Archive for November, 2009
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Aftermath of a Busy Weekend
Today I am in recovery mode from a hectic weekend working on the new sports project. My desk is littered with sticky notes, some of which I now find puzzling. One, for instance, reads, “I am my Mother’s daughter,” while another has “phentermine review” scrawled on it. What can I say, I’ve slept since then. [...]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Cody, My Boyfriend for the Weekend
This is his, “Fine! Just go off and leave me on a major holiday!” face.
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Black Friday, Post-Dead Bird Consumption, Game Day Report
As we speak, today’s round of Texas high school football playoffs are underway and I’m tweeting scores (twitter.com/txscore). The difference is that this week I’m more or less outfitted with wireless alarms alerting me to score changes. (I’ll tell you more about that in an upcoming post.) This means I am not looking at being [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Special Thanksgiving Gift
My friend Squirt recently walked in a Relay for Life and Dorey was one of her honorees. She sent me this photo today. It made me cry, but happy tears for Dorey’s bravery and for the 14 years we made our way together. He was a completely faithful and loyal friend whose love was unconditional. [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
My day started out blearily after a night of tossing and turning. About 3 a.m. I flipped on the TV and actually watched 15 minutes of an info-mercial on RV repair, before opting for aimless Twitter surfing on the BlackBerry instead.
The one good thing about having a bout of insomnia was that I was aware [...]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Pointing You Toward the Other Site – And An Update
Below, you will find the text of the entry that should have been posted yesterday until the Borg at the mother ship got their panties in a twist and the site went away. Let me just say that I find it telling that I did not get useful, actionable information to fix the situation until [...]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Western Governors University for Online Study
Recently when a friend told me he was considering seeking an online degree because it fit his work schedule, I suggested he take a look at the Western Governors Online University. It’s an evolving program I’ve watched for a number of years, with a mission well above that of other web-based endeavors:
“The principal mission of [...]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Don’t ignore the cat. You will be punished.
It’s a good thing I’m not a fan of stylish contemporary furniture, which does not match well with the claws of an irritated tomcat.
You see, my boys are used to getting my full attention whenever they want it and I spent 10 hours in front of the laptop Saturday working on this sports project with [...]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The Day After Game Day
Yesterday while I was furiously switching from page to page, fingers flying, I glanced at an ad for a Plano cosmetic dentist and had the fleeting thought that I might need him because I was gritting my teeth. Yeah, ten hours of posting sports scores will do that to a person.
I am absolutely delighted to [...]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Latest Update on our Game Day Coverage
My wore-out butt could not hit the mattress fast enough last night. Our initial effort at providing scores in real time exceeded all our expectations. We thought we’d cover 5 games and wound up doing 30+ and went from three FaceBook fans at the start of the day to 70 and counting.
It was also a [...]
