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Sunday
22 January 2006
Sometimes life is hard for no reason at all.
This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men.
—Remember the Titans
Eugene and I are chillin' in his apartment here in NYC and watching what may be the first football movie I have ever not only enjoyed—it's making laugh and scream and cry.
Football!
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Matt Jaehn, if you're reading this, you absolutely should go visit this exhibit in Memphis.
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About to go to the grocery store to get stuff to make baked mac and cheese and a pie for Eugene and his roommates' barbeque tonight, so I don't have time right now for commentary, but here's the stuff I've been reading all morning: