Lost Shaker of Saltville

2016 Pro Pigskin Pick'em

2016-07-03T17:25:00.000-04:00

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From Weeks 5 - 17, the teams are ranked 1 to 32 in several categories based on
their Won-Loss records and their Points For-Points Against. Those rankings are then added together. The lower the total of those rankings, the higher the team will be ranked overall. Please see the table below for scoring.

Week	Correct Pick Points	Correct Points Rank diff 1-4	Correct Points Rank diff 5-8	Correct Points Rank diff 9-12	Correct Points Rank diff 13-17	Correct Points Rank diff 18-21	Correct Points Rank diff 22-25	Correct Points Rank diff 26-29	Correct Points Rank diff 30-31
1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
6	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
7	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
8	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
9	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
10	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
11	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
12	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
13	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
14	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
15	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
16	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
17	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44

To whom it obviously doesn’t concern

2015-03-10T12:30:00.000-04:00

With the 2015 NFL free agency set to officially start in a few hours, I must say that I am sick and tired of these professional athletes continuing to talk about that elusive Super Bowl ring.

Before I delve further into my frustration about the ring talk, I truly understand why professional athletes chase the money. They have families to take care of and their own wants and needs, etc. Trust me; there is no loyalty between any employer (team) and employee (player) in today’s work environment. Employees are just a number to their employer, so you got to get yours while you can because as the cliché goes, money talks.

Now back to my frustration about the ring talk. I hear too many players talk about chasing that Super Bowl ring and I need to go where I have a chance to win. Hey, I know you’re lying because your lips are moving professional athlete, look around your locker room! I’d say there’s a pretty good chance you are closer to being where you can win than you think!

If you’re going to talk about chasing that ring and you are with a team that is on the door step, remember, actions speak louder than words. Restructure the contract, take a reasonable pay cut, do something that backs up what you are saying.

I’m no expert on professional athletes, I’ve never played any sport as a professional, I don’t know what situation professional athletes are in and I’m not trying to draw the ire of social media. I just want the professional athletes to stop the ring talk when it is obvious they are chasing the money. You get paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME! Think about that, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME!

Yours truly,

Fan Loyalty Sucks

R.B. Worthy Shakers corn hole boards

2015-01-13T10:46:00.000-05:00

Busted Brackets

2014-04-01T20:35:00.001-04:00

ESPN is reporting that out of over 11 million brackets submitted in their online challenge only 612 picked the final four correctly. I have to admit it, I'm still struggling just a bit that 612 people actually picked UConn and Kentucky to make it to the Final Four. Picking one of the two, I think I could deal with, but to still have 612 people pick both of them! Hopefully this little tidbit will help you ease your mind on your bracket picks and you can sleep better. As for me, it's another night with unisom and that pesky 20/20 hindsight!

Ashley Judd discovers link to Saltville

2011-05-05T10:07:00.000-04:00

Who do you think you are? profiled Ashley Judd on April 8, 2011 and she discovered that one of her ancestors fought in the Battle of Saltville during the Civil War.

Jefferson's Poplar Forest

2011-05-05T09:40:00.001-04:00

If you are a fan of history, architecture or Thomas Jefferson, I encourage you to plan a visit to Poplar Forest. This was Thomas Jefferson's retreat home and it is a beautiful home.

Here is an excerpt from a term paper I wrote on Jefferson's architecture while at King College:
At Poplar Forest, a sense of total relaxation lingers in the air. There is no worry of interruptions or constant care-taking of the grounds.

I've added some photos from my recent visit there.

How?

2011-01-18T16:03:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of links on finding out how to do something or how something works.

eHow and How Stuff Works.

Ansel Adams lost photos

2010-07-27T10:10:00.000-04:00

Experts: Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale worth $200 million.

Saltville sign near 10 second mark

2010-06-28T16:29:00.001-04:00

Reagan quote on government and economy

2010-06-10T08:42:00.000-04:00

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan

The most famous parental quote?

2010-05-21T09:22:00.000-04:00

"Because I said so!" - the quote most often used by parents since the dawn of verbal communication...

Jerry Van Dyke does 'Mule Train' on the TV show 'Yes, Dear'

2010-05-14T16:45:00.000-04:00

It's just so simple!

