I thought this last year, but I’m glad John Lopez said it yesterday. People need to hear it.
UT’s fun-loving Williams shows it truly isn’t all about the money
By JOHN P. LOPEZ
SAN DIEGO – The voice-mail message was clear and resonant.
“This is Roy Williams . . . I guess you’d answer your cell phone if this was Andre Johnson,” Williams said.
There he goes again. Having fun.
I know you know about the NYE, Continental Club style – no cover, champagne, The El Orbits, the Allen Oldies Band… And you know you gotta get there early because a line forms on that night. An now you know that the overflow will be tailing into the Big Top. That’s right. 99% certain that … Read more
My favorite name for a group of animals Murder of Crows -b
Given $100 at amazon, What Would Bill Buy? 2 books: “Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means”, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Emergence: The connected lives of ants, brains, cities, and software. 6 DVDs: “The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)” “Koyaanisqatsi” (1983) life out of … Read more
This one’s a doozie, don’t tread past the cut unless you’ve got some time to read.
Christmas night I went up to the Continental Club for the Handsomes show. It was crazy packed sold out, and understaffed. Luckily, they don’t have much material, so it was only about an hour of insane crush.
I was out till 2 a.m., had to work the next day. Slept till 8am, after hitting the snooze a few times. Stopped at the Fiesta for some lunch snacks, and the feed store for some dog food (empty bowl when I left the house).
Got in about 9:15 am. None of the doors were opened. Walked two blocks to Market Square, used the pay phone “local calls 50¢” to make a call to an 832 cell phone that was two blocks away, which is, of course, long distance, “4 minutes for a $1”. All I needed was 20 seconds.