Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 12/31/2010

12/31/1998:
Shaun King passes for two touchdowns and runs for a third as Tulane completes a perfect season (12-0) with a 41-27 victory over Brigham Young in the Liberty Bowl. Its 12-0 record notwithstanding, Tulane's claim to be considered in the national championship equation falls on deaf ears. Accentuating the major conference control of the newly formed Bowl Championship Series, Tulane was not selected for a BCS game and finishes seventh in the final wire-service poll. The nation's only other unbeaten team, Tennessee, will go on to win the national title.

Birthdays:
Hugh McElhenny b. 1928
Don James b. 1932
Rick Aguilera b. 1961
Brent Barry b. 1971
Esteban Loaiza b. 1971

Packers Fact:
On December 31, 1961, the Packers won the first NFL championship game ever played in Green Bay. They routed the New York Giants 37-0.

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CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?

Frank González-Crussi (The Five Senses; On Being Born and Other Difficulties) takes on a vast and vexed subject: the differences—and connections—between seeing and perception. Only humans can see things (or refuse to see them) in so many different ways and for so many different reasons. The author, a pathologist and an elegant, powerful writer, draws intriguing conclusions about various events in history, medicine, and works of literature to show that seeing is in the eye of the beholder.

ON SEEING: THINGS SEEN, UNSEEN, AND OBSCENE, by F. González-Crussi (Overlook, 2006)