Category Archives: Disappointing People
Bumper Sticker Idiots [Disappoint People]
I generally refrain from ranting on here. Not because I don’t have plenty of material on which to rant. But mostly because I get so worked up at the time that it takes too much out of me to do … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Me
2 Comments
Entertaining, Though Not Necessarily Beautiful Soccer Games [Madysen]
Madysen had another two JV soccer games this week. On Tuesday evening, they played JJ Pearce in Richardson. It was to have been their second meeting, but the first was cancelled by the threat of an ice storm that never … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Madysen, Soccer
Leave a comment
Band Of Horses At The Palladium [Music]
On Saturday night, Holly and I went out on the town. First, we had dinner at Cremona’s Bistro, a quaint Italian restaurant in Uptown. Holly has been looking for a great Italian place for a long time, and I’d heard … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Funny, Holly, Me, Music
3 Comments
Holly Is No Stranger To Law Enforcement Professionals [Holly]
I’ve taken quite a bit of greif about The Accident (and the resulting surgeries)–yada, yada, yada. But in fairness to me, Holly has a much more robust familiarity with our local black and white patrol. For example, this post from … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Holly
2 Comments
Our Nevis Vacation: AA Makes Getting Nearly The Entire Battle [Vacations]
As mentioned previously, we headed out on vacation early morning, Saturday, September 22. After boarding our initial American flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, we were informed that there was a problem with the autopilot that would delay our flight. … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Holly, Me, Movies, Vacations
Tagged Checking Baggage is Always Dangerous
4 Comments
Becks Was A No-Show; FCD Still Lost [Soccer]
On Tuesday night, we planned to take a bunch of summer clerks to see the FC Dallas v. LA Galaxy soccer game. The big draw for this particular game (there aren’t may draws, big or otherwise, for the MLS in … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Emma, Funny, Layla, Soccer
2 Comments
Whirlyball Is More Awesome The Second Time [Me]
Based on the rave reviews from our first Whirlyball tournament, we held another tournament with the summer clerks from the second half of the program. Despite my team’s failures in the first half, I was team captain again and, after … Continue reading
Memorial Day Soccer–and More–Concludes [Soccer]
Recall that Madysen’s soccer team made it all the way to the North American Memorial Day Cup’s final in the U-14 age group only to have the final postponed because of weather. After much discussion about makeup dates, they actually … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointing People, Madysen, Soccer
1 Comment
D.C. Is Great, But I’m Not Having A Great Morning [Travel]
So I flew into D.C. late last night to participate in a technology test for use when we go to trials. I’m staying at the Hyatt just a block from the Capitol Building, so I got up early this morning … Continue reading
Monumental Crash And Burn, Mavs [Dallas]
For the Mavs to have lost in the Losing first round stinks. To have lost as the overall #1 seed in the playoffs (with the sixth best record ever) stinks more. To have lost to a Don Nelson, small-ball team … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, Dallas, Disappointing People
4 Comments
