"Christian Voodoo": OK, NOW I've Seen Everything

By Byron Harvey / February 8, 2010 /

A friend sent me info about a family that is attempting–with the encouragement of their “church”–to incorporate voodoo (or, more technically as they call it, “vodou”) into their “Christianity” for the sake of two adopted kids from Haiti.  Now, of course it’s great that these folks adopted a couple of kids from Haiti–well, let’s put…

Greatest NFL Quarterbacks, Revisited

By Byron Harvey / February 8, 2010 /

Because I love sports and numbers, and the intersection of the two, I did a statistical analysis three years ago to determine who was the greatest QB of all time.  This won’t be a long post, but to review, my scoring system relied on two things: passer rating relative to other QBs playing in the…

My Super Bowl Call

By Byron Harvey / February 7, 2010 /

Indianapolis 38, New Orleans 21 It’s hard to root against the feel-good story of the year–and it’s not so much that I’m rooting against the Saints, though I do like the Colts a tad better and am a big Peyton Manning fan.  But here’s the deal: the Saints aren’t playing against a quarterback who’ll do…

Sorry for Yesterday's Problem

By Byron Harvey / February 5, 2010 /

In the event you logged on yesterday and were directed away from this page to some spam site, my regrets.  Some shred of human debris decided to hack my computer, apparently, whilst I was in a public place, and inserted some nefarious code into some line somewhere that directed folks to various other sites.  Thankfully,…