As my regular readers (all three of them) have probably noticed, I have steadfastly refrained from posting about the presidential election this year. It has at times been difficult for me to restrain myself. I will have something to say about the election results (local as well as national) later this week.However, the campaign is finally coming to a close, and I thought I'd test my prowess as a
Monday, November 3, 2008
College football 2008: the home stretch
Posted on 7:39 PM by jackline
As we enter the final few weeks of the college football season, it's interesting to see how much different the national championship picture is today than it was at the season's beginning.The preseason consensus (AP plus USA Today) top five - Georgia, USC, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Florida - have all suffered at least one loss. Two of them have already lost twice and are out of the championship
Friday, October 31, 2008
Home for Halloween
Posted on 8:15 PM by jackline
Three years ago, I celebrated Halloween by making a long journey home from Osaka, where I had spent ten days visiting my brother and touring Japan. Today, I got to celebrate Halloween by making another long journey home from Asia.Not that there was much to celebrate about today's trip, however, other than the fact that it succeeded in getting me safely back home. Today's voyage was nothing short
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Houston 23, Marshall 37
Posted on 7:36 AM by jackline
In spite of the national television exposure of an ESPN Tuesday night game, the Cougars played perhaps their worst game of the season and lost to the Marshall Thundering Herd, 23-37, in Huntington, West Virginia.It was the same old story for the Coogs. They started out slow and dug themselves into another hole, trailing 3-16 at halftime. This time, however, there would be no heroic comeback. The
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Fifteen UNT football players fail drug tests
Posted on 12:19 PM by jackline
The North Texas football program's 0-8 start is already the worst in program history. They certainly didn't need more bad news:Fifteen University of North Texas football players failed a drug test conducted this fall at the request of head coach Todd Dodge, according to documents obtained by the Denton Record-Chronicle through the Freedom of Information Act. Drug tests were conducted on a pool of
Happy Diwali!
Posted on 12:11 PM by jackline
I admit it: had I not been here today, I probably wouldn't have known about this holiday.But, given the local demographic mix, it's obviously a big deal here. People have decorated their apartment balconies with blinking lights of all colors, sizes and types. Today at work we were treated to a never-ending parade of cakes and other pastries. And this evening, families dressed in colorful clothes
Monday, October 27, 2008
Lori's car accident
Posted on 9:56 PM by jackline
Yesterday afternoon, Lori was involved in a traffic accident in Conroe. She had slowed down to let an ambulance pass, and was rear-ended by the inattentive driver behind her.Lori's a little sore, but she'll be okay. The back of her car, on the other hand, appears to be pretty badly mangled. Depending on what the insurance company decides, it could be a write-off.One of Lori's job duties is
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