Notebook
February 3rd, 2006 by Matt Sutton

I am an avid football fan. I grew up in a family of avid football fans. I even had legitimate hopes of playing Division I college football until I was sidelined by a neck injury in high school. So at this point in the calendar year I begin to experience minor withdrawals as my favorite sport winds to an end. Nonetheless, some of the most humorous aspects of football for me are the mind-numbingly simple philosophical phrases coaches and players create each year for motivational purposes. There are two things that are humorous to me regarding these phrases. First, they almost always have to be three words or less. More than three words and you begin to infringe on the outer intellectual boundaries of your target audience. There just aren’t that many Rhodes Scholars that buckle chin straps on a regular basis! (more…)

December 23rd, 2005 by Matt Sutton

If you haven’t mentally dismissed me as a heretic or blasphemer after reading the title to this blog entry, and instead have decided to read further, I must assume at this point you are reading with anticipation that I will make things right!

I will not disappoint you. (more…)