Thursday, April 11, 2019 – Nothing
I have nothing to say. While I am thinking about many things, I have chosen not to say anything today. Instead I am posting a photo of the entrance to the doctor I went to for my knee.
Then I am posting of picture of my cat, Peach with her catnip rat toy. I hope at least of them makes you smile.
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Tuesday, April 09, 2019 – Turn Out The Lights – The Party’s Over
And so the Texas Tech Red Raiders ride into the sunset while confetti falls on the Virginia Cavaliers. Did you ever think there would be so much money in confetti?
Nevertheless, the Spanish cowboy guy and all of the Tech fans should be proud. It won’t allow you to achieve flagship status, but maybe next year will be your championship year. Maybe you will share the spotlight with the 2020 Texas A&M Women’s Basketball National Championship Team.
Did you really think I would not snark on Tech?
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Monday, April 8, 2019 – The End of Basketball Season
The end of NCAA basketball season only means that NCAA football season is one day closer. Meanwhile, until then we have baseball, softball, axe tossing, badminton, golf and corn hole championships to look forward to. Yawn!
Here’s to the Baylor Lady Bears as they bring home their third NCAA National Basketball Championship. Thank you, Kim, team, and nephew Blaine for a great season. Let’s send thoughts and prayers to Lauren Cox who went down with a knee injury as she prepares for the next phase of knee joints and ligaments. I am sure the rehab will not be as bad looking at that national championship bling.
Who would have guessed the possibility of two national championships from the Big 12 Conference? In basketball! And from Texas and not Kansas!
It is customary for schools in an effort of sportsmanship to drop their prejudices and root for a home team during a national championship game. I must tell you, it is difficult for me to yell for Texas Tech. But since the head coach for Tech graduated from J. L. McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas, I will make a supreme exception. Chris Beard was only in the first grade when I taught at McCullough High School, but every teacher in TW is claiming him. As teachers, we love to see students succeed and in front of a national audience is even better.
So for approximately two and one half hours only, here’s to you Texas Tech. BTHO Virginia! Perhaps I shall throw tortillas toward to the television.
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Monday, April 01, 2019 – The Green Final Four
Do you know why you are so tired today? You have just completed at 31 day March.
What a March of madness it was if you are a basketball fan. First on the men’s side of NCAA Division I. I am sure my Alabama buddies are as thrilled about Auburn reaching the final four as I am about Texas Tech reaching it. So let’s go Virginia Cavaliers. Beat the Tiger with the auburn fur. Let’s us remember that I picked Michigan State to win it all. Puffy Spartan! Please do not let me down. And finally, PLEASE anybody but Tech.
Now to the women’s side of NCAA Division I. Does anyone know the words to the Stanford fight song? Tonight Stanford will play the Girls of Muffetry – AKA Notre Dame at 8:00 on ESPN2. I wonder if Muffet will wear the lime green boa around her neck. Did you see those lime green stilettos she had?
Speaking of green colors. Baylor plays Iowa at 6:00 on ESPN2 tonight.
Speaking of even more green colors. The Oregon Ducks will wait for the winner of Baylor and Iowa State. Yesterday, against Mississippi State their uniforms looked like two of the colors in the Crayola Box escaped. It could be a semi-final of various shades of greens and yellows.
And not wearing green. The UConn Huskies will play the winner of Notre Dame and Stanford.
I am not wearing green to watch any of the games. I do not have any green pajamas. Sic ‘Em Bears! And what every the Dancing Tree of Stanford Cardinal (like the color, not the bird) says. Are we for certain really smart people go to Stanford?
If Baylor does not win, I will offer the following quote by one of my favorite, and so articulate heroines, Hermione Granger.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 – Notre Dame? Howdy! We Are Back!
Flashback: March 2018, March Madness, Women’s Sweet 16 Match-up, Texas A&M and Notre Dame
We are headed toward a déjà vu weekend. Last year Texas A&M lost to Notre Dame by six points in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
This year I have composed a lyric sung to the American folk song “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” that I hope helps this weekend. Feel free to sing along. Even better if you can do an Irish tenor with an Irish accent.
When Irish eyes are blinded
By the Aggies’ maroon and white
You can hear the Twelfth Man yelling
We’ve just begun to fight.
Will Muffet fall off her stillettos
As Carter take charge of the ball?
We shall see you in Chicago
The Aggies are coming to call!
When Aggie hearts are happy
All the world sings Hullabaloo,
For when Aggie hearts are happy
We are WHOOPING it up for you!
Whoop Barn – Highway 6 north – Photo by me.
BTHO Notre Dame!!!
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Monday, March 25, 2019 – Chicago Bound – Bring on the Irish
Here’s to the Fighting Texas Aggie Women’s basketball team!! Headed to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year and seventh time overall. WHOOP!
Yesterday’s game with Marquette was indeed a nail biter. Great teams, great coaching, great game and great fans. A classic game. A rare Monday Basketball Award – Poopy Undies for All!
