WEATHER and DEMPSEY

WE WOKE UP TO a winter wonderland this morning. We had about six inches of snow, not the 10 or more that had been predicted. My wife drove down University Parkway in Winston-Salem, N.C., and it took us about 40 minutes to go 10 miles.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN a big fan of Tom Dempsey, who kicked a then-record 63-yard field goal for the New Orleans Saints in 1970. The NY Times ran a story on Dempsey today, and, yes, he'll be rooting for the Saints next week. Dempsey only played two years in New Orleans, but he and his wife returned there after his career ended, and they're still there.

YOU MIGHT CHECK OUT the Sports Illustrated story on the greatest college-football recruiting classes of all time. I don't know I'd totally agree with all of them, but it would make for a nice argument.

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More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 12 years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing