Drexel Cotton The Corsair Pensacola State College student Billy Williams was in the U. S. Navy for 23 years. When he retired two years ago, it was tough for him to find work. “There aren’t many jobs for what I did in the Navy. I was a boatswain’s mate,” said Williams. Williams decided the time was right to enroll in...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Divisional Playoffs
Tim Ajmani The Corsair I gotta tell you: The first three NFL games of Wildcard Weekend were boring. Yep. Absolutely boring. NFL playoff games that are boring. Who would have thought it? Lets recap those three beat-downs. In the first game, the Cincinnati Bengals decided that they really wanted to play like Bungles, and got sent home by the Houston...
Black Books
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Some days waking up is very hard, I don’t want to interact with people even on a good day. Sometimes I want to indulge in the finer things in life, like $1.99 wine and about 32 smokes. A splash of water on the face is a shower, and brushing my teeth is a long term goal I...
Withnail and I
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. This morning I woke up at a crude hour. Nearly seven AM and I had an impassable gap between then and ten thirty. With nothing to do and no way I could return to my sleeping, I did something I had planned on doing for a while. I got down to brass tacks and watched the 1987...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Wildcard Weekend
Tim Ajmani The Corsair With the regular season finally done, NFL fans and players can focus on the most exciting stretch of the year – playoff time. Wildcard weekend features four matchups – two on Saturday and two on Sunday. In the past six years, three Super Bowl winners were Wildcard teams, including the Steelers in 2006, the Giants in...
Peep Show
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Over my winter break I found myself with a lot of spare time on my hands and with classes out I was feeling a bit purposeless. This on top of being so far from my family and friends had driven me to a bit of a low point. So I decided to stop indulging my gloominess and...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 17
Tim Ajmani The Corsair Ah… A one final weekend to this year’s NFL season… On New Year’s Day! What a better way to start the new year than to watch several key football games for playoff positions. In the NFC, five of the six playoff positions are taken; Green Bay, San Francisco, New Orleans, Detroit, and Atlanta have all punched...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 16
Tim Ajmani The Corsair There are two weeks left in the 2011-2012 NFL season. At last, every team finally has a victory. I got my second upset pick right last week, when I picked the Colts to beat the inconsistent Tennessee Titans. However, with that win, the Colts are faced with a bit of a dilemma. If the Colts were...
Death To Civil Liberty: The National Defense Authorization Act Passes
In a stunning display of disregard for civil liberties the United States House of Representatives have passed H.R. 1540, also known as the National Defense Authorization Act. The bill passed last night at a stunning 283 – 136, and the worst part is President barrack Obama has retracted his promise to Veto the bill. The bill at first appears to...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 15
Tim Ajmani The Corsair I predicted that there wouldn’t be too many upsets in the NFL last week. I did say, however, that Cam Newton and the Panthers would upset Atlanta. They did – for a half. What is becoming more and more apparent in this NFL season is that the most important position in football is quarterback. Three playoff...