http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan recent pleonast.com entries by user nativetexan en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=592191 Some tough games won, but some tough ones left to win. The Horns will be making their third appearance on College Gameday in four weeks when they play texas tech in Lubbock. This one might be the most difficult to date. Hook 'em. 2008-10-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=587856 Ups *Spending a few days with family and friends in Texas *My nephew's 1st birthday (actually tomorrow, but we had the party last Saturday) *Texas 45, Oklahoma 35 *Cooler weather *Spending time with the best girl in the world Downs *Fall allergies *Stomach ache keeping me home today Looks like the ups are outweighing the downs. Life's good. 2008-10-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=582424 The Redneck Gourmet, one of my favorite eating establishments where I live in Newnan, made the front page of CNN.com in a story about small businesses and the current economy. You can read about it here. If you get a chance, stop by and grab a burger or the chicken strips. 2008-10-01 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=574427 Keep my family and friends in Texas in your prayers. Hurricane Ike started drifting north and is on track to hit the Houston area early Saturday morning. My sister and her family, along with many others in the Houston area, are under mandatory evacuation orders. They are now at my parent's place in east Texas, but the weather could still be rough there. The current path has the eye of the storm passing 50 or so miles west of my parents, and it's still predicted to be a category 1 hurricane then. 2008-09-12 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=570690 2008-09-03 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=565205 Various news outlest are reporting that the discovery of remains of "Bigfoot" by a couple of Georgia residents is a hoax. Here a couple of lines from National Geographic's posting: *Only days after Georgia residents Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer told reporters at a press conference on Friday that they had a dead Bigfoot body, their evidence has been exposed as a rubber ape costume. The deception was made public by the very company Whitton and Dyer teamed up with to announce their supposed find. In a statement posted on the Web site of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., "Sasquatch Detective" Steve Kulls said he realized the Bigfoot "corpse" was a fake when the frozen body began to thaw—after the press conference had already taken place. *Kulls wrote that he immediately informed Searching for Bigfoot CEO Tom Biscardi about the discovery. Upon confrontation, Whitton and Dyer reportedly admitted to the hoax. A quick search on Google News turned up 786 articles for ... 2008-08-20 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=563015 I read a blurb today talking about a change in Coca-Cola's image overseas. Here's what it said: Diet Coke, or as they say in Italy, Coca Light, is getting a makeover just in time for women’s fashion week in Milan at the end of September. Roberto Cavalli was picked to rev things up and the designer decked out the tiny glass bottles in three motifs featuring his staple animal spots and stripes. The limited edition bottles will be available in Italy from September through December. Cavalli compared creating looks for the 300,000 curvy containers to designing dresses for his customers, making them, "seductive and feminine, in typical Cavalli style." Here's what the bottles will look like. How do you say, "Can I have one of those ugly bottles of Coca-Cola Light" in Italian? 2008-08-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=561737 I read an article today from the same paper that brought you the news of the "hombre wearing sombrero". This time, though, I can't blame the paper. According to the story, the mother of a high school drill team/pep squad member has filed a grievance with the school district after her daughter suffered a bump on her head during a trust-building exercise. From the article: Karen Jumper said her daughter was one of many sophomore members who were blindfolded and led around by the hands of junior and senior drill team members. During the exercise her daughter was led into a glass door, hitting her head and causing it to swell and turn red. "There was a pretty big goose egg on her head, and she was embarrassed and humiliated," Jumper said of her daughter. "My husband and I just want the public to be aware of what happened. We are working with the district because we want to resolve this and make sure it doesn't happen again." Notice the part about the daught... 2008-08-12 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=560800 Another headline from the online edition of the local newspaper where I grew up; criminal activity must have slowed due to the summer heat: Police on lookout for hombre wearing sombrero By The Lufkin Daily News Saturday, August 09, 2008 A customer stole a sombrero from Cafe Del Rio after he was allowed to wear it in celebration of a birthday in his dining party Thursday night in the 1900 block of South First Street, a police report stated. 2008-08-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/nativetexan?l=5&entryID=559428 I saw an interesting article today on CNN.com. It seems that being a stay-at-home wife (no job, no children at home) is the latest "status symbol" (that's a quote from the article, not from me). A couple of other quotes from the article: *Dr. Scott Haltzman, author of "The Secrets of Happily Married Women," says stay-at-home wives constitute a growing niche. "In the past few years, many women who are well educated and trained for career tracks have decided instead to stay at home," he says. While his research is ongoing, he estimates that more than 10 percent of the 650 women he's interviewed who choose to stay home are childless. *Surprisingly, though, Haltzman says the biggest draw is homemaking itself. "Many women I talk to take care of the household seriously, and they want to focus on caring for the home, whether or not it involves children." *Sometimes a wife's desires don't align with her husband's. "I hear frustration from men who... 2008-08-06