As we exit November, a final observation about this month's presidential election:This is a map of 2008 presidential election results by county. Sure, some places are redder than others, and other places are bluer than others. But as this map shows, there are red counties in "blue" states, blue counties in "red" states and, most importantly, an awful lot of purple all over the place.People and
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thanksgiving reflections
Posted on 7:01 PM by jackline
Although perhaps not quite as unhappy as last year's Thanksgiving, this year's holiday was certainly bittersweet and awkward, given the fact that Lori's mom, as well as other relatives on her side of the family, are no longer with us. As such, our Thanksgiving Day gathering was purposefully subdued, consisting of only a handful of people besides Lori, her brother, Kirby and myself. We still
Update on Lori's car
Posted on 4:49 PM by jackline
Following up on this incident: as bad as the damage to Lori's car was, it was not severe enough for the car to be written off by the insurance company. Repairs to the car were completed this past week and Lori picked it up Wednesday afternoon.Aside from the fact that they forgot to replace the trunk light and that one of the rear doors doesn't close quite as smoothly as it used to, the car
Monday, November 24, 2008
Back from Dubai again...
Posted on 9:37 PM by jackline
...for what will hopefully be the last time this year.Friday's trip was about as easy as a 16-hour flight in economy class could be. The guy at the hotel who took over half an hour to check me out last time managed to get the job done in less than ten this time, the taxi to the airport was prompt, the line at the ticket counter at DXB's gleaming new Terminal 3 (which is now fully operational) was
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Cougar football attendance watch
Posted on 11:09 AM by jackline
Yesterday's home game against UTEP concluded the University of Houston's 2008 home football schedule. The Cougars averaged 21,519 fans per game for their five home games this season (the game against Air Force that was moved to Dallas due to Hurricane Ike is not counted). This is an improvement of 564 fans/game over the 2007 season.I've updated my historical wins - versus - attendance graph to
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Rotation Seven complete
Posted on 10:31 AM by jackline
It's a bit after 10:30 pm and I'm relaxing at my hotel. In a little bit, I am going to finish packing and try to get a few hours of sleep before I wake up and head to the airport, board EK 211 and fly back to Houston. I'm not looking forward to the sixteen-hour flight - I've already resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to get a middle seat and that I'm going to be surrounded by screaming
Very belated election thoughts
Posted on 8:38 AM by jackline
Now that the State of Missouri has finally been called for McCain, albeit just barely, I can officially evaluate my election-eve prediction:Barack Obama will be elected the 44th President of the United States by winning 311 electoral votes to John McCain's 227.In the end, I think McCain will wind up with narrow victories in several states currently rated as "toss-ups:" Florida, Indiana, Missouri,
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