2008 Final...on ABC!!!!

Rejected Tagline #2:

Guernica!

Dresden!

It's the Euro 2008 Final...on ABC!!!