Long title to this article - then again this it was a nice long weekend for me. Unfortunately work calls, and I still can't figure out a way to get rich and stay home writing on Pickin' Splinters for a living. Someday... someday. But this weekend was everything it was hyped to be - good food, good company, warm fires at the Edgemere mansion, cold brews and lots of sporting … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Random thoughts and observations from Thanksgiving Weekend.
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Tuesdays with Smitty: Props and Flops in the NFL
If you had to pick a word to describe the 2008 NFL - predictable wouldn't be in the running. In fact, it probably wouldn't be in the Top 10. The 2008 season as seen superiors teams like the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts and Dallas fall to the depths of mediocrity, while watching as teams such as the Tennessee Titans rise to the cream of the crop. … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Props and Flops in the NFL
Tuesdays with Smitty: Remembering a Legend & Random Rumblings
This past weekend for me, is one of the best in sports - the beginning of a new NFL season, College Football is in full swing and MLB pennant fever is in full motion. Yet, this weekend was marred when the world of basketball lost one of its giants - Don Haskins. Nicknamed "The Bear", Haskins is commonly known for his willingness to recruit African-American basketball players … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Remembering a Legend & Random Rumblings
Tuesdays with Smitty: What is a contract?
Sorry folks, but I am back for another topic that I would like to bring up. Here it goes.. and it starts with the Webster's Dictionary of a contract. The definition is as such: Contract: "Con-tract" - An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of a specified something. An agreement enforceable by law. The reason I bring this up is it has been … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: What is a contract?
Ahhhhhhhhhh….Memorial Day
The last Monday in May brings warm breezes, red, white, ‘n’ blue flapping, grills sizzling, and beverages all around. This unofficial opening to summer has roots way back to the Civil War era. Forty-two years ago President Johnson officially declared Waterloo, New York the birth place of Memorial Day - just another reason to appreciate the Empire State. If you haven’t had … [Read more...] about Ahhhhhhhhhh….Memorial Day