- Earning a sticker to put on your football helmet was such a good thing.
- Is the bear crawl the least favorite activity in football practice?
- Something for my fellow “Survivor” fans – Has Abby set a record for sitting out challenges?
- The History channel will be making a mini-series about the Texas Rangers, the law enforcement folks, not the baseball team.
- Every Chili’s has at least one upside down picture.
- Pelosi is going to stay on as Minority Leader – I wish she would do the country a favor by stepping down from this post. She can still be in the House and represent her district and fight for the causes she’s passionate about, but as Minority Leader, she’s too divisive of a figure for people to work with.
- The 100 Best Cheerleading Uniforms in Sports – A hockey team actually comes in first, but in case you were wondering where our local teams land: 53 Mavs, 32 Stars, 31 TCU, 5 Cowboys
- Speaking of cheerleading – An Indianapolis Colts cheerleader will shave her head if the team’s mascot raises $10,000 for leukemia research in honor of coach cancer stricken Chuck Pagan
- Ten myths about gifted students and programs for gifted
- USC and UCLA play this weekend. By the look of things, UCLA doesn’t think much of USC by this pic (strong language warning).
- I saw former Gov Mike Huckabee on “The Daily Show” ‘the other day. He’s gained a lot of weight.
- I didn’t realize that the Romney/Ryan ticket lost to the Obama/Biden ticket in Paul Ryan’s home district.
- Sometimes when my daughter says “Mommy” I swear it sounds “Romney.”
- Joe Johnston and Jon Favreau are the rumored favorites to direct the next Star Wars films.
- Back in 2009, Nate Silver, the man behind FiveThirtyEight, wrote an article in D Magazine about Texas breaking up into five states. Some non-Texans (and probably some Texans for that matter) may not know that it’s actually a privilege granted to the state under a unique condition of its annexation to the Union in 1845. Here’s how the five states would have affected last week’s election.
- When the International Space Station Passes Over Your House, NASA Will Send You a Text Message
- Something for you folks that really enjoy space stuff
- Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas has the most interesting signature.
- Something for you hardcore “Law and Order” fans
- BMW Builds the Ultimate Sledding Machine for the U.S. Bobsled Team
- 10 Things Parents Should Know About Lincoln
- How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.
