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Eddie

I am here for Friends

About Me

Married to Kathryn on July 12, 2003....graduated in May 2003 from Charleston Southern...currently a sales rep for the Scotts Company

My Interests

God, my wife, poetry, sports, Clemson athletics, Atlanta Braves baseball, good movies, spending time with friends, sleep, food, etc...

I'd like to meet:

God. My real grandfather (on either side).

Music:

Derek Webb, Caedmon's Call, Creed, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Sister Hazel, P.W. Gopal, Anberlin, Hootie and the Blowfish, Steven Curtis Chapman

Movies:

Life As A House, Story of Us, Field of Dreams, Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blues, Finding Forrester, Big Daddy

Television:

Seinfeld, Sportscenter, Jeopardy, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Office, Law and Order SVU...

Books:

The Bible, Leaves of Grass (Whitman), any Hemingway book, and Stephen Dunn book, "I Had A Hammer" by Hank Aaron, Why Men Don't Like Going To Church, Purhpose Driven Church

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Isaiah, my dad, Hank Aaron, and people like this guy...

My Blog

The NHL experience, Good airport food, and why self check-out lanes shouldn’t exist.

I am fortunate with my job to have the opportunity to travel to some different places across the nation that otherwise I doubt I would ever go to.  Back in November, I got to visit San Fran and t...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:41:00 PST

Best and Worst of 2007

Best and Worst of 2007& ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  So another year has come and gone, and it is once again time for me to compile my list of best/w...
Posted by Eddie on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:50:00 PST

100 Things I’m Thankful For

My wife Digital cameras. Honey Bunches of Oats cereal with the vanilla clusters. Our house. Reruns of The Office. All things Derek Webb. XM Radio (so I'm not forced to listen to local yahoos talk abo...
Posted by Eddie on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

About My Wife

I know very little about women.   It sounds like an understatement, because really, what man really knows women well?  I have a feeling that many men are like me: completely dumbfounded and...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:35:00 PST

A Death That Doesn't Make Sense

I've never been opposed to God's will. I know it certainly must occur at times where it is most difficult to swallow. It frustrates the human mind to no end when, say a person gets sick right before t...
Posted by Eddie on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:26:00 PST

In memory of a good friend...Justin Cope...

Smiles.  Hundreds and hundreds of smiles.  That's what I'll remember most about Justin Cope.  There are maybe a handful of people in this world that can have such an impact on another's...
Posted by Eddie on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:58:00 PST

Ranting on Imus, Va Tech, and the one thing Steve Spurrier said that I agree with...

So I understand that there are some issues that are polarizing by nature.  Some at first don't seem to be so, but I may change that with this blog.  I'm gonna rant on about certain things fr...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:21:00 PST

For Those of You Considering Hillary Clinton as your next president

I hesitate to post this stuff because it's so vile. But this one, floating around on the office email server today, does have all the pertinent documents cited so I decided to pass it on. My apologies...
Posted by Eddie on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:22:00 PST

2006 -> 2007

I'm not naive enough to create any New Year's resolutions.  I could write down some cliche sentences like "get in shape", "save money", "purchase a home", but by the end of January, I would look ...
Posted by Eddie on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:39:00 PST

Temperature dropping, Faded Orange Still Prominent, and can a 25 Year Old really listen to MCR?

If nothing else, east Tennessee can boast about one thing: the fall season.  It really is a scenic drive everywhere you go around here right now, whether it be down Oak Ridge Highway or over the ...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:34:00 PST