Assuming that Notre Dame defeats Michigan State tonight, the Aggies will meet the Irish in the Sweet 16 Round in Chicago. This is exactly where the Aggies were this time last year. The Aggies lost by six points to Muffet’s Mob. ND, would go on to win the National Championship.
The good news is that both teams are a year older and more experienced. The bad news is that both teams are a year older and more experienced.
IT COULD HAPPEN!
BTHO ND! Come on, Spartans!
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 – Poems of Spring
Happy first day of spring to us all. To celebrate let’s write some poetic words of the season.
Let us open our books to Chapter One – How to Write a Poem of Spring.
Here is an example of spring poem utilizing all of the above suggestions.
Oh Ye Pilgrim Baller
Hark! My bracket doth already bursteth
Because I picketh Prairie View A&M,
Hence, I have selecteth the upset
And picketh the Spartans to win!
If you insist on writing about flowers, try this one.
Use Care in Where Thou Butt Doth Go
Doth not sit thou buttocks in bluebonnets
A rattler awaits thy nether region,
Hasten thy run through the fire ants for fun
To celebrate the spring season.
You have the rest of the class time to work on your spring poems.
The picture of Her Cuteness on a rabbit has nothing to do with the post. I just thought it was funny. Yes, that is Papa Ned.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 – Monday, Monday. Can’t Trust that Day
Here’s what I’m thinking about yesterday.
Every party needs a pooper that’s why we invited you, ESPN U Suck! ESPN U Suck!
In case you missed it or do not follow sporting events, ESPNU of the ESPN family released the NCAA Division I Women’s basketball bracket on TV two hours before its scheduled time. The announcement parties on campuses were scheduled for six o’clock central standard time. The announcement on TV was at four. It was like unwrapping your Christmas present to see what it was two hours before it was time and then trying to act surprised during the actual Christmas tree. ESPNU took away the element of surprise.
While this may not seem to be at the top of the world falling apart events, it was disappointing to all teams, coaches and fans. Your premature bracket release meant that teams were denied the opportunity to be with their fans when their team’s names were called. This is special to fans and teams. Teams that have never been to the tournament were denied the opportunity to be recognized.
Because of your blunder, the program at six o’clock was pieced together (and you could tell it was). You never even showed the teams from the Chicago Region where Texas A&M is the number 4 seed. Wait, you seemed to have enough footage of Notre Dame and Muffet McGraw.
I hope the persons responsible received a good ass chewing and perhaps the opportunity to seek employment elsewhere. This was a major SNAFU for women’s’ sports. Party pooper ESPNU! RL, I hope this was not your brother.
In other news I had an appointment to see an orthopedic doctor yesterday for my knee. It, like the rest of me, is 70 years old and falling apart. I am sure you know the feeling.
But while waiting for the doctor I had plenty of time read this sign on the wall. 
I found three errors. Maybe the Grammarians will find others.
Even though the sign does seem to suggest I am their only patient, it did not inspire confidence in my experience at the doctor’s office, Neither did the doctor when he said “orthoscopic surgery is the first step to a knee replacement.” I replied “Not on this knee. Thank you for the cortisone shot. I’ll get back to you. Good-bye.”
Since all things come in threes, I returned home to find a jury summons in my mail box. Monday, Monday. Can’t trust that day.
But today is Tuesday. The sun is shining. So make today a good one.
Peace out.
Posted in Education, humor, Native Texan, Texas Aggies
Monday, March 11, 2019 – Urban Ax Throwing
I actually watched an urban ax throwing contest on ESPN2. I am pretty certain I now know more about ax throwing than you do. I am also pretty certain this is way more about ax throwing than you want to know.
I cannot wait for this to become an Olympic sport. What a fun way to settle world differences?
I am thinking this sport could rival corn hole. Just think of the tailgate opportunities at football games to throw axes at a board. What a fun way to celebrate Texas OU weekend, A&M/LSU Thanksgiving or Alabama playing anybody on Saturday. It would be great rival football weekends with fans throwing axes at each other.
There is a World Ax Throwing League with a governing board and everything. https://worldaxethrowingleague.com/
I found this YouTube and I noticed that ax throwing in bars in very trendy. https://youtu.be/j-WBUayh7Og
The video is from New York City and the narrator actually discusses beer and sharp objects in the same environment. He goes on to say that after a couple of beers it will help you throw the ax. In a bar after a couple of beers, you probably should not give a person an ax. But in Texas you certainly do not want to try to take it away from them either. They might likely shoot you.
One of the women in the video states that ax throwing is a great stress relief. I bet it would relieve stress if you imagined someone as the target. Who can forget Johnny Carson and Ed Ames on The Tonight Show?
Get you Ax together and start tossing.
Friday, March 8, 2019 – International Women’s Day
Here’s to every Bad Ass women on earth!
And especially to the Fighting Texas Aggie Women’s basketball team as the play their first game in the SEC Tournament tonight.
Yell it with me, Tide! BTHO Auburn
Now, sing along Sisters and celebrate with these two Bad Ass Women!
Aretha Franklin and Anne Lennox
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