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The Thinker?

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

...ate an event when needed. Contador won this year's Tour, but didn't win a single stage in the process. I think that makes you one of seven that have "accomplished" that feat. That puts you in the same...

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

...ruly 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 improve the coolness factor, to go along...

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

... Two Cities". Better yet, let's call this story "A Tale Of Three Cities". At this point, I'll bet you're thinking of Cleveland and Miami - those involved in the Continuing Saga of LeBron James. But ...

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

... might have to schedule some real teams like Texas and Oklahoma - other than Army or Navy. Nah, didn't think you'd go for that one. Update 6/14/2010: Today, Texas committed to staying in the Big 12 ...

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

... them. In the first, I had made a comment about how quickly the year 2010 was passing. Suddenly, I was thinking back to my younger days, telling my mother that it seemed like everything went by so s...

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

... I've ever seen a Ferrari Formula One car on the front page of the Austin American-Statesman. Ever. I think my jaw hit the floor before reality settled in. On Tuesday, it was officially announced...

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

...le, the war in Iraq. We now know that the issue of weapons of mass destruction was, well, a non-issue. I think it's safe to say that it was an issue of oil. So we start looking beyond our borders, to ...

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

...awareness. Your friends and followers can serve as a filter for material on the web. If a trusted source thinks the post or article is worth reading, then I suspect I will be more apt to read it. Yes,...

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

...lway. Troy Aikman. Peyton Manning. Terry Bradshaw. But more often than not, it's a roll of the dice. I think the 2010 draft will prove to be more of the same. Take a look at the Big Three from the...

11. 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

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

... percent in January. And that was within days of the greatest attempts put forward to kill the bill. I think that trend will continue once people fully realize what this bill means to them, and not ...

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

... on music. Similar concept, different topic. A rhubarb is a "quarrel, fight or heated discussion", and I think that there are some things that merit a little bit of discussion in our world. Rhubarb is...

14. The Bucket List
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...th all your friends and family - look at me, here I am!), then hopping off to the next "experience". I think a bucket list may well serve as a step-wise part of the journey that we call life. When u...

15. 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

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

...ted States. Our Olympics sport self-image has almost become a bit of a Canadian inferiority complex. I think I really started to notice a collective change sometime around, well, 2002 - the year tha...

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

...he issue of budget cuts leaves you wondering how they are concerned about a $66,000 saving when they can think nothing of paying a head football coach $5 million per season. Somehow, the irony overwhe...

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

... of the modern era. 1. Discussion. One of the things that sets us apart as a species is the ability to think. Combine this with free speech, and the "power of the pen" can truly stimulate thought, d...

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

There are too many distractions in our world that readily assail us at any juncture. Whether it's work, or life, or relationships, or family, or any combination, it's easy to get caught up in the "stu

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

...ing block the political "right" to define the policies of our voting republic? In my humble opinion, I think the issue is misguided from the start. This is not an issue of free speech. Nobody - not ...

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

I think it's safe to say that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has opened an interesting can of worms recently at a rather inopportune moment. They have published what is, to my understanding,

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

...rt, LA (East region) (2) Cincinnati - (15) East Carolina . Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL (East region) I think we might have witnessed a number of upsets in the first round. Though Troy has a great of...

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

... in the game. After scoring a couple of touchdowns, the game was 24 - 21. The Longhorn Nation started to think that maybe there was some hope. Sadly, it was not to be. What else did we get to see ...

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

...nges. As Einstein himself noted, "the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them". Smart man, that Einstein guy. Strangely enough, physics...

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

...ly changed. It's like taking your beat-up 1972 Ford Pinto into the shop for a quick coat of spray paint, thinking that might get you a few extra years of driving - but never looking at the oil leak or...

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

...ividual's choice of faith and belief systems, even as they differ from my own or anyone else' beliefs. I think that as intelligent human beings we can have our faith, and agree to disagree on what it ...

27. Longhorns Update: In Defense, We Trust
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

..., then, if needed, kick the short field goal. But inexplicably (unless you're Greg Davis) they did the unthinkable - they let the clock run and seemed to be content with getting to the 29 yard line. W...

28. AC/DC - Rock And Roll, Pure And Simple
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...rt Johnson, and the tree limb spread out up the Mississippi to Chicago, and points far beyond. I don't think that anybody ever really envisioned rock and roll being complex - three chords and lyrics...

29. Right Here, Right Now
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

...t's feet, and scurry off to new adventures. But as I soon found out, he was a baby squirrel, and I don't think he'd fully understood the concept of how to jump and fall safely. I found him in the yard...

30. The Tragically Hip: Stellar After All These Years
(Creativity/Blog Musings)

..., and I distinctly remember the talk on campus that the Hip were doing a video for their first single (I think it was "Small Town Bringdown") at the Manor, so everyone should show up. They were a good...