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Day: March 16, 2005

  • Some Like It Hot

    And some don’t, for obvious reasons.

    Eric at Eric’s Random Musings has put up the latest installment in his “When I Wore Green” series, a collection of his personal reflections on his days proudly wearing the Uncle-Sam-Ain’t-Released-Me-Yet (U.S. Army) uniform. In Hot!, Eric recollects back to his arrival during the Desert Shield build-up of 1990. Go read it.

    Yep, the sun wasn’t up yet and it was nearly 100 degrees. When we got off the plane there was no ground transport (an air force base, not a civilian airport) and we had to grab our bags and walk across the airfield. It was so hot I thought I was still in the jetwash of the airplane, until I looked up and realized I had walked about 250 yards or so.

    Seriously, go read it. And think about our current brave soldiers, as the hotter days approach.

  • Yes! Way to Go, Aggies!

    The Ags come back from eight down at halftime to win 82-74 over Clemson and advance in the NIT.

    Sure, it’s just the NIT, you say. Listen, I started at Texas A&M in 1986. Since then, the Ags have played in two, that’s two, NCAA or NIT tourney games before tonight, losing both. This is a team that went 0-16 in conference last season.

    I hoped for just one win. They got it. I am a happy man.

    Next up, DePaul, details TBD.

    EDIT: Added link to recap.

  • Freely-elected Iraqi Assembly Convenes

    A truly historic moment.

    You can spin it fairly positive. Or negative. Or positive. Or negative.

    Or you can be like Chad at In The Bullpen and relish the moment in a realistic manner.

  • Afghan, Aggie Updates

    Afghanistan:

    Security “exceptionally good.” Permanent bases being considered.

    Aggies:

    Fought back from halftime deficit, surging to a 70-64 lead with just over five minutes to play.

  • Pimpin’ the Texas Blogfest

    TexasBlogfest 2005

    This is my next-to-last opportunity to convince y’all to check out TexasBlogfest 2005, which starts Friday night in Addison. I’m really obligated to do this as I posted the wrong week a few days ago.

    If you’re a Texas blogger, especially in the DFW area, go check it out now. Hey, Friday night is your chance to share a brew with me.

    As if that’s not enough, major gun play is in the works for Sunday morning.

  • Quick Halftime Roundup

    The big stories of the day (just turn on your TV and start flipping through the news channels if you don’t believe me):

    Actor Robert Blake cleared

    Who cares?

    Scott Peterson gets death sentence

    Really, I don’t understand people who get wrapped up in the flavor-of-the-month news story.

    Oh yeah, the Ags are trailing Clemson 42-34 at the break.

  • March Madness

    Listening to the Aggies’ first-round NIT game on the radio while filling out my NCAA brackets for the office pool.

    Man, what a great time of the year. See y’all later.