Some of you may have been as shocked as I was when it was announced that Tom Herman would no longer be the head football coach at the University of Texas. Maybe Longhorns Athletic Director Chris Del Conte had become convinced that Herman just could not beat the Oklahoma Sooners.

So, instead of giving Herman one more season with, admittedly, a great group of returning players, Del Conte just cut him loose. Never mind that great and convincing Alamo Bowl victory over...

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Look at it this way: Only a month and a half to go until pitchers and catchers report to baseball's Spring Training. In the meantime, the here and now deserves a big bowl of a great little vegetable which got its start in Texas.

Ol' Case decided to get his New Year off to just the right start, and that's with a bowl of black-eyed peas. It starts on the stove with a big pot. In the water go the peas (newly rinsed), salt, pepper, and salt pork. That's...

3-31-2021

Personal attack.


3-27-2021

I thought only moderators post in red, and what's wrong with reviving a meritorious thread?...

currently reading:

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, Laura Spinney 2017 332 start 8-1

top 10 (and more...)

01 The Terror, Dan Simmons 2007
02 To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel #2), Connie Willis 1998
03 A Crack in the Edge of the World, Simon Winchester 2005
04 The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, Simon Winchester 2001
05 Thunderstruck, Erik Larson...