Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share,
- Are we on the verge of a new age in nuclear fission?
- From the archives: The Eisenhower Method.
- Dan Wetzel: CFB's calendar problem affects athletes more than millionaire coaches.
Thursday, December 04, 2025
More College Football Thoughts
Even more college football thoughts and observations on coaching carousel moves and college football recruiting rankings. Never a dull moment.
Have these thoughts anyway and thought I'd write them down and share. Enjoy!
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Has there ever been a better way to make money in America than being named a target for Penn State's head football coach search? Candidates reportedly have signed $370 million in new deals with existing institutions. If the Nittany Lions did that for every American we could all have a very merry Christmas.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How NBA legend Michael Jordan is blowing up NACAR's monopoly. Excellent backstory to an important case.
- Wait - is this true or satire?
- Rand Paul's proposal to improve healthcare and lower costs.
College Football Thoughts
Some thoughts and observations after the latest playoff rankings and coaching carousel moves.
Was having these thoughts anyway so figured I'd share them on Substack. May the playoff odds ever be in your favor.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Did not address the question of if we are at war with Venezuela because I honestly don't know. Is Maduro still in power? Did he resign? I'll be monitoring that situation. Also did not comment on college football or the latest playoff rankings. Plan a post on that later today.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025
The League
"In a widely lauded speech in New York in January 1922, Fielding Yost, head coach at the University of Michigan, said that paying men to play football 'robs the great American game of its greatest character-building qualities. The ideals of generous service, loyalty, sacrifice, and whole hearted devotion to a cause all are taken away. The game is robbed of the exhilarating inspiration of achievement merely for achievement's sake.'"
This quote seems quaint given the spectacle of Lane Kiffin abandoning Ole Miss in the midst of the school's greatest achievement to sign a $13 million per year contract with LSU. And Kiffin lacks the achievement of either SEC or national championships.
"At his [George Halas] suggestion, the APFA [American Professional Football Association] changed its name at an owners' meeting in Cleveland on June 24, 1922. 'I lacked enthusiasm for our name,' Halas wrote, because the word 'association' connoted minor league status in baseball. He suggested National Football League, explaining that baseball's National League was the sports most established, respected circuit. The other owners approved unanimously."
Some history I did not know. From John Eisenberg's The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH: The war in Ukraine - lots of questions but few answers. People can avoid the facts but not the reality.
- Dan Wetzel: Lane Kiffin is many things, but he's certainly no victim in move to LSU. He's not wrong. Fan of Wetzel's sarcasm.
- Keeping a close eye on AI. Everything in moderation - including AI,
- The case against an International Panel on Inequality. Socialism by another name is still socialism.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
We're at that strange time of year where the calendar says its December but its technically still Fall. Yet it's getting cold but it's really too early to be winter or Christmas season. It's like a seasonal DMZ. We really should have a name for this time of year.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Monday, December 01, 2025
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The US Navy can't build a navy anymore. Disturbing.
- From the archives: Tim Ferriss on the 80/20 rule.
- US Air Force has a F-47 NGAD fighter math problem. Just like that next generation air dominance (NGAD) enters the lexicon. Get there firstest with the mostest.
- Interesting: Satellite images show Tehran's worsening water crisis.
College Football Thoughts
As a person actively seeking happiness and appreciating things that make me happy - Lane's decision to ditch Ole Miss where he claimed to finally found happiness rankles me.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Still digesting my thoughts on Lane Kiffin choosing LSU and abandoning Ole Miss where he proclaimed he finally found happiness. Can't help but recall that his dad Monte was known not just for his great coaching but also for his loyalty to one team - the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now Lane will be remembered for abandoning teams and hopping around from place to place.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Sunday, November 30, 2025
College Football Sunday Thoughts
It has been strongly suggested that the delay from Kiffin's camp is that he's decided to sign with LSU but wants to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs. Kiffin is supposedly threatening that if he doesn't get his way he may poach as many players from the Rebels as possible on his way out the door. Even if this is just a rumor don't think Kiffin realizes he already had a serious relapse to his old self which was major league unlikable.
Anyway there's a lot more news to college football than just Kiffin and his ego.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The hunt for the real life Red October happened 50-years ago. Very different story than the book or the movie.
- Excellent parable and life advice.
- Jonathan Turley: Was Ukraine responsible for blowing up the Nordstream 2 pipeline? It makes sense.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
The long national nightmare of waiting for Lane Kiffin to make his decision continues. Not sure if it's consciously or unconsciously but his delay in deciding between Ole Miss and LSU is no longer building drama but instead grating on people's nerves. Reaching the "pox on all their houses" stage.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- How the Saab-32 fighter sent a big message to the F-35. When it comes to having supply chain independence or long range strike capability - it's hard to argue they're wrong.
- Interesting point by Douglas Murray and clarification by Powerline. But let's not lose fact of the real point that illegal immigration is being used as a weapon.
- Jonathan Turley on Amy Klobuchar's embarrassing demonstration of confirmation bias.
- Interesting - defibrillator drones? I like this idea.
Basic to Advanced Synonyms
Have a pet peeve about using the same word too close together in a paragraph. This should be helpful. (Via)
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Last night Texas soundly beat previously unbeaten Texas A&M and threw a curve into the playoff rankings. Today you have the Ohio State - Michigan rivalry game and Lane Kiffin is supposed to make his decision. Plus tomorrow Tulane coach Jon Sumrall is supposed to make his. Buckle up.
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Friday, November 28, 2025
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- CIA says alleged National Guard shooter worked for agency's paramilitary unit in Afghanistan. Director also says he never should have allowed here.
- Senator Mark Kelly gets dragged on social media after making comment on shooting of National Guardsmen. The commenters weren't wrong.
- The untold story of Charlie Munger's final years. Outside the WSJ paywall.
The Americans
For air conditioning, unlike many other inventions in indoor living, the theoretical as well as the practical advances were made in the United States. The man who developed the theory, who devised the machinery, and then envisioned the human possibilities of air conditioning, was William H. Carrier." Daniel Boorstin The Americans: The Democratic Experience
Knew who invented air conditioning but not the backstory.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Klobuchar humiliated herself and accidently destroyed Biden.
- From the archives: Shane Parrish on Writing to Think.
- Lately you have to wonder if this is actually satire.
- The missing $.75 in computer fees. Great story I was unaware of.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Hope you have today off from work or if you don't at least you'll be getting holiday pay. For most of the rest of us we'll be enjoying turkey sandwiches and leftovers while doing yardwork and watching football. I'll probably be having turkey sandwiches for the next couple of days.
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Quotes for Today
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