Just a brief blog update, as the hectic events of last night warrant a post here.
First of all, my goodness the weather has been wreaking havoc in many different ways. In places like Amarillo and Wichita, they got more snow than they could count.
And here in Houston, we got wind. Lots and lots of wind.
So much wind that the power got blown out for two hours last night and we were in total darkness from about 8:30 to 10:30. I am truly surprised it only took them two hours to get the power back on. I figured that as bad as the wind was howling it could be an all-nighter. The wind gusts had to have been about 40 miles per hour.
It knocked the power out long enough to where I didn't see the end of the KU/ISU basketball game live on TV. But oh I saw how it ended after the power came back on. Absolutely the Cyclones should never have let it come down to the last few minutes to where they could get hung out to dry by the men in stripes. But come on, the refereeing at the end of the game was so much in favor of KU it's ridiculous.
It's one thing to screw Missouri out of a conference title in basketball in their last year in the Big 12, which the men in stripes also successfully did last year. But come on this is Iowa State, with a likable coach and likable fans.
So Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria says he didn't renege on any promises to the Marlins. Yeah, sure you didn't Jeffrey.
Tom Brady gets a three year extension from the Patriots until 2017. At the rate he's going, that's probably about right - he probably does have about five good years and maybe another ring or two left in him.
More again soon. Until next time....
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Long Overdue Update - February 24, 2013
For all those who have read this blog, it's been a long time. Been doing some stuff and have meant to update but just haven't gotten around to it. Seeing as I haven't updated in quite some time, a little house cleaning is in order. I'll get to sports in just a moment.
First off, went to Gulf Shores, AL for my annual trip about a week ago and spent about four days there. Man has it ever been wet down there but it was still a really good time even though the weather didn't exactly cooperate. All the places we ate at were solid, including the places we ate at on the way there and on the way back.
DeSoto's, the first place we ate at in Gulf Shores had really good coconut shrimp and a nice sauce. The Hangout, which is my personal favorite place to eat there, we did on Monday night and as usual it was rocking. They had some music there that night and we even had the Beer Barrel Polka not long after we walked in the door.
Wednesday night we had Red's, a nice seafood joint and we actually closed up the place. It was Ash Wednesday that day so we saved our big meal for late and were not disappointed. We had a lot of peel and eat shrimp though, more than I could handle and next time I'm going to split an order I think.
The places we ate at on the way there were great too. Prejean's in Lafayette, LA was awesome. Three words: Crawfish Boudin Balls. Those alone are worth going back for. And Louie and the Red Head Lady in Mandeville was a solid stop as well as it usually is.
Now to some house cleaning sports wise. Starting with football, and my disappointing teams. First off, regarding the Texans, you cannot begin to imagine the level of disappointment in the way the season ended. At 11-1, a lot of people in this town thought we had a legitimate look at the Super Bowl.
And then came the end of the season...four losses in the last six games and two drubbings by New England. We got served...no we got a fraudulent bill of goods. My feeling is this team will never go to the big game with those two named Schaub and Kubiak playing key roles on this team.
And then there's the Huskers. Oh, Huskers, how you make my heart hurt. Blowout losses to Ohio State and Wisconsin and a game against Georgia that slipped through our fingers. Sure, we had some nice recruiting but we're still chasing Urban Meyer and Ohio State which is not a comforting feeling.
Regarding the Super Bowl: As a Houston fan I hate the Ravens but Jim Harbaugh can't be complaining to officials about losing that game. Hell the way I see it the game was about to slip away from San Francisco until the power outage. I hope he finally got over it because the better team did win.
On college basketball, I don't think I've ever seen a year where there is this much parity. I can think of about 15 teams off the top of my head that could go the distance. I do think a team from the Big Ten has the inside track to win...any of about four or five teams...because of how difficult the conference is. It's not like last year where Kentucky was miles better than everyone else.
I'll have another blog post soon. Until next time...
First off, went to Gulf Shores, AL for my annual trip about a week ago and spent about four days there. Man has it ever been wet down there but it was still a really good time even though the weather didn't exactly cooperate. All the places we ate at were solid, including the places we ate at on the way there and on the way back.
DeSoto's, the first place we ate at in Gulf Shores had really good coconut shrimp and a nice sauce. The Hangout, which is my personal favorite place to eat there, we did on Monday night and as usual it was rocking. They had some music there that night and we even had the Beer Barrel Polka not long after we walked in the door.
Wednesday night we had Red's, a nice seafood joint and we actually closed up the place. It was Ash Wednesday that day so we saved our big meal for late and were not disappointed. We had a lot of peel and eat shrimp though, more than I could handle and next time I'm going to split an order I think.
The places we ate at on the way there were great too. Prejean's in Lafayette, LA was awesome. Three words: Crawfish Boudin Balls. Those alone are worth going back for. And Louie and the Red Head Lady in Mandeville was a solid stop as well as it usually is.
Now to some house cleaning sports wise. Starting with football, and my disappointing teams. First off, regarding the Texans, you cannot begin to imagine the level of disappointment in the way the season ended. At 11-1, a lot of people in this town thought we had a legitimate look at the Super Bowl.
And then came the end of the season...four losses in the last six games and two drubbings by New England. We got served...no we got a fraudulent bill of goods. My feeling is this team will never go to the big game with those two named Schaub and Kubiak playing key roles on this team.
And then there's the Huskers. Oh, Huskers, how you make my heart hurt. Blowout losses to Ohio State and Wisconsin and a game against Georgia that slipped through our fingers. Sure, we had some nice recruiting but we're still chasing Urban Meyer and Ohio State which is not a comforting feeling.
Regarding the Super Bowl: As a Houston fan I hate the Ravens but Jim Harbaugh can't be complaining to officials about losing that game. Hell the way I see it the game was about to slip away from San Francisco until the power outage. I hope he finally got over it because the better team did win.
On college basketball, I don't think I've ever seen a year where there is this much parity. I can think of about 15 teams off the top of my head that could go the distance. I do think a team from the Big Ten has the inside track to win...any of about four or five teams...because of how difficult the conference is. It's not like last year where Kentucky was miles better than everyone else.
I'll have another blog post soon. Until next time...
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