| As of tomorrow, I will be half way to 50, and I think I can already see what will be one of the biggest struggles in those next 25 years. The daily, hourly, and ever constant struggle to live in the here and now. It is so easy to think about 'how things will be when...'. When the next break is here, when I'm done with school, when Mandy's has a music classroom of her own, when I have a real job, when we can focus on saving more and less on living hand to mouth, when we have children, when we live somewhere else, when we're old... the list can go on as far as imagination will allow.
But every moment we spend anticipating something that has not yet come is a moment that we spend missing out on what is currently happening. I'm talking about something deeper than not worrying. I'm talking about Living! We have been given so little time, that we absolutely must treasure every moment! Shoot, you don't need to Seize every Day, so long as you are acknowledging and appreciating each one. As we look forward into the future, we must be careful not to be so focused on the horizen that we stumble through the present.
This is my challenge to myself: Do not spend time planning for the future to the detriment of the present. Live in the here and now. Don't spend time hoping and scheming for the future if the act of doing good things now is neglected. Feed the poor. Visit the sick and elderly. Love. The future will come, but this is all that is inevitable. If I fail to act now, whose to say I will do so in the future?
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
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| Quentin Castille... we really miss you.
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| A tough call this weekend. USC v. Notre Dame. Question is, who do I want to lose more? If USC wins, they're still able to back into a BCS bowl, and we might have to hear them talked about as national championship contenders for the rest of the season <gag>. If Notre Dame wins, Charlie Weis gets to act even more pompus and arrogant, and we have to hear for the rest of the year about how ND is back, and how great Pretty Boy Clausen is.
Both of these are crappy scenarios. But I think USC will probably lose at least one more this season; they're just not that good.
Therefore: Go SC!
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| A great observation from the Omaha World Herald's Mitch Sherman:
"It's hard to imagine a defensive player anywhere more dominant than Suh right now.
He continues to display incredible power. It will be interesting to ask Bo Pelini or defensive coordinator Carl Pelini next week if they believe Suh gets called for more penalties because of that freakish strength.
When Suh makes a hit, the ball carrier often moves violently in a way you just don't see – almost as if he's been hit by a truck. Officials seem to react more quickly to a Suh tackle because it just looks different.
Case in point: He didn't deserve a 15-yard personal foul for tackling Blaine Gabbert illegally in the fourth quarter. The call was for a horse-collar tackle. Replays showed Suh grabbed all jersey with his powerful hands, but you simply don't expect a 6-foot-5 QB to fall so hard in that spot."
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| Look, it's simple, really.
Nebraska took #5 Virginia Tech to the wire, and but for a 74-yard opening kick off and one busted long bomb pass play, dominated an explosive, talented national championship contender.
Missouri was taken to the 4th quarter by Nevada. Nevada is currently 1-3.
Things may be close for a while this Thursday evening due to jitters and adrenaline, but by the middle of the third quarter NU will have blown this game wide open.
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