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What is martial law?

How do you pay for a house that no longer exists?

Who is running FEMA?

Humbled
When driving to East Texas on Saturday late morning, we saw three charter buses on their way towards Dallas on I20. We knew where they were coming from, and the hell those passengers must have been through.

Three
The number of military convoys we saw going east on I20 on our way back to the DFW area. Maybe about 30 vehicles per convoy. This was on Labor Day, probably a whole 5 days too late if you ask me.

Disappointed
On how our government has handled everything in New Orleans. Since 9-11 we have been preparing for what to do for the next national tragedy, please don’t tell me this is it.

Unsure
On how to accept an apology.

Frustrated
Not having my own clubs to play golf.

Zero
The number of times I let out an explicative on the golf course.

Google
The number of explicatives I said inside my head while playing golf.

2.74
The cheapest gas I could find over the weekend.

1996
The last time OU lost a home opener in Norman. Oddly enough to TCU.

Drop
What will happen to Texas A&M in the football rankings after loosing to an unranked team.

1
Baby on the way that will make me an uncle again, from the in-laws side of course.

2
The number of wireless networks I have now created.

Uncomfortable
How I feel when all of wifeGeeding’s siblings and significant others are all around me.

Price
Peerless Price is the new receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. I think this is very good for us Cowboy fans. When I update my rosters on my XBox for online play, the ‘Boys should be much better.

Current Events
The last thing I look forward to discussing or hearing about when I get back to work on Tuesday.

I thought this was interesting, check out the home pages of three universities in New Orleans.

Southern University At New Orleans

Tulane University

University of New Orleans

• Yesterday one of those stereotypical very strong right winged Baptist folk came over to talk to me. He mentioned that he and his wife was talking the previous night about New Orleans. They said that all the destruction and flooding is probably a message from God, being that New Orleans is “sin city.” I wanted to comment back, but didn’t. How sad to have a frame of mind like that.
• Someone else mentioned to me that he wasn’t surprised by seeing that almost all the looting and survivors were blacks. I justed sighed and didn’t comment back.
• Personally, I think it is taking longer than it should to help a lot of the victims. I feel like I’m going from sad to mad. The perception of their organization skills to me is pathetic.
• I’m hearing a lot from the national news about the victims of the hurricane are being bussed to Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas. Houston and SA seem really far away from New Orleans. Mapquest tells me that a trip from NO to Dallas is just under eight hours, as with NO to Houston. I wonder if any victims are being bussed to other nearby cities or states? But after looking at the map, I guess there really isn’t anywhere else to go.
• I hear, and this may just be a rumor, that Houston is lobbying to get the Sugar Bowl. I know business must go on, but this sounded a bit callus.
• I think I’ll be rooting for the Saints all this NFL season.
• I think I’m really blessed and shouldn’t take it for granted.
• I once heard someone talk about mission work. He said if you don’t go, then give. I want to apply that to the relief effort, if there is any relief effort.