2010-05-14T13:55:00.000-04:00

I would have never believed this, if I didn't see it for myself!

Dreams do come true!

2010-05-14T10:48:00.002-04:00

Never lose sight of where you are going. Never forget where you have been. Always know where you are.

Click the link to read this story about a Star Wars wedding.

Listen to the people!

2010-05-14T07:18:00.000-04:00

Sometimes you should just let things speak for themselves...

I Need A Freakin Job @ Yahoo! Video

Nashville 2010 Flood

2010-05-11T11:03:00.003-04:00

Really?!? - from SNL's May 8, 2010 show

2010-05-10T11:34:00.011-04:00

Betty White and Saturday Night Live

2010-05-09T17:15:00.001-04:00

Thank you, Betty White, for the laughs on Saturday Night Live. That had to be one of the most hilarious shows in the history of SNL!

History Mystery: Lost U.S. Colony Found at Last?

2010-05-07T21:52:00.005-04:00

FOXNews.com - Science & Technology

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God put Shay Kelley to work

2010-05-07T15:57:00.001-04:00

This is an interesting story about a woman that lost her job, home and car, but did not lose her faith in God. God put her to work with what she is calling Project 50/50. I encourage you to check out her story and then check out Project 50/50. You can also follow her on Twitter or Facebook.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address - March 4, 1865

2010-04-30T10:37:00.002-04:00

Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.

The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it with war-seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.

Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease when, or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh. If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern there any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, that the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

Scanned image of the speech in Lincoln's hand writing

Scott Sicko changes his mind, says Yes to NFL

2010-04-29T15:51:00.001-04:00

Scott Sicko Signs with the Dallas Cowboys

Scott Sicko says No to NFL

2010-04-26T13:14:00.000-04:00

Please read Peter King's comments on Scott Sicko saying No to the NFL after failing to be drafted.

Peter King's Monday Morning QB

Duke Blue Devils are National Champions!

2010-04-07T19:40:00.001-04:00

Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils for winning their fourth national championship!

3D Samsung TV

2010-03-27T09:04:00.002-04:00

Last night I stopped by BestBuy just to browse around and happened to notice that they had the new 3D Samsung TV as their featured home theater product. I decided to put the shades on and give it a try. I was drooling before the glasses were even settled on the bridge of my nose. The clarity was unbelievable and within ten seconds, I had completely forgotten I had glasses on. It truly looked 3D. I could tell were objects were in relational perspective to each other without feeling like I was looking at cardboard cutouts.
The package they had put together cost around $3,400.00, which is about $2,400.00 more than I'm willing to spend at this time. However, like HD before it, I'm sure 3D TV's will drop in price fairly quick, after the market is saturated with choices.

Week	Correct Pick Points	Correct Points Rank diff 1-4	Correct Points Rank diff 5-8	Correct Points Rank diff 9-12	Correct Points Rank diff 13-17	Correct Points Rank diff 18-21	Correct Points Rank diff 22-25	Correct Points Rank diff 26-29	Correct Points Rank diff 30-31
1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
6	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
7	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
8	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
9	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
10	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
11	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
12	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
13	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
14	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
15	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
16	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
17	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44

Week	Correct Pick Points	Correct Points Rank diff 1-4	Correct Points Rank diff 5-8	Correct Points Rank diff 9-12	Correct Points Rank diff 13-17	Correct Points Rank diff 18-21	Correct Points Rank diff 22-25	Correct Points Rank diff 26-29	Correct Points Rank diff 30-31
1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
6	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
7	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
8	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
9	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
10	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
11	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
12	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
13	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
14	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
15	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
16	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
17	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44

Week	Correct Pick Points	Correct Points Rank diff 1-4	Correct Points Rank diff 5-8	Correct Points Rank diff 9-12	Correct Points Rank diff 13-17	Correct Points Rank diff 18-21	Correct Points Rank diff 22-25	Correct Points Rank diff 26-29	Correct Points Rank diff 30-31
1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
6	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
7	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
8	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
9	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
10	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
11	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
12	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
13	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
14	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
15	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
16	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44
17	10	11	12	13	15	18	23	31	44