Duke Beats Their Last Beater

Maryland was the last team to beat Duke, but they’re now also the last team Duke beat.  The Blue Devils took down Maryland in a hard-fought game to the tune of 71-64.  The first half was offensively ugly (and the offense was bad, too- haha), but Tyler Thornton of all people, the most unheralded freshman […]

Mini Zoo

Amanda thought it would be a fun idea to take Milly to Petsmart this morning after a pancake breakfast, and she was right.  Milly had fun looking at the puppies, kitties, birds, lizards, gerbils and fish.  It was like a mini zoo.  We did get some dog food, so at least we contributed something. After […]

Game Night with Michael and Jenn

Michael and Jenn came over for dinner tonight, and after Milly went to bed we played two games of Carcassonne (Amanda beat Jenn by one point in the first one, I won the second) and one of Dominion (in which I murdered everyone else).  Jenn seemed to like Carcassonne but she was a little iffy on […]

Milly, Yeah

Usually when you knock on Milly’s door in the morning, if she’s up and moving around she’ll answer, “Yeah?”  You can keep knocking and she’ll say it in different ways.  Sometimes it will be a normal question, sometimes it will be fast and excited.  It usually depends on how fast and how loud you knock. […]

Duke and UAB

Duke took on UAB tonight and won it, 85-64.  Kyle Singler joined the 2,000 Points Scored Club at Duke and Nolan Smith had a career high game with 33 points.  Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee both played particularly well as well.  It was a well-played game, and UAB is no cupcake.  They were 10-2 coming […]