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TCU’s new Nike Pro Combat

Posted on November 12, 2009 | Comments Off on TCU’s new Nike Pro Combat

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Always have been a sucker for TCU (that’s Texas Christian, y’all) even if they’re called the Horned Frogs. And this new football outfit of theirs, to debut this weekend against Utah, clinches the deal. Ten other teams will wear similar outfits. But, sorry guys, you’re just not TCU. Their new helmet even has "red lines up the center represent[ing] the blood that a horned frog will shoot from its eyes when under attack." Whoa. Go TCU!

Via The Fat Guy.

UPDATE:  Those Frogs sure went, beating Utah 55 to 28. They deserve a BCS bowl, for sure.

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Kay Bailey’s “purse boys”

Posted on November 12, 2009 | Comments Off on Kay Bailey’s “purse boys”

Or her J. Crew aides as former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer relates in his new book Speechless:

"Now I want you to take my purse back to the office," she said.
"Yes, senator," the purse boy responded.
"Take the nail polish out and put it in the refrigerator."
"Yes, senator."
"Take the rest of the makeup out and put that in the refrigerator too."
"Yes, senator."
"Then put the purse by my desk." She said this as though it were her routine speech.

"I felt a little like entering your parents’ bedroom and finding your mother putting on deodorant. It was something you knew happened, but you didn’t really want to think about."

Heh. How would KBH get along as a mere governor of Texas? I imagine Michele Obama, certainly Hilarity Clinton, are worse. But you never know.

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Dawn at San Jacinto

Posted on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off on Dawn at San Jacinto

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The stern 14-inch gun turrets of the Battleship Texas, in her permanent memorial basin, with the San Jacinto battlefield monument (crowned by the Lone Star) in the background. Photo by Louis Vest, with more details here. A good way to remember Veteran’s Day, since the Texas fought in WW1, at the close of which today’s commemoration began as Armistice Day.

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Radar room on the Battleship Texas

Posted on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off on Radar room on the Battleship Texas

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The Texas was one of the Navy’s first warships to be equipped, in 1939, with a production version of the new, top secret radar technology that would greatly help to win the coming world war. The radar room was on a lower deck between the amidships and stern gun turrets, with telephone contact with the bridge.

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1877 ELISSA

Posted on November 8, 2009 | Comments Off on 1877 ELISSA

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Always time for another photo of the official Tall Ship of Texas, the Elissa, under topsails in the Bolivar Roads off Galveston. Sweet sailin’.

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World’s biggest cave

Posted on November 8, 2009 | Comments Off on World’s biggest cave

I’ve been in a few, from Shenandoah Caverns in Virginia to Inner Space under I-35 north of Austin. But this, apparently, is the largest found to date. It’s in Viet Nam, oddly enough. Another tourist attraction for a country that can always use another one.

Via Naturography.

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In Memoriam

Posted on November 7, 2009 | Comments Off on In Memoriam

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Via Lone Star Times.

Want to help?

Chaplain’s Fund Office
Bldg 44, 761st Tank Battalion Ave.
Fort Hood, TX 76544-5000
Checks should be made payable to COTF (Chapel’s Tithes and Offerings Fund) with a note on the memo line stating "Nov. 5 Tragedy."

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