Well, this week I don’t even need to wait for Monday night for my football report.

As it has been most of the season: two out of three.

The Dallas Cowboys beat the the Carolina Panthers, who had the best record in the NFC. The Cowboys are now in a four-way tie for best record in the NFC.

My fantasy football team won fairly handily, thanks to my running back combo of Edgerrin James and Priest Holmes.

BYU lost, but enough about that. They should be better next year — they can’t get much worse on offense.

Saw Master and Commander on Friday night with The Parents and my cousin Scott. If you like Napoleonic War naval warfare movies, you’ll like this one.

In fact, even if you’re not particularly a fan of Napoleonic War naval warfare movies, but just like a good adventure movie, you’ll probably like it.

For me, the most intense scene in the movie is not a battle scene, it’s a surgery scene. If you’ve seen it, you know which one I mean.

Watching the movie reminded me of the time a few years ago I took a tour of the U.S.S. Constitution (“Old Ironsides”). Life aboard such ships was very crowded, and I think Master & Commander gives you a good feel for what it might have been like.

Some of you who read my blog have mentioned that you’re interested in writing fiction.

I believe I’ve already mentioned attending Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. It was a great expreinece, and I learned a lot. I toke some notes while i was there; they are far from complete, but may be of interest to someo of you. You can read them here.

If you ever have a chance to attend one of his workshops, take it.

It’s a romatic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. Go here to read the screenplay.

Go here to collaborate on your own screenplay.

(Found this via Dave Barry’s blog.)

BYU has one last chance to salvage anything out of this season: beat Utah to prevent them from winning the MWC championship outright, and play Jackson Brown at quarterback to give him some experience so he can be the starter next year.
Two last chances. (Tip of the hat to Monte Python.)
In order to win the game, they will need a weapon. Their weapon is surprise– surprise and fear. (OK, now I’m pushing the Monte Python thing too far.)
My prediction: Utah wins; Jackson Brown plays more than half the game.

I’d heard this information through unofficial channels, but I didn’t want to blog it until it was confirmed.

My science-fiction short story “The Man Who Moved the Moon” is one of the finalists for the Phobos Fiction Contest.

From the twenty-five finalists, they will select twelve winners.

Even if I don’t win, I’m very excited to have gotten this far.

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Warning: the subject matter of this entry is going to be offensive to some people. I’m not kidding. If you are offended, don’t complain about it, because you were warned.

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“What do you think about the decision to redefine marriage to include homosexuals?”

“I think it’s a bad idea, because I don’t think people should be allowed to marry barnyard animals.”

“What on earth are you talking about? It doesn’t legalize marriage with barnyard animals!”

“Yes it does. By definition, homosexuals are people who have sex with others of the same sex or with barnyard animals.”

“That’s absurd. The word ‘homosexual’ only means that they have sex with other people of the same sex.”

“Well, maybe it used to mean that, but I’ve redefined it to include having sex with barnyard animals.”

“Homosexual means what it means. You can’t redefine a word to include something that it didn’t include before.”

“Sure I can. Just ask the Massachusetts Supreme Court.”

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Now, to the supporters of same-sex marriage whom I have offended, I ask this question:

Why are you offended?

Why should you be upset that a sexual practice you do not care for is included in the definition of something you care about?

Isn’t that exactly what you are doing by demanding that the definition of marriage be changed to include homosexual couples?

(Note: This entry was originally published on my now-defunct political blog, Attilathepundit.com.)

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has decided to redefine the word marriage to include something that the word has never meant.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I think the gay lobby has overreached by pursuing a litigation strategy which is forcing acceptance of same-sex marriage on a population that does not want to accept it.

I think there will be a public-relations backlash against the idea, which may lead to acceptance of a Federal Marriage Amendment.

(Note: This entry was originally published on my now-defunct political blog, Attilathepundit.com.)
The Mass. court stayed its ruling for six months. If the legislature does not begin the process of amending their state constitution to counter this ruling, then I’m fairly certain the Federal Marriage Amendment will be a national campaign issue.