tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:34:18 +0000http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)Blogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-8065829473321122503Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +00002009-10-27T15:42:44.003-04:00ESPN analyst Bob Griese has been suspended for one week for a "racist" comment about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. While displaying a graphic of current NASCAR leaders, someone (perhaps not Griese) asked "where's Juan Pablo Montoya?" Griese replied "he's out having a taco." I was watching the game at the time of the comment, and I winced a bit. Not because I found the comment to be http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-bad-geography-gets-you-suspended.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-8592020108901893265Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:07:00 +00002009-10-09T22:13:20.198-04:00Obama’s Peace Prize: The World Bets on American LeadershipBy Peter M. Shane (from executivewatch.net)It’s a safe bet that President Obama’s first words this morning were something akin to, “I won what??” This is, after all, the man who conceded that Arizona State had a point in thinking an honorary degree might be premature. President Obama – whom I admire deeply – has been in office under 10 http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-has-obama-done-pt-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-6801342973930992257Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +00002009-10-04T12:57:53.032-04:00Hillary 2012!http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-has-obama-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-1263494010953026719Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-09-17T14:53:36.306-04:00Joe says something. Bob calls Joe a racist. 1. If what Joe said was racist, is Joe a racist? 2. If what Joe said was racist, is Bob a racist?3. If what Joe said was not racist, is Bob a racist?4. If Joe IS a racist, but what he said was not, is Bob a racist? 5. Am I a racist for even asking if Joe's comment was racist?6. If you answer any of these hypothetical questions, are you a racist?http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/09/questions-about-racism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-6738044555280391911Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:07:00 +00002009-09-14T14:09:16.709-04:00House starts a week from today. That is all.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-7442177179489178429Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:16:00 +00002009-08-27T23:17:45.832-04:00Law school has begun. Taking 30 seconds to write this post has put me behind by three minutes.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/08/hiatus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-7540691532112457851Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:36:00 +00002009-08-13T18:36:41.517-04:00http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/08/poor-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-7388263532528664967Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:35:00 +00002009-07-29T14:37:27.461-04:00Today's math fail comes from "Papa Bear" O'Reilly, who says that Americans have a lower life expectancy than Canadians because we have more people.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/07/math-fail-part-8-or-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-2094570728327201296Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:59:00 +00002009-07-20T21:26:56.120-04:00For the first time in my life I've written a letter to my elected representative. Before now I've signed online petitions or mailings from particular interest groups I belong to, or sent messages from a Senator or Congressperson's website. But today I sat down and typed a letter that I know Senator Hagan won't read and that will make absolutely no impact on the world, and for some reason I still http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-feel-empowered-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-8764746869516207182Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:34:00 +00002009-07-20T08:39:39.993-04:00The Church must be true.Update: HT to Steve, who beat me to it.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/07/great-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-6633580693484399702Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:25:00 +00002009-07-17T20:46:14.118-04:00Whilst indulging in my lunch time guilty pleasure yesterday--listening to Rush Limbaugh--I heard a phenomenal breakthrough in statistical analysis.Rush was lamenting wasteful, frivolous government spending (like Social Security and Medicare). Then he dropped this bombshell on everyone:Have you heard the story about 700 executives from the Social Security Administration on a party junket to http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/07/math-fail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-8641553828200939761Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:00 +00002009-07-03T16:25:47.065-04:00Ya' see what CNN's a sayin' about Sarah Palin?What's she gonna' be doin' now? Maybe she'll be rejoinin' the pageant circuit....or givin' speeches about teen pregnancy, dontcha' know.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/07/palin-steps-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-6541496472534381657Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:17:00 +00002009-06-02T11:18:18.542-04:00The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cSupreme Court Presscolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorKeyboard Cathttp://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-couldnt-resist-stab-at-mitt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-1494090965801217188Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:46:00 +00002009-04-23T15:48:15.063-04:00I usually don't post videos quite this random, but this was so impressive I thought I'd make an exception. Enjoy.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-this-doesnt-get-me-girlfriend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-6635759261512683495Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:50:00 +00002009-04-22T02:53:13.753-04:00Last night fellow Pirate Kristen Dalton (Miss North Carolina) won the title of Miss USA. Let me begin by congratulating her while adding that I would have preferred at least a little shout out to ECU and Pirate Nation.  It's refreshing to see ECU students in news stories not involving arrests and police beatings.  When this guy is your most famous alum, those can be somewhat understandable if http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/04/miss-californias-controversial-response.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-2144128125961402906Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:51:00 +00002009-04-17T10:53:31.527-04:00The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cNationwide Tax Proteststhedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical HumorThe Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cTea Party Tyrannythedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humorhttp://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/04/daily-show-with-jon-stewart-m-th-11p.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-3546744623189496893Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:39:00 +00002009-04-01T14:44:44.661-04:00...and I fear for it.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe 10/31 Projectcomedycentral.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNASA Name Contesthttp://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-just-love-glen-becks-sanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-9092075007237356366Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:55:00 +00002009-03-22T11:57:24.413-04:00You just can't imagine how this makes me feel inside. A tribute to my favorite economist. http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/03/timothy-geithner-uses-turbotax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-1534419497775175285Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:05:00 +00002009-03-20T11:24:51.470-04:00Denver email reads:"Sorry Soxy. Waitlisted."Eight-Zero-and One.--------No lucky Denver Mints for mehttp://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/03/saddest-haiku-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-3831532395714519706Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:47:00 +00002009-03-19T00:17:05.073-04:00Today during class I decided to compose a few haiku. I don't know jack about haiku...even if "haiku" is the correct plural form, so I basically just wrote down ideas that came to my head in the 5/7/5 syllable format. I even asked other law school applicants at a website I visit often to submit their own haiku about the stressful law school application and admissions process. Some are dumb, http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/03/law-school-admissions-haiku-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-7997270434610865510Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-03-13T13:11:53.607-04:00I received an acceptance letter from Louisville yesterday. 8 for 8 with 6 more to go. The next 6 will bring the thunder and lightning, I think.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/03/8-for-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-5966921808098045595Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:45:00 +00002009-02-25T18:51:23.259-05:00when I said I was accepted at Oklahoma? (This question will probably be lost on anyone but my family members.)Or my favorite:I always felt bad for poor ol' Jud Fry.http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/02/which-song-did-you-think-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-9065476103016675143Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:34:00 +00002009-02-25T11:12:40.147-05:00I received an acceptance letter from Stetson Law today, making me 6 for 6 so far this cycle. For those of you keeping tabs, I've now been accepted at: UPDATE: OKLAHOMA EMAILED MY ACCEPTANCE THIS MORNING!MiamiCampbellPenn StateCreightonElonStetsonOklahomaI'm still waiting to hear from:Florida StateTennesseeRichmondLouisvilleDenverArizona StateUtahThis might sound really...well...wrong, but so http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/02/6-for-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-3033295564316493232Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-02-19T12:00:58.208-05:00Chris Martin (Coldplay), Brandon Flowers (The Killers), and Bono (U2) join up for an impromptu rendition of one of my nephew Zac's old favorites during an epic encore performance.(Mama, you might not want to watch, as the picture is very shaky.)http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-got-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874799530105846627.post-860265948547606393Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:48:00 +00002009-02-17T15:48:53.282-05:00http://onesoxypirate.blogspot.com/2009/02/wii-fit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Soxy Pirate)0