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...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The Cougars: two steps forward, one step back

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Between a convention in Portland, Oregon, a visit from my brother, the Veteran's Day holiday (I took some time off to make a long weeken...

The end of the penny

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Last Friday, the one-cent coin, better known as the penny, met its end. After 232 years of production, the final penny coins were struck at...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Half a cookie

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Walking around the bakery at my local H-E-B, I noticed these delicious-looking oatmeal raisin walnut cookies: I love oatmeal raisin cookies,...

Houston 31, Arizona 28

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Ethan Sanchez kicked a field goal as time expired and the Cougars notched a homecoming win over the Arizona Wildcats to become bowl-eligibl...

Behold, the Southeasternwest Conference!

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As seen on social media: You could even add former SWC school Rice and former SEC school Tulane to get to an even 24 teams. Doing so would h...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

On coffee

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The Atlantic' s Ellen Cushing explains why, in spite of its ever-increasing cost and the availability of any number of caffeine-deliveri...

The Coogs at midseason 2025

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I got kinda busy over the last few weeks and haven't had a chance to write about Cougar football. Here's a quick rundown of their la...