Citadel Basketball
Went to the Citadel basketball game this afternoon, in which the Bulldogs pounded their cross-town rivals: the College of Charleston Cougars, 72-63. It was a great, loud game — all the better for the cadet victory.
President Obama
I spent much of the day entranced by the inauguration. I’m sure I wasn’t alone. I’ve seen a few inaugurations now, and I confess that I felt, well, a little emotional to witness what happened today. True, I voted for our new President, and I cannot deny the sweeping feeling …
Fire Department Museum
I took the Hobbit to the Charleston Fire Department Museum today. We had a great time checking out the fire trucks and listening to how this is a fire danger and that’s a fire danger and, well, everything is a bloody fire danger. Still, it was fun. The young master …
The Corps Returns
I’ve been barricaded in my home office most of the day, trying to get as much work done on the Brunanburh book as I can, but I know that the Corps has returned to campus. How? Well, I heard the gentle notes of a bugle a few minutes ago, sounding …
Spanking New Drill
The cordless drill that I’d received as a wedding present years ago — about the only thing among the towels and plates and what-not that I was able to claim as definitively manly and therefore mine — unceremoniously croaked about two months ago. Immediately, eight things around the house needed …