Looking for some cool things to do in 2013. So far thinking of
Hawaii in May
Driving trip with Bennett again in the Prius. Mall of America?
Longhorn 70.3 in October in Austin
Cap Tex Olympic Triathlon again?
Texas/OU weekend
Texas A&M game - Vanderbilt at home?
TMLT golf on October 14
The year is filling up!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Worldwide
Looking at my pageview stats, its interesting how a blog with only 3 registered followers can have as many hits (e.g. 6 on my last post). Thanks Mom!
It was back to swimming this evening. I had decided I was going to go and I did. Its amazing how much more you can accomplish when you plan to leave work at a certain time. Unfortunately my ankle was kind of bothering me still, so I'm planning to have it checked out from my sprain 4 weeks ago. I'd had to be in this position at the end of November in the same situation.
NBA season started tonight with Boston v. Miami. Now LA Lakers v. Dallas is on. All Star Game is in Houston this February. Maybe I'll go. I would like to catch a Rockets game in the Toyota Center. Funny saying that, even Sterling McCall smiles when he hears that. Not a bad investment for him in the late 60s, a Japanese car maker.
Tomorrow is Halloween so we have lots of candy to give out. And when its gone, lights out!
It was back to swimming this evening. I had decided I was going to go and I did. Its amazing how much more you can accomplish when you plan to leave work at a certain time. Unfortunately my ankle was kind of bothering me still, so I'm planning to have it checked out from my sprain 4 weeks ago. I'd had to be in this position at the end of November in the same situation.
NBA season started tonight with Boston v. Miami. Now LA Lakers v. Dallas is on. All Star Game is in Houston this February. Maybe I'll go. I would like to catch a Rockets game in the Toyota Center. Funny saying that, even Sterling McCall smiles when he hears that. Not a bad investment for him in the late 60s, a Japanese car maker.
Tomorrow is Halloween so we have lots of candy to give out. And when its gone, lights out!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday October 28
This was a welcome weekend home. The first cold front of the year came in Friday night, and so Saturday morning was a cool one for the 5th annual Ride Against Cancer. I sponsored part of the ride so I wanted to partcipate. I did the 20 mile ride and was happy that my ankle held up OK, but it's still not 100% for hard training. Between the exercise and the early start, I took a long nap that afternoon after watching UT barely escape Lawrence KS with a win over Kansas. Hard to tell which UT team will show up any given week.
Today after church, Susan and I went shoe shopping. Afterwards we had to clean out part of the closet to make room.
I went to see two movies this weekend, Argo on Friday night and Cloud Atlas on Sunday. Check out all my reviews on SouthLandView.BlogSpot.com
Today after church, Susan and I went shoe shopping. Afterwards we had to clean out part of the closet to make room.
I went to see two movies this weekend, Argo on Friday night and Cloud Atlas on Sunday. Check out all my reviews on SouthLandView.BlogSpot.com
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday night - October 16
The Presidential Debate # 2 was tonight. I watched as much as I could before I felt the need to switch over to baseball. Much easier to see who wins the baseball game: Tigers 2, Yankees 1, Tigers up 3-0 in best of 7.
The NL series is a good one also with the Giants v. Cards.
Working on the fall schedule, I'm going to Houston for the UH Law 20th reunion this weekend and Susan to Austin for AD Pi initiation. I asked Susan if she remember initiation and she did not. I look forward to asking Kate that same question. Kate is going up for support also. Should be a good family weekend for all of them.
My friend Erich is in town as the honored guest of Weslaco H.S. He's working with them to do another balloon launch to "near Space" (100,000 feet) like he and his friend Rich Garcia did.
We had lunch today and it was a real pleasure to be around him. I'm already planning a trip to visit him in May 2013 in Hawaii. Already checked the flights! Start saving now.
Seeing my posts, it looks like Tuesday night is the blog night. I'll have to get with it again.
The NL series is a good one also with the Giants v. Cards.
Working on the fall schedule, I'm going to Houston for the UH Law 20th reunion this weekend and Susan to Austin for AD Pi initiation. I asked Susan if she remember initiation and she did not. I look forward to asking Kate that same question. Kate is going up for support also. Should be a good family weekend for all of them.
