NPR and the Sock Capital of the World

Brandon’s hometown of Fort Payne, AL was recently featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. The Sock Capital of the World (or “capitol” depending on if you saw the misprinted sign in Fort Payne) is now the former Sock Capital of the World, as it has been deeply affected by CAFTA (Central America Free Trade [...]

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Brandon’s Office

You’ve seen our apartment and some pictures from around Edinburgh, now here’s your chance to see where Brandon spends most of his days: his very own cubicle on the fourth floor of New College. The school is already the penultimate promontory in Edinburgh, so after walking up the hill they call “the Mound” [...]

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Thanksgiving in Scotland

This past Sunday Cheryl and I celebrated Thanksgiving with our friends the Browns, Naylors, and Burlews. We did it on a Sunday because many of the wives had to work on Thanksgiving Day, which is not a holiday over here. Below are some pictures:

Here is the whole crew at table.

The turkey the Browns [...]

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Life without a Car(s)

One thing that is different about living in Edinburgh is not having a car. Before we left we sold both our cars–cars which we were enormously blessed to drive. I had driven my 1995 Chevy Blazer since 1996, or 11 years. During this time the only thing that ever really went wrong [...]

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Why My Wife is the Greatest

There are innumerable reasons why I am thrilled to be married to Cheryl. One of those reasons is the nice things she does for me on a regular basis. Allow me to share one such example. I take coffee with me every day to school in a thermos and drink it to [...]

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Weekend Update #2

Here are some highlights from this past week in Scotland:

Cheryl had another doctor’s appointment on Thursday, and all is well (the appointments here last all of 10 minutes…and they’re free). She is now less than 5 weeks away from her due date of December 14!
We had our first “birthing class” session yesterday at the [...]

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The Elvis Files Revisited

Just when you think society has finally accepted the fact that Elvis died in 1977, along comes the curator of an “Elvis Is Alive” museum who claims he has DNA evidence proving it in fact was not Elvis who was buried at Graceland 30 years ago. Interestingly, this was the featured story on the [...]

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On Revenue-Sharing in Baseball

Sometimes I’m amazed baseball is still so popular after the free agency collusion of the late 80s, repeated player strikes, and the whole steroid fiasco. But, it is still going strong.  There’s an interesting op-ed piece in the NY Times on Saturday that proposes a new approach to revenue-sharing in Major League baseball. [...]

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Weekend Update

Here are some highlights from the past week in Edinburgh:

Cheryl got a 1-week job as a receptionist through the temp agency. It was a good week, except for the times she couldn’t make out the Scottish accents. Her coworkers gave her some pie and a card after just one week with them.
Halloween/Reformation Day came [...]

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