Thursday, February 26, 2026

2026 Winter Olympics Thoughts

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Every four years, the Winter Olympics causes millions of people to spend a couple of weeks paying attention to speed skating, luge, ski jump...
Monday, February 09, 2026

I wonder what it feels like

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Last night, as I watched the Seattle Seahawks win their second NFL championship, I wondered what it must feel like to watch your football te...
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...