COUNTDOWN: 85 DAYS

by Orson on Jun 5, 2008 3:56 PM EDT

However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance -- so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature.

(Graham Greene is really brilliant shit, but so is Patrick, who has quality nonsense percolating with us in a guest star fashion over at 35S.)

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Who else besides me is waiting for the Nutt’s first public display of batshit crazy in Oxford?

by JW on Jun 5, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions

I bet it wasn’t painless for that dumbass.

by Out of Conference on Jun 5, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

I bet I know what play he’ll call……………

by Rzbker1974 on Jun 5, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

I miss the days of the Southwest Conference when we would play Arkansas every year. Arkansas fans made me realize that my Texas small-town, nutty relatives weren’t so bad and holidays were then tolerable….

by blon57 on Jun 5, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

Sucide is not a couragous act, toughing it out it. Courage is seeing the difficulty but going for it away. Suicide is like quitting Madden when you’re down by five touchdown at halftime.

by John on Jun 5, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

I always liked that book…

by AllWhoYonder on Jun 5, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

For those of you who looked at day 86 but didn’t go back, the Order mentioned in entry number one is real. I called the clerk’s office to confirm. See entry 52 (I think).

by Bamaleg on Jun 5, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

Another pretty funny one of that guy.

by Brian O'Blivion on Jun 5, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

I would drink some ’Stones with this guy! Well, except he probably drinks strychnine like sodie-pop before speaking in strange, porcine tongues.

(BTW: Sorry, for the repeated ‘Stones reference….just moved to Iowa, so I’m fixated on the shit and how you can get 30 of them for $8.99 at the Fareway! It’s like the Nasty Lite in Tuscaloosa…or goat semen in Auburn).

by Der Schatten on Jun 5, 2008 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

yarr… what the hell does that feller have in his hands?… is he signing an autograph for a football player?

reminds of a cabin boy we kept down in the mizzen hold…

by Pirate Petey on Jun 5, 2008 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

…..a sneak with Dick?

by hunglikehussain on Jun 5, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

There’s only 60 weekdays until the season starts, so only 60 days of content generation to go! Of course, Orson, for you that means only 360 more blog posts until the season starts…

Yeah, let’s just go with 60 more weekdays ’til the season.

by Year2-Dave on Jun 5, 2008 8:42 PM EDT reply actions

OT: What’s with the rumnor circulating that Knowshon is leaving the team and not necessarily under his own free will?!? Someone dispel this- pronto. I’m now having undue visions of ending up #3 in the SECE and someone needs to put that fire out ASAP before I piss myself.

by Out of Conference on Jun 6, 2008 9:09 AM EDT reply actions