The personal blog of Brad Davis Seal.
“Country road 6-40, state highway 45. Life out of the interstate is very much alive”
- Johnny Cash, “Hit the Road and Go”
Skip the interstate when driving between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Take the West Bank River Road (Louisiana Highways 1 & 18) instead. It takes 2.5 times longer. You may make a wrong turn [...]
While researching a new name for a company, I came across the what must be longest company name ever:
“New Beginnings & New Attitudes a Two-Fold Program Designed to Recruiting Retired Educators with Excellence Evaluations Received In Your School District to Employ in Special Programs in Low Ranking Schools LLC”
This is the legal name of an [...]
I took this picture at an LSU game over a year ago. LSU dominated Mississippi State. That’s all I remember about the actual game on the field.
I do remember a lot about the day: the heat, the lighting delay, going to Highland Coffee, seeing Glen Davis outside the stadium, eating soup and salad at Brew-Bachers, [...]
The unfeeling hills that fill up the sky
come alive at dawn, then hold still, it seems,
for centuries, as the sun watches them.
Such a joy it would be to wrap them in green again,
and to scatter the green with houses and fruit.
Each plant would be a miraculous life
at dawn, and the clouds would make sense.
–Cesare Pavese, [...]
A guide to enjoying the best of European football on TV.
Following European soccer in the US isn’t always easy. However, there are several ways to keep up with your favorite teams on TV.
soccerTV.com
A great guide to televised soccer, with listings to over 60 hours of televised soccer matches each week on all U.S. national satellite, [...]
The shade disappeared with the canebrake. Early sun angles through passageways, spills through the spaces where windows will be. The masons will work most of the morning, recalling occasionally the days when this place still rustled with cane leaves, and a person could lie in the grass to cool off.
–Cesare Pavese, House under Construction