Aggies to Leave Big 12

The Eyes of Texas and the rest of the nation seem to be looking down right now on what is going on with Texas A&M and the Big 12.  It seems that the Aggies have said goodbye already.  The last article I read is speculating about who will come into the Big 12 in place of the Aggies.  Personally, I think it is great that A&M is going to a new conference.  With A&M in the SEC, TCU in the Big East, and UT in the Bug 12, there is a possibility of having an all Texas national championship game now.  I know the odds are low, but they are much better than they were last year.  I am a Longhorn, but I am also a Texan.  How cool would it be to have Texas A&M playing UT for the National Championship in Cowboys Stadium.  I guess all wee need now is Jerry Jones to pick up a BCS game.  

HOOK'EM HORNS!

One of My Friends from 9/11

One of my friends in NYC did an article for Forbes.  It just reminds me how lucky I am to have friends like him. Sometimes Being an optimist is hard sometimes.  It is good having friends that share similar ideas to help keep  your spirits up even during trying times in our lives.  Here is the article.

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0912/focus-9-11-survivor-hero-john-paul-devito-second-chance.html

First Movie Production for Kids

Mom and the kids decided to make their first movie yesterday.  They were having a good old time with the Mario characters, Perry the Platypus, and Angry Bird's characters.  they all came together for their first movie.  It kind of cracked me up with stuffed animals flying everywhere.  At least the dog didn't eat any of them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CCLkcgybc

First Week of School for the Boys

So, the first week of school is under the belt for the boys and they have made it without having too much of an issue.  Hopefully, the rest of the weeks will go as smoothly as this one did!  Mom took pictures of them on the first day.  

Set-In-Stone Mobile Detailing Does Not Honor Their Vouchers and LivingSocial.com Does Nothing About It

So about 2 months ago I bought my wife a voucher as a surprise for her just because a voucher to get her car detailed from LivingSocial.com for Set-In-Stone Mobile Detailing.  Once I received the voucher, I contacted them via email because that is how it said to do it in the voucher in order to schedule a time to have them come out and do the service.  They never contacted me back.  A notice went up on their site that they were taking some time to get back to customers due to the demand.  Another notice went up that they had a death in their family and that was delaying some responses.  After multiple email attempts through their form on their website over 2 months, I still heard nothing back.

During this time, I was speaking with LivingSocial.com.  They told me that i was not the only one not hearing back form them.  They said they would also try to contact them.  After months, they also did not hear back from them.

So, what I have learned form this is that Set-In-Stone is not a reputable company and LivingSocial.com does not back their product at all.  They hide behind the merchants and do not make things right when things go wrong.

If anybody else has had issues with these companies, maybe you have some advice.

USS New York

One of my friends sent me this presentation.  It is pretty cool.  it shows 3 carrier groups coming together and the new USS New York.  With all of the stuff going on right now in our country, sometimes it is hard to remain proud and remember where we really stand.  Others are catching up, but they still have a ways to go.  This just helps me remember that!

Maybe it is just a blip and we can recover our lead or maybe we have really begun to fall.  Only time will tell.  Hopefully, we can help our kids to have that fight in them to want "it" more than we do as a country now.

Can't Wait for Football Season

As I keep hearing news about the Longhorns, I am getting excited about the season coming up.  Granted, none of the news is good for Texas, but it still is signaling the sound of the start of the season.  Can the Longhorns find a receiver to throw the ball to?  Will they be able to run the ball this year?  Will they be able to make tackles like the ones they make on city streets and get arrested for?  Let's hope they can!

Now, here is the song I keep waiting to hear in person:

http://www.watchcat.net/Blog_Files/longhorns_fight.mp4