Black Belt Living Magazine http://blackbeltlivingmag.com Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:58:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Could Generation Y be the Greatest Generation? http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2013/03/could-generation-y-be-the-greatest-generation/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2013/03/could-generation-y-be-the-greatest-generation/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:45:19 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1219 If you listen closely enough, you can almost hear Dick Winters’s black combat boots scraping the polder. It was World War II, the greatest and most vitriolic war since God coaxed Adam from dust, and it called for heroes of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2013/02/the-simple-life/feed/ 0 Men of War http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/men-of-war/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/men-of-war/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:41:33 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1164 A friend of mine surprised me this Christmas with a double-box set of the HBO Miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific.   “I think I’ll watch The Pacific first,” I bellowed. “I don’t know a whole lot about that … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/men-of-war/feed/ 0 Bring on Notre Dame http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/bring-on-notre-dame/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/bring-on-notre-dame/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:29:40 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1144 Nick Saban’s newest mental nugget is that success does not occur on a continuum. What he means by this is that just because you have had success in the past doesn’t promise that success will happen in the future.   … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/bring-on-notre-dame/feed/ 0 The Life of a Dog http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/the-life-of-a-dog/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/the-life-of-a-dog/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:53:11 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1142 There’s a little mutt that continues to live in my backyard, in a little shed with a makeshift cot. He sleeps most of the time, in that cot pieced together with an old blanket and sheet, or on the grass … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/12/the-great-projection/feed/ 0 This may be Saban’s Defining Moment http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/this-may-be-sabans-defining-moment/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/this-may-be-sabans-defining-moment/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:59:33 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1134 If Alabama makes it to the national championship in Miami in January, Nick Saban will have literally come full circle. He will be returning to the latitude and longitude where conceivably he is detested the greatest, although there are pockets … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/this-may-be-sabans-defining-moment/feed/ 0 We STILL have a lot to be Thankful for http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/we-still-have-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/we-still-have-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:43:19 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1131 It’s funny how as I get older, the holidays start to creep up on me. I forgot that Thanksgiving was this Thursday.   I’m guess I’m still reeling from the turn of events on November 6 and from lingering problems … Continue reading →

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]]> http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/we-still-have-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/feed/ 0 Losing is a Part of Life http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/losing-is-a-part-of-life/ http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/2012/11/losing-is-a-part-of-life/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:42:28 +0000 Al Blanton http://blackbeltlivingmag.com/?p=1122 As I exited Bryant-Denny stadium on Saturday night after my team got Johnny Manziel-ed, oddly a sense of calm came over me. I say oddly because I thought about how I felt after the crushing home loss to LSU last … Continue reading →

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