Category: Dallas

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    Privileges of Youth (RIP Dusty Hill)

    The title of this post may be confusing. There is a great song that I like very much. It’s written by two other great Texas music artists, Jamie Richards and Walt Wilkins, called Privileges of Youth. You can listen to Jamie’s recording on Youtube here. The lyrics begin with: “The boys and I used to […]

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    Goodbye Old Friend

    It all came tumbling down today. Just like Jerry said it would. I tried hard to be bitter, but the new stadium is just so awesome. But that doesn’t make watching Texas Stadium reduced to rubble any easier. I avoided watching all day. And even when I thought I had it down and was ready […]

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    T’was The Season

    The Christmas season is over. And now so is football season. This was reported to me via text message earlier today. It was confirmed seconds ago via news reportage of the final score of the Philadelphia v. Dallas NFL tackle football game. The text message was short and to the point. Eloquent in it’s minimalist […]

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    The Sun Also Rises

    The sun set on another great season of Wildcat football tonight with a heartbreaking last minute loss to Trinity, 35-42. I was all set to blog about the classlessness of Trinity for booing our band as they played the school song during the pregame show, but after watching 48 minutes of hard hitting, gut wrenching […]