Gowin Family Blog

Not quite what I was expecting but who am I to question it?

Garrr! This is Calico Jack McGurk. Tuesday, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Get your info here or here.

If you asked me, I’d say MySpace. If you asked the editors at PC World, they’d say the same thing: MySpace is the worst site on the Web. This cracks me up because it is at once too sad and too true.

One of our seminary professors, Bob Lowery, has published a book on Revelation: Revelation’s Rhapsody: Listening to the Lyrics of the Lamb. Accordingly, he has a web site to promote and discuss the book. Check it out, visit it often, tell your friends.

After yesterday’s sound defeat of Penn State (ranked #19 after the second week; ND was tied for #4 with Auburn) and Ohio State’s handling of Texas, the Irish moved up to #2 in the third week AP poll.  Yeah baby.

Photo from MSNBC.com
Suzanne and I have followed Notre Dame football from the beginning of our marriage ten years ago (my history with ND goes back further). For ten years, we’ve watched the Irish through good and bad–mostly mediocre to bad. This year, however, we’re hopeful for something good, maybe even something great. A national championship perhaps?

The Irish are ranked as high as number two in the preseason polls. The offense, guided by Heisman-hopeful Brady Quinn, will be a dominating force. The defense remains a question mark at this point; today’s game at Georgia Tech will provide clues to the rest of the season.

We remain hopeful. Expectations are high–as they should be; this is Notre Dame football, after all. To see the Irish in Phoenix on January 8 would be a glorious thing.

UPDATE: Well it wasn’t pretty but the boys from South Bend pulled it off.  Notre Dame wins, 14-10.

Erin: “Daddy, let’s pretend I’m the princess and you and Mommy are the servants.”

Me: “Actually, I think that’s the way it plays out around here most of the time.”