TV is Going to Ruin Football-Or Has it Already?
Okay, this post is just me venting a little bit. In the newspaper it would be called an op-ed piece, so maybe I could get away with calling it that. Probably not. I'm a true Texan schooled in the pleasures of football. My dad was a high school football star. I...
Happy New Year from Wolf Creek
I have heard it said that when oil got to $50 a barrel, Texas would just buy Colorado and make it into a state park. Well, $50 a barrel oil has come and gone and we still haven't bought Colorado, but based on our ski trip experience over New Year's, it is our...
A Most Unusual Christmas Present
My daughter Caroline found a time when we were out of the house and snuck in a huge box, nicely wrapped, and tucked it under the Christmas tree. Well, tucked might be a stretch; it was so big she just sort of set it down beside the tree. She told me I was going to...
There is a Reason I Didn’t Teach Math
Math and I have never been on good terms. Honestly, if TAKS had been around when I was in school, I assure you I would still be there- in high school, I mean- trying to pass the blasted math portion. I took the most basic math courses in high school, flunked college...
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