• 4Aug 09

  The end of summer...

  I haven't blogged in awhile, so I thought I'd post a quick update.
  
  My health is still up and down, but I have seen recent improvements. I've managed to stay out of the hospital for this whole summer, which is really good news for me.
  
  I'm buying a house. It's scary, but definitely the right time financially.
  
  School starts back in two weeks. As always things will be busy. Especially as I try to move at the same time.
  
  As always, I appreciate any help with any of my guides. So feel free to submit info as you find it.
  
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  • Posted Aug 4, 2009 11:23 am PT
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• 20Feb 09

  Stepping back

  A lot of you may have noticed my decreased presence here at TV.com. While I'm not ready to give up my editorships, I have not been spending as much time here. 1) work's been crazy.
  2)My health has been steadily decreasing, and frankly I don't have the energy to fight the system to submit certain things. I've been hospitalized 6 times since September, had 13 blood transfusions, and have undergone numerous tests. Sometimes I just want to watch TV, not analyze it.
  3)A lot of the users that I enjoyed the most on this site have also decreased the amount of time here.
  4)The Sports forum, where I spent a lot of my time, has been on lockdown lately. Our Yahoo fantasy league was shut down. What a dissappointment by TPTB. This was all inclusive and a lot of fun. Suddenly, we can't play anymore. *sigh*
  
  I'm still checking my queue, but I've fallen behind on some of the regular information I used to submit. Hopefully, I'll get a second wind. Otherwise, I may retire. If retirment wasn't permanant, if I could take a medical break, I might consider it. But I have put a lot of hard work into all of my guides, and I'm not quite ready to let go yet. Still, I'm heading that way. My guess is that if I do retire, someone else will pick up my slack--that's the way of the world.
  • Posted Feb 20, 2009 11:33 am PT
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• 15Dec 08

  Friday Night Lights for Real

  High School Football in Texas is king. and this year my high school (where I teach) was almost at the top of the heap. We competed in the State semi-finals on Saturday. Had we won, we would have been playing for the state championship at reliant Stadium in Houston. Unfortunately, we lost by 2 points, due to a score with 1:38 left in the game.
  
  Today, students are visibly upset. Some are blaming the refs (I wasn't at the game, so I can't comment--although several papers across the state did cite examples of some missed calls--one even said that if high school had instant replay, we would have won the game). I'm sad I missed out, but I was at a speech and debate tournament. Had we won, I wouldn've been able to go to the State Championship game. Oh well.
  
  Overall, this is the best showing we've ever had. Last year, I blogged about how happy I was with the new football coach becasue he actually made athletes responsible. This time I can blog about how successful he is and how he's earning his giant salary (the largest in the Central TX area).
  
  If you want to know more, read this ESPN article about our team. It was written before we lost in the semi-finals.
  
  We might have lost this Saturday, but the school still feels like it won just by how hard we played.
  • Posted Dec 15, 2008 12:25 pm PT
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