Strange Weather

Two weeks ago it was 108 degress in Laredo. A cold front? blew thrugh yesterday and the high was 75 here. Is this possible?

It seems like summer has come and gone, winter has come and gone, and now summer is headed back. Weird.

I'm Back

Have been out of pocket for a few days but now I'm baaaaa-aaack. Had minor nose surgery and am feeling ok. Didn't get a new nose, just got the old one roto-rootered. Hope this helps me breath better.

Yesterday was the un-fun day. Go downtown to the horsepital by 5:30am, reemed out by noon, hang out til 5 or so before coming home. Boy, that knockout medicine can sure make your stomach naseous.

Now I am just hanging out and letting my nose bleed.

A few more days watching Oprah and then back to work...

Out of Pocket

I won't be able to post for the rest of the week (most likely). But I was wondering what happened to UT baseball? Seems like I remember they were in the top ten early and now they are nowehere to be found. How's our women's softball doing? Is the big left-hander still around?

Famous Day Here

Eighteen thirty-six,
Sam Houston, San Jacinto,
Twenty minutes done.
Remembered the Alamo.
On this day Texas was born.

It's Earth Thursday

Somethings Wrong

It's an old song, but somethings wrong...

"Daddy played first base, momma played second. Brother and sister were the pitcher and catcher. Shortstop was a good old boy named Sue. Three big homerun hittin' guys, out in the outfield shaggin' flies, brothers Art and Bart and cousin Fargo too."

What's wrong?

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY HATCHET!!

Perfect Bluebonnets

Two for you, Nineteen for me

That's right, today is get your taxes in day. We got a couple of extry days due to Easter but the deadline is finally upon us.

Today is a weird day in history for you numerology fans. On this day in 1790, Ben Franklin passed away. On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 splashed down safely.

And it appears everyone is lining up behind Reggie Bush. The smart money says he's the guy. But will the Texans owner look at season ticket sales numbers and the impact Vince Young would have?

Vince or Reggie

Should the Texans take Vince Young or Reggie Bush as the first pick in the NFL draft? That's the overwhelming debate down here these days. As uninterested observers, what do you think fron the Tennessee perspective?

25th Anniversary of First Shuttle Launch

A quarter of a century ago I stood at the Public Affairs Press Site on Kennedy Space Center and waited for launch. I was worn out, exhausted and anxious. Press from all over the world wandered around. Folks tied up all of the phones as they scrambled to read their story back to their office. A few folks banged away on Radio Shack TRS-80's and plugged them into phones to send their reports in at a screaming 1200 baud rate. How cool. It was a clear, warm Florida morning.

Launch went on time and the Shuttle era was born.

BasketVols???

I see where Knoxville just received an ABA basketball franchise. They are hoping to play there first season next year at Catholic gym. What's next, women's pro football?? (We have it here and have been National Champs three years in a row).

KnoxVegas is becoming quite the sports mecca. Now if you could only get a quality COLLEGE football program you would have something.....

Orange and White

Anybody go to the Orange and White game? I heard we won. I didn't get to see much about it down here. Texas A&M was bragging about 30,000 at there Maroon and White game. How'd we do?

KnoxNews expects you to pay to be able to read interesting stuff about the Vols. I guess everything can't be free.

Yikes

Tony Dorsett turns 52 today. Yikes, I'm old.

1621 Again

On this day in 1621, the Mayflower turned around and came back to Plymouth Rock to check to make sure they didn't leave the stove on. Then they left again for England. Two days later, Jacob Marker was the first to ask "Are we there yet?".

On this day in 1621, the Mayflower left the United States on it's return trip to England. I never thought about it going back but I suppose it did. I wonder what it felt like standing on the shore watching it head back to England. Must have been a queasy feeling.

And odder yet, Howard Hughes died in Houston on this day way back in 1976.

And faithful reader "anonymous" asks "how about in 2106" in response to yesterdays post on 1,2,3,4,5,6. So ok, in 2106 the clock will strike 01:02:03, 04/05/06.....hmmmmm. I think he/she may be right. However, perhaps I should've said it will never happen again in my history. I doubt I see 2106. I suppose it keeps happening in 06 years????

Odd Time

Tomorrow, shortly after 1:00 am, the clock will strike 1:02:03, 04/05/06. This will never, ever happen ever again in history. I don't know if that makes this historic, or just odd. I stayed up for the turn of the century, but I'll probably pass on 1,2,3,4,5,6.

Thanks to one of my faithful readers for pointing this out to me.

Go Big Orange

Seen the inaugural MLS soccer game with the Houston Dynamo beating the Colorado Somethings 5-2 this weekend. What a game. Three headers for a goal, and the game ended on a bicycle kick for a goal. That's the baseball equivalent of Lance Berkman batting backwards and hitting one out. Brian Ching (Ca-Ching!) scored 4 goals, one short of a record. And the best part???? The official colors of the new Houston Dynamos are Black, White and Tennessee Vol Orange. My whole family was able to Orange out for the game.

The Fan Club for the Dynamos are called the Texians and they wave Orange flags that look very similar to the orange checkerboard flags I see at HoundDogs. Everything about them screamed UT Alumni. I think they just grabbed the most rabid, half lit Tennesseans to be Texians. Just like the original 1836 Texians I suppose.

The kids especially liked the confetti canon that fired with every goal. They "collected" confetti and I now have confetti wars at the house. Great Opener Dynamos!!!!