Monday, January 26, 2026

Artemis "Little Girl" Gray 2007-2026

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Eighteen years is a pretty good lifespan for a housecat, and Little Girl was very healthy for most of it. She had been aging gracefully up u...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

UH Cougar Football: 2025 attendance and 2026 schedule

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The Houston Cougars end the 2025 season with a 10-3 record, a #22 ranking in the final AP poll (they're #19 in the final Coaches poll),...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

My iPhone's top 20: End of 2025 edition

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It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since I received an iPod Shuffle for Christmas. Over those two decades, as my music lib...

Himeji Castle

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Of all the cool, interesting or delightful sights I saw during my travels in 2025, I'd have to put Himeji Castle at the top of my list....

2025 Kinder's Texas Bowl: Houston 38, LSU 35

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My marriage may be ruined (such is the risk of marrying into an LSU Tiger family), but this was an amazingly fun game. Houston fell behind 0...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

2025 American Conference Championship: North Texas 21, Tulane 34

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Last weekend, the North Texas Mean Green traveled to New Orleans for the American Conference Championship: beat Tulane, and they were all bu...

RIP Frank Gehry

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Another iconic architect has gone the way of all flesh: Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed an...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Houston to Rome, nonstop

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Si, per favore! ITA Airways is expanding its transatlantic route network by introducing new flights from Rome Fiumicino International Airpor...

Houston 31, Baylor 24

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The Cougars end the regular season with a road win against an in-state foe.  The Good: QB Connor Weigman accounted for 322 of Houston's...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

#25 Houston 14, TCU 17

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For the second time in as many home games, the Cougars play bad, boring football and lose to a team they probably should have beaten. The G...