So...

Yeah.  This is happening.

If you don't know anything about college football, you won't know this, but Vandy has never been a big threat to other football teams.  I've been to, and watched --- that's been rare, because Vanderbilt hasn't been Ia TV draw --- games where the opponents'  fans outnumbered Vandy's two or three to one.  We weren't a laughing stock, but we were awfully close.  This is just astounding.  This is so much fun, and I am so proud of what's going on up there.  We're still behind the Ducks, Twinnie, and that's perfectly fine with me.

As regards the "No Kings" protests here, you may have heard about this.  She wasn't at my corner, or I certainly would have ignored her, too.

I'll be channeling my father tonight, shining my boots while watching football.  Not surprisingly, I do everything in the order he did, even sitting (I've been told more than once) exactly like him.  It's a good feeling.

Speaking of my father, today is his namesake's birthday.  Happy Day to my son, Briton.