Kathy Killebrew Poehl

Here's an idea to get everyone caught up on what has gone on since our days at Mac...

Play the 25 Random things about yourself....

Here are a few rules - not that we need any, so maybe guidelines would be a better descriptor..

Come play "25 Random Things About Me" on Message Forum - 3rd item in the column on the left! 

Just post the 25 Random Things About Yourself - 
can be anything you wish to share.....quirks, good stuff, juicy stuff, bad stuff, or things that make you the interesting person you are today.

If you want to tag someone to find out more about them - send a message via the message forum, AND send one to them directly from their profile. Let's try to get everyone who has registered on the website to post their 25 Random Things About Me...

Appreciation, ridicule, or thank you comments about everyone's 25 Random Things should add to the enjoyment of reading about our classmates....

Don't wait to be tagged - share something about yourself today....and of course Ken Pearce needs to get his posted tonight - Wednesday - February 25th....

Go Brahmas !!
 

 Kathy Killebrew Poehl

I remember that picture of your Dad--he was a great man and I always thought that photo was just darling!
Also, apple streudal?? WOW!! I am impressed!

 Karen Olsen Lebeter

Random Things about me:
1. My first job was at the National Bank of Ft. Sam Houston (found out their computer department was 2 guys). Next job was at N.E. Baptist Hospital, doing data entry and printing out the bills. 
2. My first husband was a mechanic and I learned a lot. 
3. Only one ex lives in Texas, the other one lives in Denver, Co.
4. I was 21 when I had my first son, 41 when I had my second.
5. I joined the Army after I had my first son. Joined the Army to see the world and got sent back to Texas.
6. I have never been able to stay in college/university over 3 years at a time. Too many stupid rules.
7. I've been all over Canada and Mexico, but still haven't been to Japan (or overseas).
8. Learned to operate a switchboard at the Bank (AT&T trained me). Helped out at the Hospital by operating the plug-in switchboard when the receptionist had to run down to emergency room to admit someone.
9. My Mom's family reunion is every 5 yrs at the Mason County Fairgrounds. Last time I went, 1980, there were over 500 people from all over the world.
10. My Mom was in the Army during WW2, my Dad was in the Navy. My Dad was on a ship in the Pacific, Mom was sent to Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ and rebuilt Norton (Norden?) bombsites.
11. I have lived in El Paso, Dallas, Tucson, Denver, Seattle, Phoenix, and Danville, IL.
12. I got a partial scholarship for Trinity University and went 1 1/2 semesters then quit to get a job (since my husband wouldn't work).
13. I was working for an oil company when the oil industry collapsed in Dallas in 1981.
14. I have studied Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese. While I was working as a CNA in Tucson, I was listed as a bilingual nurse. Wish I had studied Danish so I research my Dad's family tree.
15. I bought my first house in San Antonio in 1971. Second one in El Paso, next two in Dallas, the last in Phoenix.
16. I belong to RatsPacNW, I help rescue pet rats, and I am a judge at pet rat shows. I judged a show last summer at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
17. I worked at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ in the collections dept. (working for a temp agency).
18. While at Eastfield College working on my Associates degree (near Dallas), I was the V.P. of the Geology Club and arranged field trips all over to collect fossils and rocks. 
19. Spent 3 spring breaks camping in Big Bend National Park with Geology Club & students. Hiked all over.
20. I've been to Terlingua, but not during a chili cookoff.
21. I have camped in Colorado, Wyoming (Grand Tetons), Montana (Glacier Park), Arizona (Grand Canyon), 4 corners area (cliff dwellings), Idaho, and Washington (Mt. Ranier area and Razer State Park where Eagles nest).
22. My best friend's fiance died in Vietnam in February 1969 and is buried in San Antonio.
23. I got my driver's license when I was 15 yrs old, right before they changed the law.
24. I am a member of PCART, Pierce County Animal Response Team. We arrange for animal rescues during county emergencies (floods, fires, etc.). We set up places for animals at local shelters, so people can keep their pets with them.
25. I am also a member of the Lakewood Sheltering Team (for disasters/emergencies) and the local Zombie Squad (national group called Zombie Hunters, we prepare for all emergencies and raise money for charity).

