Daily Archives: Sunday, December 31, 2006

A few seconds on the big, big screen

Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Rex Hammock

At the Titans game today, the 16-year-old made it onto the jumbotron when a guy in front of us participated in a time-out contest. The 16-year-old is the guy in the red poncho. The last time he was on a … Continue reading →

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Close to the most amazing music city miracle ever, but no cigars

Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Rex Hammock

I’m sure the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier didn’t have NFL football in mind when he wrote them, but tonight these words of his ring true: For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It … Continue reading →

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Reporters gone wild

Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Rex Hammock

This New York Post year-end review of media-related “statistics” mashes up so much random and un-related chatter into a garbled trend-story that it’s hard to know where to start refuting it, so I won’t. Rather, I’m going to watch some … Continue reading →

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Here’s a gift for Hogmanay

Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Rex Hammock

In Scotland, the big celebration of the season starts on December 31-January 1. The last day of the year is called Hogmanay (hog-muh-NAY) and Ne’erday is the contraction of ‘New Years Day’ in Scots dialect. For 300 years — up … Continue reading →

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rexblog tech, magazine and Titans predictions for 2007

Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Rex Hammock

1. In late 2007, a major wire service will run a feature story calling RSS “the coolest thing you’ve never heard of.” 2. In the magazine world, David Carey will be a name we hear a lot. The launch of … Continue reading →

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