Reveille Behaves Badly

Saturday afternoon's game between A&M and Fresno State was probably the most stressful game I ever watched/listened to. Jill and I had to deliver a wedding cake in Lufkin, so at the half we switched from watching it on the tv to listening to it on the radio. It was 19-0 at the half, so I was pretty confident we were going to win this one. That was before Fresno came back to tie it 32-32.



When we got out of the car to set the cake up, we had gone into overtime, scored a field goal, but Fresno was on the 1/2 yard line about to score a touchdown. I got out of the car and told Jill we had lost.

We got back in the car to head to the wedding, suprised to hear the announcer still on the radio. We had not lost! The game was in the second overtime. We made the short trip to the wedding site and I wanted so badly to stay in the car and skip the wedding, but seeing as Jill wears the pants in my family, I went to the wedding.

Wedding is over in record time. Get in the car. Game is still on! We are now in triple overtime. On the way to the reception, we win by a few points. I tell you, I have never seen an Aggie game like it. On the radio, the crowd was so loud, the announcers were literally having to scream the play-by-play.

I found this related news to be amusing:

Texas A&M Aggies
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M's mascot Reveille missed Saturday's triple-overtime victory against Fresno State after she snapped at her cadet handler when he stepped on her tail while running earlier in the week.

Dean Bresciani, vice president for student affairs, said Sunday that Reveille was quarantined at Texas A&M's veterinary school for a couple of days as part of a standard operating procedure but will be back on the sidelines for the Aggies' game with Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday.



Bresciani said the mascot corporal was not hurt but was embarrassed that he stepped on the 6-year-old collie's tail. Reveille VII instinctively whipped around and snapped at the handler when he did that, Bresciani said.

He said the mascot was ``living a life of luxury'' and missed a hot, humid afternoon football game.

Reveille is considered the highest-ranking member of the school's Corps of Cadets and stands at attention in her maroon coat during sporting events and other functions.

Shirley?

Wow, now I need to get to memorizing if this girl can do it!

The Debate

Ok, even if I was not a Huckabee fan, I would have to say this was the best exchange at the Presidential Debate last night. It is between Huckabee and Ron Paul (is is still in the race?) and centers on "the Iraq" as Ms. Teen South Carolina likes to say.



Sorry for all the political posts but I am a political science major and this is my favorite topic. It only happens once every 4 years so bear with me.

An Introduction to...

Most of my good friends know I am a big fan of Ted Dekker. Ted is a sometimes controversial, but always thought-provoking, author of Christian fiction. If you have any interest at all in fiction books, I really encourage you to pick up one of his books and give him a try. He is not paying me to say this and I don't win any sort of contest for posting his name on my blog. He is just someone I wanted to introduce you to. You can find out more about him by watching the following interview.

Topix.net

I have been "hired" as news editor for the Tyler news page at www.topix.net. Check it out if you have some free time.

Huckabee Getting Endorsements

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the biggest U.S. trade unions made an unusual dual endorsement in the 2008 White House race on Thursday, backing Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee for their parties' presidential nominations.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which has about 720,000 active and retired members, backed a candidate from each party for the first time after a recent survey found about one-third of union members voted Republican and two-thirds Democratic.

"The dual endorsement is intended to involve all IAM members in the upcoming election," said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger.

The endorsement was made at the union's national conference in Orlando, Florida. Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, was the only Republican to address the labor group.

Huckabee has lagged behind the top Republican 2008 contenders in national polls and fund raising but received a boost earlier this month with a surprise second-place finish in the Iowa straw poll.

"Mike Huckabee was the only Republican candidate with the guts to meet with our members and the only one willing to figure out where and how we might work together," Buffenbarger said in a statement.

The Importance of Maps

Just when you thought you had seen it all...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601278.html?hpid=sec-religion

Parenting Skills 101

Jill and my parenting skills have been attacked over the past two weeks over a variety of things from kissing, to "allowing" my oldest to have a "boyfriend," to allowing her to watch, of all things, wait for it ....... "High School Musical." (Have I used enough quotes?) Unfortunately, the people attacking us won't come and speak with us directly about their concerns, but do feel comfortable talking to others about it thinking we won't hear about it later. Don't worry -- they don't read this blog so I am not using this time to respond or "attack back."

But, in response :), I would like to point out to parents of other kids that do read this that it is normal for preschool kids to have "boyfriends" and "girlfriends." It is normal for them to kiss because (hopefully) they see kissing at home. I am glad that my kids know I love their mother. I am not ashamed to give my wife a kiss in front of my kids (we are just talking about a peck kiss). If I am a bad parent for that, I don't want to be a good parent (that sounds like a country song I should write). Anyways, I have done some researching and found this on a child psychology website:

Preschool "boyfriends" and "girlfriends." Some parents of preschoolers are alarmed when they hear their kids talk about a boyfriend or girlfriend. If your youngster says this, remember that kids don't attach the same meanings to the word that adults do. Most experts agree that it's best to react to this kind of news in a neutral way — don't encourage the behavior, but don't express concern either.

Just something to think about for the weekend.

Changes

I have made the changes necessary to my account here so I won't be deleting this page after all and starting over. The bottom line is that some people were looking at the page that I did not want looking at the page (i.e. certain people that pay me to do certain things) after searching for me on Google. So, I have taken my full name off, my location is gone, and all references to my occupation are gone.

At least watch the first 2 minutes...

Public Notice

This blog will be deleted soon. Just letting you know. A new one will take its place under a different name that will be shared with friends.

Baby laughing at the Wii

I could have come up with so many creative titles for this post, but I refrained.

Told you he was still alive...

This is one of the most impressive camera tricks I have ever seen. I am sure by now you all have seen it, but I wanted to save it here for future enjoyment.

Cool Beta Website

I ran across a really cool website today -- www.biblemap.org. It is still in beta, but worked just fine with no bugs for me. You select a Bible passage and anytime the passage references a locations, the satellite map (provided by google) takes you right there. Check it out sometime -- it is highly addictive.

From the website:

BibleMap.org is developed by the duo at He Lives Ministries (HeLives.com). The motivation for developing the site was simple. Create a free Bible atlas which harnesses Google maps. We hope this site will be a blessing to you and possibly help make the living book of the Bible more alive in your life.

Evolution of AT&T

You may have already seen this, but I laugh everytime I watch it.

Thr3e Movie Trailer

My good friend Robert has been posting some movie trailers of some big spring and summer movie releases over on his blog, so I thought I would join him by posting a new trailer from the producers of X-Men for the movie, Thr3e. Considering the movie is based on the book by me and Rob's favorite author, I am a little suprised the trailer hasn't made it to his blog, yet. So, to pick up his slack, I have come out of blogging retirement and present for your viewing pleasure, Thr3e:

This is DQ Country

I am sitting here at my local Dairy Queen enjoying some chicken fingers, free WiFi, and watching Fox News.  I am also using a new blog writer program, Windows Live Writer (beta).  It is a really cool blogging program now available for download at

http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...

It is completely WYSIWYG.  You can manipulate things much easier than using the Blogger software.  Give it a try.  It's free.

People watching here is picking up as the dinner hour approaches.  A guy just went to the bathroom with a book.  That is just wrong.  And gross.

By the way, for those of you that like Christian fiction, sign up at www.readted.com for $10 off Ted Dekker's newest book and a free gift.  If you use my reference number (FG9FT9), I get free stuff too.  If you are not familar with Ted, he is one of the best, if not the best, Christian fiction writer around. 

Nothing else much going on today at the DQ.  If something good happens, I will update. 

Interesting Graphic of the Day

ETA 2.22.2007