Archive for October, 2005

The Longhorns Break The Hex

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

It finally happened. Not since my freshman year of college has Texas beaten Oklahoma in the annual Red River Shootout. The class that came in behind me went through their collegiate years without ever seeing the Longhorns beat the Sooners. That all changed today. Vince Young looks great. His Heisman Trophy ...

Tips When Near A Car Chase

Friday, October 7th, 2005

While waiting for The Tonight Show to come on this evening, I stumbled across live coverage of yet another Los Angeles-area car chase. As usual with such chases, the news anchor covering the chase tries to report continuously on the events. Dead air makes for bad television in these cases. ...

Thoughts on Baseball’s Postseason

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

We are at least one game into each postseason series, and I think we are already seeing some trends. In the American League, it is starting to look like the Red Sox are on their way out. Though the same was said of them last season when they fell behind ...