Archive for October, 2007

2007 Patriots

Posted: 30th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Sports

Even though I’m not from the Boston area, I’ve been a fan of the New England Patriots ever since Tom Brady took over the starting QB job from Drew Bledsoe several years ago. Don’t get me wrong: I would still pull for the Bears in a head-to-head matchup, but I also enjoy watching the Pats [...]

Pop-Ups on Yahoo News?

Posted: 29th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Websites

I was reading through some of the top stories at Yahoo news, like I do every day, when I noticed that several of the articles set off my Firefox pop-up blocker. I didn’t actually view the pop-ups, so I don’t know if they were ads or just some type of alerts, but either way, I [...]

Final Thoughts on Lions-Bears

Posted: 28th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Sports

Man, it was another absolutely brutal effort from the Bears today, as they got outplayed by the Lions in nearly every aspect of the game. The 16-7 loss drops Chicago’s season record to 3-5, and makes them 1-3 against the NFC North. Everyone says that it’s not time to worry about a football team until [...]

Protecting Your Family

Posted: 28th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Services

Most of my friends are as solidly grounded in the middle class as I am, so I was surprised to learn that not everyone has something as basic (to me) as life insurance. I guess this isn’t the kind of thing that you generally think about in your early thirties, but I believe in being [...]

Rick Nash Highlight Goal

Posted: 27th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Sports

Since Notre Dame didn’t play today, I was planning on writing a post about Game 3 of the World Series. However, it’s after 11pm now and they’re still in the 8th inning. I don’t really feel like staying up until it’s over, so I decided to turn to the NHL instead. I haven’t been watching [...]

Blog World Expo

Posted: 27th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Life

The Blog World Expo is now less than two weeks away, and I have finally decided that there’s no way I’m going to be able to make it. I really wanted to go to this event, but I can’t justify spending more than $500 to spend a couple days in Las Vegas, particularly since my [...]

BTT: Read with Abandon

Posted: 25th October 2007 by T.F.P. in Check it out

I would enjoy reading a meme about people’s abandoned books. The books that you start but don’t finish say as much about you as the ones you actually read, sometimes because of the books themselves or because of the circumstances that prevent you from finishing. So . . . what books have you abandoned and [...]