My present to myself: a well deserved, long nap. I woke up early anyway, popped in the DVD of THE WORM EATERS, and fell back asleep quick enough. All I'm hoping for today is a win by my Coogs in the Hawaii Bowl (7pm on ESPN).
That aside, some decent Christmas punditry/news can be found here:
God, as We Hadn't Seen Him - EJ Dionne
Light Unto the Wealth of Nations - Virginia Postrel
Christmas 2003 - Lileks (Tue)
Christmas 2003 - Lileks (Wed)
Christmas 2003 - Lileks (today)
Bad Santas Spark Melee at Islanders Game
Feds Uncover Secret Santa Ring
The Pagan Deviltry Of The Christ's Mass Holiday And How We Must Resist Its Temptation (for the disgruntled cynics out there)
And in case anyone out there needs this ... here ya go.
And just for fun & games: Make-A-Flake
Hawaii Bowl Linkage:
Taming the Cougars
Houston Cougars' progress mirrors Hawai'i Warriors'
Hawai'i, Houston have much in common
Houston on track to revive program
UH's fate may rest in trenches
Programs bound by innovation
Warriors' 'D' looks a lot like Cougars' (is this really supposed to be a good thing?)
Houston proud - Great catchup peice on Hawaii coach June Jones
Run-and-shoot convention in town
I just love the graphic the Honolulu Star Bulletin has for their article:
