Irish Trojan in Tennessee

New dad killed in Iraq one day after his son's birth

By Brendan Loy

This story, out of Hendersonville, Tennessee, is the sort of thing that's liable to make Becky cry these days. Hell, it might make me cry, if I think too hard about it. It's really, really sad. Excerpt:

On Friday, Mrs. Reeves delivered her seven-pound, 14-ounce boy into this world without complications. Soon afterward she phoned Iraq to deliver the happy news. There, Spc. Joshua H. Reeves, her soldier-husband of two years, was stationed with troops from Fort Riley, Kan. ...

One day's joy turned to sorrow on Saturday as a bomb detonated as Joshua Reeves' Humvee drove down a Baghdad street. Leslie Reeves...was still in the hospital with her new baby when she learned she was a widow.

Proof!

By David K.

Chimpy McBushitler for real!!!

Obligatory disclaimer:  The above post is a joke.  Anyone who takes it seriously is also a joke.  We now return you to your regular scheduled blogging.

Auriemma slams Summitt for ending Huskies-Vols series

By Brendan Loy

Back in June, Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt announced she was cancelling the annual UConn-Tennessee rivalry series. Turns out, UConn coach Geno Auriemma is pissed at her:

"I think she should just come out and say she's not playing us because she hates my guts," Auriemma told The Courant. "And I think people would buy that. Then everyone [who seeks a reason] would be happy. She should just say that [Geno is] a dope, a smart-ass, and then everyone could say that they agree with her."

Geno added that he would never have cancelled the series: "You know what? I would never want to. This game is bigger than any individual."

"Besides," he added, "Brendan Loy just moved to Knoxville, so it's really poor timing to end the series now."

Okay, maybe he didn't say that last part. But it's true! (Hat tip: my dad.)

Scary stuff

By Brendan Loy

An attempted kidnapping on 27th Street near USC.

Becky used to live on 27th on the west side of Hoover, right near where this happened.

Minimum system requirements for OS X Leopard released

By Jay Johnson

Looks like Apple is bumping the minimum system requirements for the new OS. 

"Leopard will now require Macs with "an Intel processor or a PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) or G5 processor." Other system requirements include a DVD drive, built-in FireWire, at least 512MB of RAM (additional recommended), and at least 9GB of hard disk space."

Now, how long do I wait before hopping on the Leopard train?