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Well, well.  A Wall Street journal follow up story on the legend that Urban Meyer is has found that the esteemed panel that led the investigation into his actions decided to not attempt to recover deleted text messages.  The deleted texts that might have made a difference in discovery were wiped from AD Gene …

For a deed or job well done you may have heard your mom, a mentor, or a “report to” of yours applaud your work.  Perhaps you have been told to “put a feather in your cap.”  High praise indeed that feather is.  It’s a make-believe symbol of honor and achievement.  Or, way back when people …

The year was 1991.  The accuser was Anita Hill.  The nomination of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas hung in the balance.  The accusation was that Mr. Thomas, then head of the EEOC, sexually harassed Ms. Hill, then a subordinate of the now Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas.  The drama of her and his testimony in …

Enjoy another serving of ten college football nuggets below.   We are three weeks in already.   That’s 25% of a season of 12 games.  Don’t you wish the season was 24 games? I asked two weeks ago and I’ll ask again.  Is everyone else playing for second?   Bama is rolling.  Roll Tide Roll.  After giving up …

Scroll down if you dare after reading this brief post.  Somebody’s watching.  There she is.  Meet Abby Roux.  This beauty of a four-year old Vizsla is the Boom Boom’s Room exclusive and official mascot and watchdog.   She has to pull double duty for us at the outset, budgets being what they are you know!  Expect …

A well-meaning, California-based group has collected 35k plus petition signatures encouraging the powers that be to let Mike VII the Tiger, the live two-year old LSU mascot, go free.  Read more here.  This isn’t new news.  The group Care2, which claims 40 million members, started a similar petition after Mike VI lost a …

Welcome to Boom Boom’s Room. Pull up a chair.  However, it’s recommended that you sit on the edge of your seat.  Why?  It’s because today’s world is very polarized and driven by emotion and spin.  Too often people are either for or against something and their minds are closed.  Robust discussion and great debate, once …

In my best Al Pacino voice, ” let me introduce you to my two little friends, Lefty and Shorty.”  More on the WNBA finals that you didn’t know about in a minute. Way way back in 1964, or 5, or 6, or 7 I frequently made a Sunday PM trip to the Gulf Gas Station …

First things first.  Do you know what a college or NFL survivor pool is?  Of course you do.  Like the board game Chutes and Ladders, skip the next seven bullet points.  If you don’t, please read the brief explanation below. You pick one team only each week. That team must “survive” or win for you …

One of the many gifts that Boom Boom gave us was the torrent of quips about how one leads one’s life.   He could say so much by saying so little.   A statement at just the right moment resonated in my young, eager eardrums.  How I interpreted or applied it was up to me.  No more …