I don't blog as much or as regularly as I used to. The blog used to be a great way to keep in touch with people, but other folks started using twitter and facebook, and most of the blogs I followed kind of started drying up. Then, I took on this house project that takes up almost all my free time, and my own blog has suffered.

Still, there are people that only keep up with me through my blog's feed, so I wanted to share some sad news with you guys--last week Brooklynne and I lost the baby we were expecting to be born later this year. We don't have a real explanation for it... the heart just stopped beating for some reason. Obviously, we're wrestling through a wide range of emotions, but time will bring healing, and we praise God's faithfulness even in these tragic circumstances.

On a more trivial note, this week also brought sadness to my heart in the firing of Butch Davis--not that I disagree with the move, or care one iota for Davis's situation--but because I feel very pesimistic about our chances for success after this season. We'll probably do alright this year before recruiting tapers off and the NCAA penalties come down, but don't expect to beat state, and don't expect a bowl game. And I'll go on record now... we may be competitive in any given game, but I predict we will not be competitive for the league title for another 10-15 seasons. Everett, please prove me wrong, but I'm afraid we have been consigned to 3-8 football hell for the all of the foreseeable future.