Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
November 16, 2007

UofM vs tOSU

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

It’s the third weekend in November, which means one thing: the renewal of the best rivalry in college football - Michigan vs. Ohio State!
Funny thing is that my blog traffic bears this out, as I’ve seen an uptick in the amount of traffic. Traffic, it seems, that is being driven by search engines spitting [...]


November 7, 2007

Bibles banned at 2008 Beijing Games

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Bibles Banned at 2008 Beijing Olympics
Irony: The games that were founded, with strong mythological/religious ties, by the ancient Greeks are now looking to squelch any/all religious expression.
While Chinese organizers “promise that religious services we offer will not be lower than the level of any previous Games,” they also have ruled that Bibles are on [...]


October 9, 2007

Michigan football memories

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

I think that I’ve mentioned before that I’m a Michigan football fan. I came of age during the Bo Schembechler years, and became the type of true-believer that only a pre-teenaged boy can be. I lived & died with what Bo’s boys did on the gridiron, rooting for them with a white-hot passion. (That my [...]


September 6, 2007

The season starts

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

The NFL regular season starts tonight.
Yay!
I’ve always been a pro football fan (it’s a shame that Detroit doesn’t have a pro team, y’know?), but it’s only been in the past 10-15 years that the NFL has become my favorite league, and pro football my favorite sports season. Basketball (pro or college) is nowhere near the [...]