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Weekend In Review

Posted on October 13, 2008
As you may have noticed, PeteHoliday.com remains the URL of the blog, but is no longer the title. Most commenters seemed to be in agreement that The Devil Went Down to Georgia was a befitting title and I’m not one to argue. This weekend Hilary came to town to visit...

An Eventful Month

Posted on October 10, 2008
Today is the marks two great occasions. First and foremost, the anniversary of Charlsie’s birth, so happy birthday to her. You should all buy her presents. Second, as of today, I have been an Atlantan for one full month. I’ve lived a lot of places, and I have to say that this is (at least so [...

That Dot Just Got a Little Brighter

Posted on October 09, 2008
Indianapolis is often referred to as a “bright blue dot” in a big red state. That’s why it should come as no surprise to anyone that the city has an estimated 105% voter registration. Good work, Indy! In other news, there are some internet rumblings that maybe Obama was a member of the New Party) after [...

Alabama?s Little Sister

Posted on October 06, 2008
This is certifiably hilarious: Thanks to A.J. for passing it along.

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Enough Blame To Go Around

Posted on October 03, 2008
Charlsie sent this Op-Ed today and I agree with it 100%: I’ll say this upfront: I hope the titans of finance who expect us little people to save them are ashamed of themselves. But at the same time, in painting Main Street solely as a victim of a rapacious Wall Street, we [...

Some Practical Jokes Aren?t Funny

Posted on October 01, 2008
I have a fairly broad sense of humor. I generally find practical jokes pretty funny. This one, not so much: The 20-year-old Atlanta woman was never raped or injured but said she got a steady flow of telephone calls, text messages and visits to her apartment on Sept...

It?s Comcastic

Posted on September 30, 2008
On Sunday night the internet connection that I had been borrowing for the last few weeks mysteriously disappeared. It reappeared, encrypted, several minutes later. I didn’t care much for this turn of events, to be honest. Now, when I lived in Tuscaloosa, I had very few problems with Comcast...

Apparently Black Jerseys Contain No Super Powers

Posted on September 28, 2008
Yesterday was a crazy, crazy day. So crazy. I drove over to Athens for lunch and some tailgating before driving back to Atlanta to watch the game. Scout wouldn’t have done well for the 14 or 15 hours he’d have been alone had I stayed. Speaking of Scout, his old collar (now 2+ years old) broke [...

I See What You Did There

Posted on September 26, 2008
So USC drops one to Oregon State. ESPN provides this as a headline: Game summary or dire warning about certain kinds of contraception? You tell me.

Michigan Law Dispenses With All Pretense

Posted on September 25, 2008
The U.S. News law school rankings are a pretty big deal. Everyone (in the law school world) cares about them. Why? Because prospective students care about them far, far more than they should. In fact, there are no shortage of students who base their choices solely on those rankings...

As Obits Go, This One Wins

Posted on September 24, 2008
No, really. The best obituary ever. Let it be known: when I die, I want this to be the mold out of which my obituary is crafted, and it had better be funny, damnit. Jim, who had tired of reading obituaries noting other’s courageous battles with this or that disease, wanted it known [...

Firefly Vodka Mini-Review

Posted on September 23, 2008
Yesterday I missed a turn and ended up having to drive by the Tower Liquor store near my apartment that I knew (thanks, Charlsie) carries sweet-tea-flavored vodka, so I figured that was a sign. I stopped in and picked up a bottle. There’s very little to say about it but YUM...

Failed Economic Policies

Posted on September 18, 2008
The “Bush’s Failed Economic Policies” is incredibly pervasive. Of course, blaming the president for the economy is a knee-jerk, if intellectually lazy, thing to do but you can’t say that the practice is not encouraged by presidential candidate’s promises to “fix” the economy...

Why You Drink

Posted on September 18, 2008

Because It Bears Repeating

Posted on September 17, 2008
Sometimes I like to quote myself. Today is one of those times. The Ethics of Running Up The Score: If you?re a Division I college program or an NFL team, there is no crying about getting killed. You don?t like it? Put a defense on the field that can stop them, or YOU [...

More Than a Little Disturbing

Posted on September 15, 2008
This doesn’t sound like good policy to me: While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests...

What?s So Dirty About It?

Posted on September 15, 2008
So here I am… in Atlanta. The “dirty south”, as it were. The interesting thing about moving to a place after years of perpetual studentdom is that once you move, you’re now “from” there. That’s your home. It doesn’t always feel that way when you’re in school — you become accustomed to a somewhat nomadic [...

It?s Funny Because It?s True

Posted on September 08, 2008
Purdue:Keeping ugly girls out of IU since 1869.

Packing. Again.

Posted on September 05, 2008
I did a good bit of packing today. I did not like it. I realized I’ve been in a bit of a bad mood this week, partially because I have a lot of things to do and I don’t really want to deal with any of them. I went to Bloomington last weekend for a tailgate, [...

Labor Day Television

Posted on September 01, 2008
Happy Labor Day. I’m barely capable of doing the thinking required to compose entire paragraphs, but I’ll try. On TV tonight… a new episode of The Closer (which I enjoyed) and the debut episode of Raising the Bar. Here’s what I think about Raising the Bar: it’s awful...

?Tis the Season

Posted on August 29, 2008
I watched football last night and it was good. The watching, I mean, not the actual games. The games were mostly terrible. Stanford/Oregon State was good, but the rest were pretty awful. I’m headed to Bloomington tonight to eat some sushi, go out there one last time before the move to Atlanta, and take in [...

Happy Football!

Posted on August 28, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, the best time of the year is upon us: football season. I’m talking about real football. College Football. Lots of games on tonight — I’m not sure which one(s) I’ll be watching. Oregon State at Stanford sounds more interesting to me than NC State at South Carolina, but the SEC fan in [...

Science Does It Again

Posted on June 15, 2008
All of the fear-mongering about Peak Oil and Global Warming are really funny when you stop to think about them. People have such a tremendous lack of perspective about things. You see, these problems are, in the end, market problems. Peak Oil to a much greater degree than global warming, of course, but they both [...

Hate Speech and Thought Police

Posted on June 14, 2008
If freedom of speech means anything at all, it is the freedom to say things that people do not want to hear.~George Orwell There are certain words and phrases, the simple mention of which immediately evoke irritation, disdain, and trepidation in the American consciousness...

Things PETA Doesn?t Do

Posted on June 11, 2008
My name is Pete Holiday and I approve this message.

It?s All Just Math

Posted on June 11, 2008
I whole-heartedly agree with this:

Here Are The Damn Charcoal Pants

Posted on June 10, 2008
Look… Will you women get off my back, now?

New Clothes

Posted on June 09, 2008
The other day I lost a pair of pants. I am not kidding. It was, in fact, my only decent pair of Khakis — law school teaches you how to be professional, but they certainly don’t help you look the part. Because not having a pair of khakis serious impairs my ability to dress business [...

Please, Barack?

Posted on June 06, 2008
This post about (surprise) a liberal that doesn’t understand how to run a military not withstanding, I’ve been considering voting for Obama in November. I will allow time for those that have fallen out of their chairs to return. Okay, so why would I do such a thing? It’s simple…...

Scout Loves Sunny Days

Posted on May 28, 2008
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