• Burnt Orange Twist of a Different Sort

    I don’t even know how to describe this story at Deadspin. Suffice it to say that this takes the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma University and Texas University to a whole ‘nother level. If you’re squeamish you might want to skip this one. You’ve been warned. These CTs are feeling it.

  • Semitough: Banned in Turkey!

    Well, to be more specific all blogs on WordPress.com have been blocked/banned. But true nonetheless that my Turkish readers are now deprived of my witty bon mots and insightful commentary. Never have I felt more at one with my compatriot, Billy Hayes who said: To the Turks, everything is “shurla burla”, which means “like this, like that”. You never know what…

  • Aggie Football Preview With A Burnt Orange Twist

    Found this link posted on an Aggie football forum of all places. An entertaining and in many cases bang on  analysis of the upcoming 2007 season. Barking Carnival’s Texas A&M Football State of the Union lays it out in a forthright fashion that even this Aggie fan can’t argue: Dennis Franchione is an enigma wrapped in a riddle, coaching at a school…

  • Pulling Back The Curtain on Social Networking

    How Many Members Are Real People? That’s the question that WordPress pal and fellow Dallasite, Scot Duke, asks over at Duke Consults. There are a number of related problems developing from the saturation of online social groups that when piled up smells like what most people thinking the internet is full of. These negative aspects of online social networking are now…