An Epic Ballade of Texas

Here are some of the small, day-to-day kinds of things that have caught my attention recently. Sports Around here, college sports are indeed a day-to-day kind of thing. Friday the 13 th was KU basketball’s opening night kind of celebration, featuring skits, mascots, Harlem Globetrotter imitators, and somewhere in there some basketball as well. The funniest part was both men’s and women’s teams doing exquisite choreographed dance routines. So sports fans, if you will, please imagine former KU players, such as Paul Pierce or Raef LaFrentz, dancing the waltz (or the Macarena) on the basketball court. I think you will agree, it is a pretty funny thought. (These pictures were not taken by me. I forgot my camera.) Pithy Sayings A few words of wisdom that I have picked up while out here: First and foremost: “ Knowledge is the understanding that tomatoes are fruits, Wisdom is not using them in a fruit salad.” And a couple on location: Note that the city of Law...

And now... the other moment that you all (read: Mom) have been waiting for... My Roommates! The following is a short description of my two suitemates and one roommate, arranged in age order. Christopher Flynn Preferring to use his last name, Flynn (19) is the youngin' of the group. He comes from Boston , and I mean BAW-stuhn This picture is fairly representative of his life. In a sense, he fulfills Kyle’s role, in that if the TV is on, it is probably Flynn watching sports or playing videogames. I have compiled a list of things that I have seen Flynn doing here at the Towers, and ordered them by frequency with which he does them: 1) Watch TV 2) Play videogames 3) Sleep 4) Eat Note that "study", "read", and "have pleasant conversations with his roommates" are items not included on the list. He goes for days it seems without speaking a single word to a single one of us. However, if I should ever want to have an animated dis...