Posts Tagged ‘Houston’
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Kentucky: 14th trip to the Final Four and seven national championships. Connecticut: fourth trip in a dozen years with two national championships. Butler: second consecutive trip. VCU: are you kidding me? Quick… name a former VCU player who made it to the NBA? (There have only been seven; the one you may have heard of [...]
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Tags: Butler, chance, Connecticut, consecutive trip, dozen, Final, final fours, Florida, Fours, Georgetown, Gerald Henderson, Houston, Indianapolis, Jay Bilas, Kansas, Kentucky, laugh test, masters golf tournament, Mr. Ed, NBA, nba players, ncaa field, Northern Dancer, Richmond, selection sunday, team, test, tournament, trip, UK, VCU
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Today marks the end of the annual three-week Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Anyone living outside of the Bayou City might think that’s just a small gathering of rowdy Texans whoopin’ and hollerin’ about steer wrestling and saddle bronc riding. While there is that, this year more than two million people visited the exhibits and [...]
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Tags: amateur wrestler, attorney, Bayou City, Brad Paisley, break day, chance, daughter, David Handler, day, friend, Houston, houston livestock show, houston livestock show and rodeo, Janet Jackson, jester center, Keith Urban, Kirsten, Law, livestock show and rodeo, man, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Reliant Stadium, Rock, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, Stephon, Tim McGraw, today, wife, year, Zac Brown Band
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
The last time I turned on an NBA game on TV, I’m pretty sure Hakeem Olajuwon or Michael Jordan played in it. I watch the NCAA Tournament every year; however, the pros hold no interest for me. Except for the slam dunk competition at the All-Star game… now that’s exciting. Last night’s 28th edition will [...]
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Tags: all star game, Atlanta, deliberation, Don McGuire, Ernie Johnson, Fort Worth, game, game on tv, Griffin, Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston, job, Johnson, Kathy Lott, marriage, Michael Jordan, name, NBA, nba game, ncaa tournament, night, producer, production crew, slam dunk competition, time, TNT, tnt production, Turner, turner sports, VP. That, year
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
When you live in Texas and see news about snowstorms affecting other parts of the country, you think, “Glad that’s not us.” Until, of course, when the Super Bowl decides to come to DFW. Watching ESPN the past few days, folks across America could have been convinced the Lone Star State is frozen tundra during [...]
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Tags: America, attribution, chill in the air, client, comment, country, course, Dallas, dallas fort worth, DFW, espn, Glad, Houston, lone star state, minute conversation, misstep, News, perceptions, quip, relationship, several inches, snow, someone, term success, Texas, typical winter, winter
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Customer service is one of the ‘givens’ companies have to deliver well… especially when folks come to them with problems. Disney uses the word ‘recovery.’ I prefer, ‘We pay you money, so fix it.’ A problem is the reason I called the phone company this morning, needing to find out how to change the fact [...]
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Tags: 15 minutes, access, computer generated voice, Customer, fact, first person, Houston, houston area, Julie, mail, Monica, Number, phone, problem, service, third time, three times, time, troubleshooting guide, voice, voice mail, woman, word recovery
Cowboy Up
Sunday, March 20th, 2011Today marks the end of the annual three-week Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Anyone living outside of the Bayou City might think that’s just a small gathering of rowdy Texans whoopin’ and hollerin’ about steer wrestling and saddle bronc riding. While there is that, this year more than two million people visited the exhibits and [...]
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Tags: amateur wrestler, attorney, Bayou City, Brad Paisley, break day, chance, daughter, David Handler, day, friend, Houston, houston livestock show, houston livestock show and rodeo, Janet Jackson, jester center, Keith Urban, Kirsten, Law, livestock show and rodeo, man, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Reliant Stadium, Rock, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, Stephon, Tim McGraw, today, wife, year, Zac Brown Band