News from Hico

Last post taken down, as the tastelessness was overwhelming the funny for me. The following has mainly to do with Lubbock and football, and ...

Meet Tag*. *As in "Tag! You're now taking care of me." Tag showed up about a month ago, a small calico with a wounded nose and...

I was able to find this on some message boards going back about a month (and it could use some updating). Done originally -- I think -- by s...

The Microsoft network decided to rate the nation’s best and nation’s worst mascots. After looking at the results – Eh. The writer apparently...

Warning: Post covers only obscure bits about football. This is not a sports blog, but, between school and Sam, it's what I spend most of...

Staying homebound hasn't been a whole lot of fun lately. First, the Star-Telegram had a story the other day on the beginning of the Okto...

We celebrated Sam's first birthday over the weekend. And -- despite the stress involved with attempting to feed and entertain 15 people ...

I've been busy lately, and didn't have time to notice that I have taken another head coaching slot. So it was Jeremy who let me know...

Spurred on by the evil cat ... He's not going after anything at the end. He's just running and screaming for the joy of it. I haven...

Since Tech doesn't have a serious game today ... I just keep waiting for him to crack a smile or give some indication that it's a jo...

A hurricane isn't all bad. This hit me last night, as the temp cooled down to 60 degrees for the first time since April. Yep, those ultr...

We don't have a normal video camera, just the movie function on our digital photo-picture-taker. Anyway, with Sam walking pretty good no...

Both of these are from Jeremy. The first is a Klingon song. It's most likely about looking forward to glorious death with honor in battl...

From the male grapevine The best thing about any fantasy football draft is watching the chatter from people you haven't seen in years. (...

There's an entertaining, if unfocused, story in the Star-Telegram today about towns painting their high school mascots on their water to...

You'll have to click on the link to find out why I made such a lame pun, though you can probably figure that out before clicking. Anyway...

Lubbock. As beautiful as your favorite ugly dog. My sister's family (all four of 'em), has been playing in a local theater group...

Living with humans has taught dogs morals Huh. Always thought it was the other way around.

Or, How I learned to Sit Through Two Hours of ABBA and Not Let the Rage Inside Erupt Into Barbarism During "Waterloo." My wife set...

Me and Meredith tied the knot. And I have to say that, despite the MASSIVE cut in video game playing time, it's easily the best decision...