I'm really excited about the Alabama-Texas game tonight and have been ever since Texas beat Nebraska (yay!) and I knew it was going to happen. My only problem is I have no idea which team I want to win.

I'm an Auburn and Rice fan, so both teams are traditional rivals of my teams. I was born in Alabama and have lived in Texas for over thirty years ( Read more... )

We went to this game and it was great! Go Rice U!

I hope everyone had/is having wonderful holidays. Mine have been very satisfactory so far, with more to come, as relatives come to visit us tomorrow.

Also, tomorrow will be our 20th anniversary (!)

And, my goodness, there is an awful lot of good Josh/Donna fanfic on the internets.

21 more days

If you are under the impression that my Rockets' 20-game winning streak has failed to capture my attention, excite me, and prompt me to watch their games, you are quite, quite mistaken.

We'll be visiting New York City June 14-17 because my brilliant daughter WON GOLD IN THE SCHOLASTIC WRITING COMPETITION!

Her story is among the roughly 20-30 winners in the short story category from among 17,000 entries because she is just. that. awesome. Or maybe it's because her protagonist was named after one of youThe ceremony will be in ( Read more... )

First you type in this little box thing, right?

Okay, ummm... I hope you all [for US-resident values of "all"] had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I hope those of you whose birthdays I missed had wonderful birthdays as well, including but not limited to:

the lovely and witty soupytwist, whose birthday I just missed;

the witty and lovely acemyth, whose birthday I ( Read more... )

OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!

And to think I thought that watching my team in the World Series would be fun.

This is the story of my twenty-year love affair with the Houston Astros. ( probably of interest to no one but me )

Oh man. Bagwell has been waiting for this for fifteen years. Biggio for eighteen years. But I've been waiting for it for twenty years.

Yes, it is worth it.

About an hour ago, the phone rang. I could tell from the caller ID that it was my husband...

Me: Hello.
Husband: Okay, I'm afraid you're going to get mad about this...
Me: YOU'RE GOING TO THE GAME?!?!Husband: Um, yeah ( Read more... )

that was a baseball game.