Husker fans are gracious. If you don't believe me go to a Nebraska game, or introduce yourself to swoof or huskerlaw The Nebraska Cornhuskers, the actual team, are not usually so generous. Disregard the gift touchdown in the first minute of the Big 12 Championship, as I am willing to do, and what's left was a 14-7 defensive classic. What a great game against ( Read more... )

Well, both huskerlaw and I were a little optomistic about the overall quality of our teams, but the Sooners and Huskers do meet in the Big 12 Championship next Saturday night. I initially proposed a friendly wager, but winning would be plenty good enough. It's nice that it's the old Big 8 powers playing here, and it reminds me of happy old times.

SUCKS. Avoid this at all cost ( Read more... )

At the Coronary Intensive Care Ward, pain is managed by obliteration with the highest quality drugs. I was expected to breathe in and breathe out, and gt into a chair once a day. I was invited to eat, but didn't. There was no pain. The surgeon came by to tell me how successful my multiple coronary artery bypass graft (designated CABGX6, ( Read more... )

...but were afraid to ask ( Read more... )

If you ever want to affirm that people in general are shockingly benevolent and unbelievably selfless, have yourself a health and financial crisis. It's almost worth it!

The Redbirds are 2 wins away from another World Series championship. Sorry, Motor City. You have great music and car factories, but this one is ours.

Time is nigh, and nervousness creeps in.

Since my first St. Louis Cardinal game in 1971 I have loved my Cardinals as much as my life would permit. From 1982 to 1985, I missed fewer than 100 games on the radio... that's 540+ games listened to in that span alone. I had a kick-ass AM antena and tuner that could usually harvest a signal all the way from KMOX in St. Louis, and a short wave ( Read more... )

October 26 is my heart surgery. I feel very good about this!

Your mad saxer has found a novel way to get out of work for a month... Yep, it turns out I need at least six, probably eight bypasses. Within a week or so, they'll crack me open and replumb. I am fine for now, at home and resting from my cardiogram, and at small risk for a fatal heart attack. This is your update for now, as I only have use of ( Read more... )