1. Sunset Over The Hills
(Gallery/2003)

The Texas hill country - September 2003.

2. Three Reasons Why Contador Is Not The Next Armstrong
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ous 12 Tours combined. It was not an easy go of things for Armstrong in his final dance through the French countryside. But as they say, c'est la vie, non? We've already heard talk of whether or not...

3. Thoughts On Football, Soccer, And The 2010 World Cup
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...far off with sports issues, imagine what he does with issues that are truly important to the future of the country. But I digress. Onwards to Brazil 2014! Photo credit: Wikipedia Related ar...

4. Chaos Discovers The Big 12, But Are Better Days Ahead?
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...asketball conference. Consider this: the University of Kansas, one of the top 5 basketball programs in the country, will be searching for a conference. Hello? How about Baylor, and their meteoric rise...

5. When The Dust Settles On HR 3590
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... start to realize that this bill actually helps the vast majority of them, and that it truly will save the country money in the long term. And then the hard questions will begin. How can I vote Republ...

6. After The Gold Rush
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ns, that hockey win wasn't a miracle, it was more of a birthright. No, Canadians will call it "The Day The Country Stood Still And Breathed A Collective Sigh Of Relief" - or something similar. The mov...

7. Terror Knows No Religion Nor Politics
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ur freedom, nor do they involve espousing more hatred towards any groups within our borders that make this country more diverse, be that in faith, race, ethnicity, social or political conviction. Terr...

8. One Nation - Under Gold
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...r the opening strains of your national anthem, it will always bring a tear to your eye, regardless of what country you were born in (and where home is now). You could be from the United States, or Cro...

9. Five Plays And A View Of The Future
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...uring the first quarter of the national championship game, against what is one of the best defenses in the country. Holy wet behind the ears, Batman! His first half almost-TD pass to Malcolm Williams ...

10. The 2009-2010 2nd Annual December Delirium
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...wa (10), Virginia Tech (11), Miami (13) Amazingly enough, this manages to accrue the top 13 teams in the country based on all the things important to the computers - things like strength of schedule...

11. The BCS Goes To Washington
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ne of the most straightforward, intelligent things I have seem come out of the legislative process in this country in a long time. But if you ask Bill Hancock, BCS executive director, you'd hear him...

12. There Is Only One Solution To Health Care Reform
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ton - and at the state level as well. The debates raging over health care reform have been good for this country and it's legislative process. Why? Yes, it has brought attention to the real health c...

13. The Disturbing Trend Of Religious Intolerance
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

It is the beauty and privilege of living in a country like the United States of America - the freedom of the people to speak freely and maintain their own religious faith and convictions. I fully supp

14. The Vanier Cup Is Headed To Kingston!
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...pionship (and won) back in 1992. Today's game pitted the Golden Gaels against the Calgary Dinos and the country's Hec Creighton Award (aka the Canadian Heisman trophy) winner  Erik Glavic. The...

15. Longhorns Update: 273 and 470
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...t receiver in college football. It could even be argued that he is the best college football player in the country. But with about 10 minutes left in the game, Colt McCoy was within 22 yards of pass...

16. Longhorns Update: An Ugly Day At The State Fair
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...e of the best in the business. Texas, over the past five years, has the best or second-best offense in the country. THE COUNTRY PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY". When you have players like Vince Young (perhaps...

17. Longhorns Update: Pre-South Showdown
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... on Houston - a nationally-ranked Houston, that is) and Colorado (who thought they were the #2 team in the country for about 40 minutes, while the Horns were playing like the #102 team in the country)...

18. Town Halls, Liars, And A Call For Civility
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...know better, I would think that all of this starts to look like the fall of the Roman empire. We are now a country in denial. And despair. And fear. How so? We are fighting not just one, but two wa...

19. Hypocrisy And Health Care
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ent-run USPS? Nobody seems to be concerned about THAT competition! And for crying out loud, aren't we in a country in which we WANT competition? And the hypocrisy extends to the people - regardless ...

20. Tea Parties And Texas 2012
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...s questioned because of a lapel pin, but Perry’s being praised as a patriot for bashing the entire country?" I think I'll go have a cup of Tetley and ponder Texas post-Perry ... ...

21. Longhorns, The Final Four, And "BlakeJaw"
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...e Beasts from the Big East ... ... failed to impress. The Big 12, the second best conference in the country ... went down with barely a whimper. Memphis looked like a Conference USA team (oh r...

22. The Wild West All Over Again
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...Three-hundred-thousand people in Texas with concealed weapons? That's the size of a small Central American country (like Belize )! From what I understand, during the last session there was a pr...

23. The Socialist Scare
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...overnment is founded, we have elected officials that decide the fate of our dollars, policies, etc - the country is governed by the people, for the people. But of course, the average American...

24. The Drum Was Rockin'
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...eks ago. There is no other way to describe it. The Sooners came to Austin yesterday ranked #2 in the country. They were most certainly on their way to #1 today with Connecticut's loss this wee...

25. Another (Not So Covert) War
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...t a "united front". This becomes all the more important when this battle is waged inside another country without the specific goal of "occupation". Suddenly, there is no need for p...

26. Casus Belli
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... would be similar. Oh, and did you know that the former President approved bombings in Pakistan - another country that is not ours? Oh, that's justified by the "war on terror". Would we de...

27. January 20 - Simply Moving
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ng our place in the global village. And, better yet, it was focused on a reminder to all of us - that this country has the roots of greatness firmly entrenched in the Constitution and in the hard work...

28. Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ond term in office. Front and center, we are left with the "Bush Doctrine". We are told that the country has not seen any terrorist attacks since 9/11 (under Bush's watch) yet how many did w...

29. Show Me The Quan
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...30 minutes gave us a good hockey score - 6 to 3 - and not much more than that. This was the #3 team in the country? Somewhere on the way to the game, the coaching staff simply forgot what got the 'Hor...

30. Mighty Fine In Oh-Nine
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

Iit's January 1 and I was thinking that it might be a good idea to start the year on the right foot ... so let's just say that it's going to be Mighty Fine in Oh-Nine. I like the optimism that the p