1. CapTexTri Water Warning
(Gallery/Mobile)

Nothing like a water warning the day before the event!

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

...n all was lost. It wasn't about the bike - it was about carrying on when the challenged faced him, much like he did with testicular cancer. He even jumped into the break on Stage 16 in the Pyrenees, o...

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

...es. They could use some simple goal line technology and make the game even better for players and fans alike. But to this point, they have been resistant, thinking that the game needs to stay in the d...

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

...other athlete that makes millions of dollars to look average on the world's biggest stage. Sounds a lot like any one of a number of NFL players, no? How about this for a statistic - Spain, the newly...

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

... to the problem. And solutions are what we need - not more finger pointing.  Ah but it looks to me like Rep. Cao was elected in 2008, so he'll soon be up for re-election. I am sure those sound bi...

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

... I suspected, they weren't a player at all. Then, the whining began (again) at Nebraska. They never did like the power shift towards the Big 12 South, and they never could get over the idea that someo...

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

...ar 2010 was passing. Suddenly, I was thinking back to my younger days, telling my mother that it seemed like everything went by so slowly, that it was such a long time between birthdays. She told me t...

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

...ility and have stated that they want the track design to resemble some of the classic F1 establishments like Silverstone or Spa-Francorchamps. Tentative news reports indicate that they have already fo...

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

...t would we have? To be selfish is to be "devoted to or caring only for oneself", which of course sounds like a bad thing as we then think it is at the expense of others. But if we don't foster the gro...

10. Capture The Moment
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...w. And before you know it, the moment is gone. Only to be followed by another moment, and another, much like a string of pearls.Being "in the moment" is the essence of being present in your world. Or ...

11. Swimming In The Stream Of Social Media
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

... and activities, and even our current geographical location. All in real-time. We have access to data like never before. We also have the ability to share that data - like never before. Lo and behol...

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

...olf again, and let him get on with repairing his world and his relationship? Or do people really feel like they need to play bad parent and just keep scolding him? I understand that he's a high-pr...

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

...They proposed piecemeal, "incremental" change, but then refused to map out what exactly that would look like. They actively used the philosophy of "just say no" to the bill, and have since attempted t...

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

...erick' (washingtonmonthly.com) Andy Ostroy: McCain's Mavericky Maverick Denial: The Videotape, Unlike the Senator, Doesn't Lie. (huffingtonpost.com) John McCain: I'm NOT A Maverick -- Or...

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

...efore - it's called "high school". Social networking sites can suddenly look, sound, and feel a lot like high school, all over again, before you realize it. You know, it's all the things about hig...

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

...e strolling around and showed little desire to play with any sense of urgency. They played offense much like kids would do in the school yard. Forget about the team, it's all about me. I'm going to ma...

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

... 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 laug...

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

...n Austin. An act of terror? Here? Really? Please, wake me up. Really? But is it "terrorism"? It seems like there are a lot of people debating the semantics of this. Why, I am not quite sure. Terrori...

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

...world. For all of the disputes related to performance enhancing drugs, figure skating "judges", and the like, the Olympics represent a time when people come together in the spirit of competition. Wars...

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

...apital of the World. Let's just say that it sure doesn't hurt enrollment when your college is in a city like Austin. For those who have lived in Austin for many years and witnessed the beauty that i...

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

...ation, knowledge, insight, or perhaps just some humor, is a great reason to write. Writing can be a lot like mentorship - sharing your world because, well, maybe that will have an impact on someone, s...

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

...d then, my thoughts. And then - the moment. That precious moment. And another. And another. It's almost like a string of pearls - each moment beautiful of it's own accord, strung together one by one. ...

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

...ig Pharma, Big Medicine, Big Insurance. Does the phrase "going from bad to worse" ring a bell? It's not like these special interest groups need any greater political voice. Just take a look at the pas...

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

... Granted, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force could have chosen to discuss a less-emotional topic (like back pain) to get people to support the concept of evidence-based research. Suffice it to s...

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

... made it - to win 43 - 42. Now that's not something that even Les Miles or Nick Saban would do. Games like this would be commonplace if college football had a playoff. It is laughable that the NCAA ...

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

...d sportsmanship while representing the University of Texas. You've brought great joy to all of the fans like myself that have followed you and the Longhorns. Though I have no doubt that this is a very...

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

... who should and should not have been given the championship game berths. On a quick sidebar, it seems like everything in college football this year was hotly debated. The winner of the Heisman Troph...

28. Reflection And Refraction: The Physics Of Life
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...raction is another optical phenomenon - "the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different"...

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

...y effect the population [sarcasm inserted here]. But seriously folks, this is what the law would look like: "It shall be unlawful for any person to promote, market, or advertise a post-season ...

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

... the patient will be forced to buy health insurance - in a system that has not inherently changed. It's like taking your beat-up 1972 Ford Pinto into the shop for a quick coat of spray paint, thinking...