My Last Boise State / OU Post

This was the 4th and 18 play with less than 30 seconds left in regulation. Simply amazing. (For a less than three minute clip of all the scoring that occurred in the last two minutes and overtime, here it is.)

How I Celebrated New Year's Eve

The Only Good Thing . . .

. . . about Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

They Just Keep Coming

We set an all time record in December for visits (despite the slow holidays but aided by a couple of hot button topics.) And look what happened in September when I shut down the Comments for a couple of weeks.

"You Are Not The Father" - Dance

Al Bundy Plays For Clemson?

Debit Card Update

Update from the earlier post. I just got a call from the bank that a gentleman showed up with my debit card and $400. Incredible. I asked that he give his name and contact information if he would be so kind as to divulge it. The guy deserves something.

I'm Still Hypnotized by The OU - Boise State Game

Here's the two point conversion for the win. A fake throw while the ball is in the other hand. Then secretly handed off to the tailback who had been casually just standing around. Genius. But this play doesn't match the Hook and Ladder on 4th and 19 a few moments earlier. I'm still looking for it.

I'm Sooooo Offended . . .

. . . by guys with a TIVO on New Year's Day.

Me In Pain

From the White Rock Half Marathon last month. One is at the seven mile mark. The other at the finish (I was probably looking for a defibrillator).

This Happened After The Game

Boise State running back Ian Johnson, right, proposes to his girlfriend, cheerleader Chrissy Popadics, Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 after Boise State beat Oklahoma 43-42 in the Fiesta Bowl college football game in Glendale, Ariz.

EEK

My bank called me this morning (huge shout out to First Financial) to ask me if I lost me debit card. I said no, and the nice lady informed me that someone had found it and was bringing in "the card and some money" this morning. I quickly checked my wallet and . . . yep . . . it's gone. I last used it two days ago. She quickly checked my records and found out that there was a $400 withdrawal shortly after I made my last transaction. The story so far is that I left the card in the machine and the next person chose "yes" to "do you want another transaction?" He then, the story goes, realized that it was my account and not his account that the $400 was withdrawn from. Will this guy bring in $400? I'll know shortly. What a wacky way to start the new year.

I Can't Believe I'm Still Up . . .

. . . but it was worth it to watch an amazing college football game.

They Would Have Asked For Papers In Farmer's Branch . . .

. . . and then kicked them out onto the streets if they couldn't produce them: "At 12:01 a.m. Monday, Melissa Torres - all 7 pounds and 20 inches of her - made her grand debut as the year’s first Tarrant County baby. She was born at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth to Rogelio Torres and Luz Maria Tavera."

Hey, Now (Again)

Very Random New Year's Eve Thoughts

I've never been much of a New Year's Eve guy, but I thought about a few of them today: 1. Beatlemania. (Probably 1992.)I went to a cover band of the Beatles playing in a huge ballroom at the Worthington Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. It was top notch. 2. Billy Bob's. (Probably 1993). I have no idea who was playing or why I was there. It was memorable because the next morning I got up in the ice and went to the Cotton Bowl only to leave at halftime to fly to New Orleans for the national championship game between Alabama and Miami. Triple good times. 3. Dinner Mystery Party. (Probably 1995.) This was in some hotel in North Dallas. Concept: I don't know how to explain it. Results: Spare. 4. Some house in Dallas. (Probably 1994.) I went with a couple to one of their friend's house. I knew no one there. The event was memorable because midnight came and went with no one so much as acknowledging it. Very strange. 5. On the lake. (Late 1990s). I lived at the north end of Lake Bridgeport for about 10 years and finally settled down a little bit. There was nothing like watching NYE arrive on TV and then walking out onto the deck and hearing the quietness. 6. Skating rink in Decatur. (Sometime in the early 1970s). The first time I kissed a girl. Results: Triple good times again. 6. Most of the time, I stay home. There's nothing wrong with that.

$165,200

Chief Justice John Roberts calls this annual salary for federal judges a "constitutional crisis." Really, how is a guy supposed to survive on that?

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