Monthly Archives: February 2009
Cruisin Redux: More Pictures [Vacations]
So I posted extensively about the big family cruise in the Caribbean over the holidays. But here are a few additional pictures we received that are worth noting.
Spring Soccer Begins For Layla With Middling Results [Layla]
Following a successful fall season, which ended too early in the post-season tournament, Layla has started her spring soccer season. The season started last Saturday against the Blue Strikers. I didn’t make the game, but I know it ended 1-1. … Continue reading
District Games Continue: School Soccer [Madysen]
Following the Varsity’s one win and one loss in their first two district games last week, they started this week with a 0-0 tie against Rockwall Heath on Tuesday. Madysen played in the JV game, which they won handily 4 … Continue reading
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Golden Gate Elephants, Pearl Harbor, And Scalia Dissents [Books]
Rodes Fishburne’s first novel, Going to See the Elephant, takes it’s title from a mid-19th Century saying for those who had headed to California to seek the fortune in the gold rush. But in Fishburne’s story, Slater Brown seeks fame … Continue reading
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District Games Start: School Soccer [Madysen]
It was an odd week for Madysen on the soccer field. Club practice started on Sunday, which is way to early in my opinion. And they want to practice three times a week through the next month of the high … Continue reading
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1809 Seems Like A Decent Year: Abe [History]
Good old Abe has been a subject around here many times, so here on the 200th anniversary of this birth, I’ll just say: what he said (via The Will Leitch Experience).
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Possible Funnels: Local Weather [Dallas]
Last night, we had a bit of bad weather–lots of rain, high winds, and some moderate hail. And there was a tornado warning or watch (can’t remember which). And we even had the tornado sirens go off, which means, per … Continue reading
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Final District Warm-Ups: Varsity Soccer [Madysen]
This was the last week before district games begin. On Tuesday, HP played Forney in Forney (and every trip to Forney requires a stop at the Forney DQ). Forney was an aggressive team with several skilled players. It looked like … Continue reading
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Labor Bombs, Lobster Life, And Football Recruiting [Books]
Howard Blum’s American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century is ambitious in scope. In discussing the labor strife happening throughout the first couple decades of the 20th Century and examining closely the 1910 … Continue reading
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