My friend Erich is in town as the honored guest of Weslaco H.S. He's working with them to do another balloon launch to "near Space" (100,000 feet) like he and his friend Rich Garcia did.
We had lunch today and it was a real pleasure to be around him. I'm already planning a trip to visit him in May 2013 in Hawaii. Already checked the flights! Start saving now.
Seeing my posts, it looks like Tuesday night is the blog night. I'll have to get with it again.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday night - September 25
I got home from work early because I wanted to rest up my sprained ankle that starts to bother me toward the end of the day. Plus Spencer needed to be out. By 6:30 p.m. it seemed I had been home quite a while, even though it was only a little over 2 hours. I went to the store for dinner things and got home and Susan was home.
In this evening I paid some bills - more effective to do at home than at work. Plus I think I cracked the code on figuring out a difficult case.
Tomorrow is another day. Today there was much discussion about the "blown call" in the Packers/Seahawks Monday Night game. As I said, if it happened to some other team like the Rams or the Titans, no one would care. Packers have to suck it up like the 1979 Oilers (another blown call in the age before replay).
In this evening I paid some bills - more effective to do at home than at work. Plus I think I cracked the code on figuring out a difficult case.
Tomorrow is another day. Today there was much discussion about the "blown call" in the Packers/Seahawks Monday Night game. As I said, if it happened to some other team like the Rams or the Titans, no one would care. Packers have to suck it up like the 1979 Oilers (another blown call in the age before replay).
Monday, September 17, 2012
King of the Causeway triathlon
Race results here:
http://www.athleteguild.com/triathlon/south-padre-island-tx/2012-king-of-the-causeway-triathlon/results?cnt=25&did=D-1161&gender=M
The results were not as specific as I would have liked to see. I was 7 of 10 in the age group but still was proud of how I did because:
I was able to accelerate on the swim when it got crowded and finished strong
I did the bike course as fast as I ever had
I finished the run in a good regular pace
One hitch was that the bike course was not well marked and I rode 2 miles past the turnaround, adding an extra 4 miles to the course. So that messed the time up a little (maybe only 5 minutes). But I never would have thought that to be a problem for a middle of the packer like me. Live and learn.
Now, its recovery time!
http://www.athleteguild.com/triathlon/south-padre-island-tx/2012-king-of-the-causeway-triathlon/results?cnt=25&did=D-1161&gender=M
The results were not as specific as I would have liked to see. I was 7 of 10 in the age group but still was proud of how I did because:
I was able to accelerate on the swim when it got crowded and finished strong
I did the bike course as fast as I ever had
I finished the run in a good regular pace
One hitch was that the bike course was not well marked and I rode 2 miles past the turnaround, adding an extra 4 miles to the course. So that messed the time up a little (maybe only 5 minutes). But I never would have thought that to be a problem for a middle of the packer like me. Live and learn.
Now, its recovery time!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Saturday Sept 15
Here in South Padre Island tonight for the King of the Causeway triathlon tomorrow. Saw a t shirt from Mexico at packet pickup: TRIALON. New word.
We are watching the UT v. Ole Miss game tonight. Glad its on TV, ESPN had 2 games on tonight. 17-7 UT now but Ole Miss is driving.
My goal tomorrow: top 50% of the age group. Tune in tomorrow for results.
My new blog of movie reviews is up: check out SouthLandView.Blogspot.com
View (a movie). Southland (L.A.) and we are in a land down South. Thought it was clever if I do say so myself. And that's why I'm blogging, so I can say so myself. Writing is like anything - more practice leads to expertise. Working on getting to those 10,000 hours.
We are watching the UT v. Ole Miss game tonight. Glad its on TV, ESPN had 2 games on tonight. 17-7 UT now but Ole Miss is driving.
My goal tomorrow: top 50% of the age group. Tune in tomorrow for results.
My new blog of movie reviews is up: check out SouthLandView.Blogspot.com
View (a movie). Southland (L.A.) and we are in a land down South. Thought it was clever if I do say so myself. And that's why I'm blogging, so I can say so myself. Writing is like anything - more practice leads to expertise. Working on getting to those 10,000 hours.
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