Saturday, December 10, 2005

My trip to Japan, October 2005

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My brother had been living and working in Japan as an English teacher since April of 2004. In October of 2005, I was finally able to visit h...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

The Screw Bowl and the Shaft Bowl: 2005 Edition

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Several years ago, I began doing the Screw Bowl and the Shaft Bowl as a way to recognize the handful of deserving college football teams tha...
Saturday, November 05, 2005

Testing, testing...

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Okay, so I've finally decided to "get a real blog." This will eventually replace my current, low-tech Mean Green Cougar Red. ...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Astros are going to the World Series. I'm going to Japan.

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I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around that one. It's eight in the morning, about ten hours after Cardinal catcher Yad...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Coogs win the "Kat-Rita Bowl"

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It was a good weekend for the Houston Cougars, who currently have a winning record after beating the Tulane Green Wave 35-14 at Cajun Field ...

Astros knock off the Braves for the second year in a row

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Last weekend was a good weekend for Houston sports teams. Well, except for the Texans, and let’s face it, who really cares about them? ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Wrapping up Rita

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Lori made it home safely late last night. She was exhausted, physically as well as emotionally drained from her week-long absence, but glad ...
Sunday, September 25, 2005

Rita: did we overreact?

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I finally went to sleep around 7 am yesterday morning, once the winds had begun to die down and the radar showed that the storm was on its w...
Saturday, September 24, 2005

Rita Update II

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It's now 2 am, and amazingly enough I still have electricity. I expect to lose it at any moment, however, as the wind continues to pick ...
Friday, September 23, 2005

Rita Update

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It's about 8 pm, and the outermost rainbands of the hurricane are now reaching my neighborhood. The rainfall is really very mild at this...