Ahhh flying and the middle seat...

So I headed out for a few days on the road this morning. I took my Southwest flight from Dallas to Houston and then on to Corpus Christi. The flight to Houston was pretty full, however the flight from Houston to Corpus Christi was not, so most people were able to sit 2 people per 3 seats, thus leaving the dreaded middle seat open. Notice I said "most people."

I had a window seat and as people were boarding, I was thinking that I was in good shape to have the middle seat open for this part of the trip. An older lady eventually comes to my row and sits some items down in the middle seat. She then proceeds to move those items to the aisle seat and sit in the middle seat, right next to me. Obviously, if this was a full flight, this is no big deal, however it was clear to a blind man that the plane was not going to be full. Anyways, I am siting there thinking that maybe her husband was going to appear at any moment to take the aisle seat...no dice.

Sweet times...

Very, very cool video...

This is a very cool video that was on ESPN Gameday this morning about Georgia head coach Mark Richt and his family. It focuses on two children that they adopted from Ukraine, including one that has a facial deformity. The Richt's sound like one solid family.

A Not-So Happy Halloween!

So I am clear, I am not saying that poor people are lazy. I posted this in regards to the "spread the wealth" attitude that is out there with too many people, as well as a certain presidential candidate.

How not to get out of a speeding ticket...

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Animals vs. the Unborn Child

My friend, Tim Bastron, posted this on his blog. You can check out more from Tim by clicking here.

Preacher/author Dr. John Piper:

“…When we bought our dog at the Humane Society, I picked up a brochure on the laws of Minnesota concerning animals. Statute 343.2, subdivision 1 says, ‘No person shall . . . unjustifiably injure, maim, mutilate or kill any animal.’ Subdivision 7 says, ‘No person shall willfully instigate or in any way further any act of cruelty to any animal.’ The penalty: ‘A person who fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.’

Now this set me to pondering the rights of the unborn. An eight-week-old human fetus has a beating heart, an EKG, brain waves, thumb-sucking, pain sensitivity, finger-grasping, and genetic humanity, but under our present laws is not a human person with rights under the 14th Amendment, which says that ‘no state shall deprive any person of life . . . without due process of law.’ Well, I wondered, if the unborn do not qualify as persons, it seems that they could at least qualify as animals, say a dog, or at least a cat. Could we not at least charge abortion clinics with cruelty to animals under Statute 343.2, subdivision 7? Why is it legal to ’maim, mutilate and kill’ a pain-sensitive unborn human being but not an animal?

These reflections have confirmed my conviction never to vote for a person who endorses such an evil—even if he could balance the budget tomorrow and end all taxation.”

Gladiator's tomb found...

Like many of you, "Gladiator" is probably my favorite movie. Apparently the tomb of the Gladiator that the film was based on, was discovered in Rome.

Click here to read about it.

In honor of this finding, I give you one of the greatest scenes in movie history. Gives me chills everytime I watch it.

The Big Election Night Party...

Barry Obama has already begun plans for a huge election night party in Chicago, most likely in Grant Park.

Click here to read about it.

I can only hope that this is similar to a few years ago when the Dallas Mavericks went up 2-0 in the NBA finals and the Mayor here in Dallas, proceeded to annouce the downtown Victory Parade route to the city.

Dallas promptly lost the next 4 games.

Dang you Halloween candy...

I don't eat a lot of candy, but I just can't resist these tasty morsels when Halloween rolls around.

Red River Rivalry...OU vs Texas

I was able to score a ticket off Ebay to the OU-Texas game today. It was a really great game and a pretty awesome atomsphere. 90,000 fans...half the stadium in crimson for OU and the other half in burnt orange for the Longhorns. I have some pics and thoughts on the day.

The game is played at the Cotton Bowl which sits on the grounds of the Texas State Fair. The Cotton Bowl has been around for quite awhile, so I went with a black and white shot of it (am I creative or what!)

I hungout and watched ESPN College Gameday for awhile before the game. Here were my 3 favorite signs that I saw:

3. "Mobile-homa...Where Cousin Eddie lives."
2. "We're not snobs, we're just better than UT."
1. "I quit my job. Obama will take care of me."

I have been to a lot a college and pro football games, but let me tell you something. I have never heard more whining, complaining, and fair-weather fans than Texas fans. It was RIDICULOUS! Examples...Oklahoma scores to make it 28-20 with 11 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. I look around and people are acting like it is 42-0. Heads in hands, people saying "Well its over" or "We lost again," and throwing stuff onto the field. This was how it was after every OU score. Then Texas would score and all is well with the fans once again. I also had two guys sitting in front of me analyzing, and I mean analyzing, every...single...play. Good Lord that got old quick. Also, if I have to see the hook'um horns hand thing one more time, I might rip someone's fingers off. I was not a fan of Texas before and I am certainly not now.

Overall...great experience, great game and I hope to go again next year. Go Hawks!

Please let this be real and not staged...

Sorry about the swear word at the end of the clip.

Does Biden know the role of the VP...apparently not

Once again, you probably didn't hear about this from the mainstream media. The article also includes some additional fact checks that were ignored by the media.

Click here to read the article

Hockey season is soon upon us...

I love hockey and am quite excited that the season begins next week. The below is an example why. This happened the other night in a preseason game. Incredible!

Ahhh Fall...

Fall is a great time of year. The bright colors of leaves changing, a crisp cool day, and the smell of manure in the cornfields. Ok, that last one is great. However, living in Texas we miss out on some of this. Our leaves turn from green, to light green, to yellow, to brown. Our crisp cool days happen in Decemeber (which doesn't bother me at all...love the weather down here) and of course, no Hawkeye football. So I thought I would post a few pictures of things that I miss during the fall back in Iowa.

I know which one I prefer...

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society. Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian revolution, it being the transitional stage between capitalism and communism. Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth into a small section of society who control capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved.

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Capitalism is the economic system in which the means of production are owned by private persons, and operated for profit and where investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are predominantly determined through the operation of a free market, rather than by central economic planning. Capitalism is usually considered to involve the right of individuals and corporations to trade, incorporate, employ workers, and use money provided by central banks, in goods, services (including finance), labor and land. In theory, production and distribution in a capitalist system are governed by the free market rather than state regulation, with state action confined to defining and enforcing the basic rules of the market though the state may provide a few basic public goods and infrastructure. Unrestrained capitalism is confined to theory, as "all of the capitalistic societies of the West have mixed economies" with interventionist state regulation, social programs and state ownership of some sectors.

Golfers or those that love golf games...

Check out this website and play this game. It is incredible!!

http://www.worldgolftour.com/