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

... anti-Lance himself. Lance hammered his opposition when he needed to do so. As for Contador, you really just don't get that sense of dominant performances for which Lance will be remembered. 2. Etiq...

2. The Paradox That Is World Cup Soccer
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...o perform magic with the ball. It truly is phenomenal. And there are the players who oftentimes go by just one name. Kaka, for example. I think we need that in the US. I have no doubt it would impro...

3. A Tale Of Two Cities - NBA Style
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...t it. I don't ever remember Michael Jordan whining about not having a supporting cast. And that will be just one of the reasons why James simply isn't, and won't be, "the next Jordan". Seven years lat...

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

...e La Furia Roja the win. This was their first World Cup championship, putting them in an elite group of just eight countries that have won a World Cup. The World Cup is always a spectacle. And it c...

5. Stay In School - And Work On That Jump Shot
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...tting your shot at fame whenever you have it. Maybe it's about living large and in charge. Maybe it's just plain crazy. As a Longhorns basketball fan, I can give you what I would consider a fine e...

6. Rhubarb Ruminations: Episode 3
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...uple of weeks. So for this episode of Rhubarb Ruminations, we'll explore how "being green" is more than just an environmental call-to-arms. #1: First, let's start with the environmental side of the ...

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

...high-visibility options at first, but why sacrifice a perfectly good football and basketball conference just because Colorado and Nebraska left? While we're moving ahead with the Big 12, and we watc...

8. A Homecoming Of Sorts
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... that as I got older, time would go by faster and faster every day. I remember thinking that hey, she's just an adult, what does she know? Of course, that's the mindset when you're younger. And now, I...

9. The Tifosi Are Coming! Formula One Heads To Austin
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

.... How about 5gs of force in any direction at any given time? How about an engine revving to 18,000 rpm? Just for reference, a Honda Civic redlines at about 5,500. How about accelerating from zero to 1...

10. The Power Lies Within
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...o mystics who tell us that if we can only attain their level of spirituality or understanding, we might just be able to attain the level of knowing that they have and that we so deeply desire. But c...

11. Rhubarb Ruminations: Episode 2
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

Who needs fiction? Need a plot line for a movie? Book? Just check out the reality of our world. More often than not, truth is far stranger than fiction. You could check out some reality TV or, bette

12. Capture The Moment
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...o. Where do you find that record in the catalog? Is it blues? Is it rock? Or is it, first and foremost, just a means of musical expression, of representing a moment in space and time with a series of ...

13. The NFL Draft And Quarterback Wisdom
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...y want a QB with a bazooka for an arm (step forward and take a bow, Warren Moon and Doug Flutie). And I just don't see Tebow fitting the pre-ordained NFL mold, Wildcat or no Wildcat. And by the way, y...

14. Tiger Woods, Augusta, And The Court Of Public Opinion
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

At this point in time, I think this needs to be said. Can we all just let this whole Tiger Woods thing go? Please? Can we just let the guy play golf again, and let him get on with repairing his worl

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

...ld that be? It's evil incarnate, isn't it? Armageddon. Blasphemy! And the political intrigue has only just begun. November is election time. What say ye, oh American voter? It goes without saying...

16. Rhubarb Ruminations: Episode 1
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...and maybe even laughing. So today I bring to you a few classic items from the last 24 hours. And they just happen to revolve around, imagine this, the Party Of No. Item 1: Imagine this, for a ...

17. The Bucket List
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... next item. It's done. It's so 21st century. In my humble opinion, there is so much more to life than just knocking a bunch of items off a to-do list. And therein lies the incongruity for me. Is the...

18. Friendship: New Meaning In The Digital Age?
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ries, no worries, and far more impersonal. Where's the depth of meaning behind friendships when you can just click a button and then your "friend" is "poof" and gone? And then, there is the perceived ...

19. Health Care And - Armageddon?
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

Thinking and legislating. You would have to start to wonder if these were just two divergent ends of the same political spectrum. No, really, you can think and be a legislator at the same time - un

20. From Number One To Done In One
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

.... I'm going to make the play that gets on the highlight reel. And therein lies the issue. Good teams just don't behave like that. If you doubt that, then take a look at Northern Iowa, St. Mary's, a...

21. Serenity
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...gical deities. Some may call it The Way, the universal force - or otherwise. Call it what you will. I just know, from my time on the third stone from the sun, that the universe will provide if we op...

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

...orry" thrown in there for good measure. In the Closing Ceremonies, comedian Catherine O'Hara noted, "we just like to say sorry". It's almost a national pastime. But they can also laugh about it, and...

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

.... That certainly isn't something out of the ordinary in Austin. But as is turns out, it was a more than just a big wreck. Someone by the name of Joe Stack had crashed his plane into the side of a buil...

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

...French speaking or English speaking, they wave the flag together. Tonight, it really is about more than just hockey. For a brief fleeting moment, the tears flowed freely. Tonight, it was about who we ...

25. Listen To The Music, Austin
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...hnson play there his acoustic guitar there. The Texas Union is where I saw Living Color. But it's not just about the Cactus. Let's take a trip through time and look at the amazing music venues that ...

26. Three Reasons To Write
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ussion, if nothing else. 2. Sharing. The ability to share information, knowledge, insight, or perhaps just some humor, is a great reason to write. Writing can be a lot like mentorship - sharing your...

27. Letting Go And Running With It
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...ment beautiful of it's own accord, strung together one by one. A time when all stands still, when stuff just doesn't matter, but the moment does. Today's 3M half marathon was a great reminder of ho...

28. Free Speech: For The People, Or The Corporation?
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...from immigration to health care to abortion, we now have even more. In the decision, it was stated by Justice Anthony Kennedy that ""when government seeks to use its full power, including the c...

29. Mammograms, Evidence, And Emotional Debate
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... suggestions are given a grade that reflects the level or degree of recommendation. Recommendations are just that - recommendations, not demands or rules. The part that seems to have everyone outrag...

30. And The Winner Is? Idaho?
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...e can win. That's the beauty of sport. That's the beauty that is lacking with the absence of a playoff. Just ask Boise State, who I truly believe could play with anyone this season. In first round a...