 Penny Harford O'Keefe

1. I love to read Stephen King novels
2. I hope to retire somewhere tropical
3. I collect Hawaiian shirts--more than 200!!
4. my goal is to visit Panama, Egypt, & India
5. Wish I was 17 & know what I know now!
6. was raised Episcopal, but still trying to figure out what I believe
7. I am LOUD & oppinionated--deal with it!
8. I think outside the bowl.
9. My favorite place to vacation is South Padre Island, Texas....the things I miss most about Texas is the Barbeque and Mexican food.. I don't visit much anymore because my Dad and Mom passed in '89 and '03.
10. I am A.D.D. and think it's an advantage!
11. I have 3 kids (2 boys and 1 girl) all grown and married that include 1 wonerful son-in-law and 2 wonderful daughter's-in-law. They all call me MOM and I love it. Also have 2 grandchildren: Ashley who is 10 and Treb who is 2.
12. I am kind to everyone, especially my enemies (nothing confuses them so much!)...No bad Karma for me!
13. Let's dance....the dishes will wait!
14. Wish I lived closer to my kids and grand-kids
15. My many hobbies include belly dancing, quilting, genealogy, scrapbooking, photography (film only) ,and community theater
16. If you want to find me on Friday and Saturday.....come to the @ the CSI basketball games.
17. Born in Panama, grew up in Texas, moved 13 times in 21 years (my ex was a gypsy!) and finally ended up in Idaho
18. I made wedding dresses for my daughter and daughter in law. ( see Katie & Sean's wedding photos on my facebook page)
19. I was on both my high school & university (TCU) swim teams, seem to remember that the GIRLS team was the very first to win a State Championship @ MAC!!!
20. I love tatoos, but don't have any myself---my two youngest took care of that for me...between them, they have 10.
21. I graduated from Texas A&M in 1973 with a B.S. in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
22. I'm an only child...and I have 17 first cousins
23. my best friend is Leslie, we met @ Texas A&M
24. Miracle Hot Springs in Hagerman, Idaho is my favorite place to be especially in the winter
25. I DON"T drink the KOOL-AID...see #s 7 & 8

 Marcia Izaguirre

Marcia Izaguirre’s 25 things about me

1. I have been married and divorced twice never thought that would happen to me.

2. Finally in my 50’s I have found my soul mate, a brilliant man who is originally from Texas, and have fallen in love with him. He has totally bewitched me.

3. I have realized that serenity and inner peace are the most wonderful goals we can strive to accomplish.

4. I love to converse with interesting people. I also love to dance and listen to music. I think smiling is a wonderful feeling.

5. I was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, my father’s and my homeland; and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina; one of my favorite cities, which is my mom’s homeland. My ancestry is mainly Basque from the cities of Bilbao, Spain and Bayonne, France; on both sides of the Pyrenees Mountains. 

6. I wish I would have finished my law studies; I would have really enjoyed practicing law. There is a huge need to advance the cause of so many who are marginalized and abused in our world.

7. I took a trip to Denmark Feb 2008 that I will never forget

8. Studying with my youngest son, I have discovered great interest in Art History. I have always found artistic talent an awesome gift.

9. The stillness of a mountain lake takes my breath away. I am enthralled by the leaves as they turn colors in the fall. I think huge trees that grow over country roads, especially in upstate NY, are extremely sensual. 

10. There is nothing more comforting when I am alone than to read a good book 

11. I really enjoy eating guacamole and chips with a coca cola…something I seldom do.

12. I lost my father at 11 years old and I still miss him, he has always been my compass.

13. I derive immense pleasure from watching my son on stage.

14. One of the most incredible sites I have ever seen was the tulip fields in Lisse, Holland; they go on for miles and miles, a rainbow of colors, truly magnificent. While there I visited Keukenhof the world's largest flower garden park with around 7 million tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and other flowering bulbs. Unbelievably beautiful!

15. The craziest thing I have done took place in March of 1984, when I ran out on a runway at the main airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and stopped the Papal jet, which was starting to turn around, to give some news videotape to the ABC News Vatican correspondent, at the time, David Ensor.

16. I lost two dear colleagues to a land mine explosion on the Honduras-Nicaraguan border during the Contras War. Since I was waived off the trip five minutes before they left, my name was still listed as if I was on that trip. Unfortunately, NBC aired my name as one of the dead and my mom, who was back in the USA, heard it and was totally panicked.

17. The first time I won a National Emmy Award I did not show up to the dinner in NY because I could not believe I had a chance to beat my idol, Walter Cronkite who had also been nominated in the investigative journalism category. Sacrilegious!

18. I had a bomb (plastique) planted in my room at the Hotel where I lived for about 6 months working for ABC News in Honduras. 

21. November 3rd of 1998, I went to Honduras with Ted Koppel and his Nightline team to cover Hurricane Mitch. One morning we were flying out on a helicopter to take a look at the devastation throughout the country. The city of Tegucigalpa was engulfed in deep fog and the pilot did not realize we were flying into a mountain. The helicopter almost did not make the turn to avoid the crash. A scary moment

20. I am passionate about my work; it has allowed me to be a witness to history.

21. I really enjoy mentoring young colleagues and watching them spread their wings.

22. Back in our senior year, I had a crush on Ken Pierce. My best friend convinced me to leave him a note on the windshield of his car, but I did not have the courage to sign it.

23. I became a US citizen in 2006, 38 years after I legally immigrated to the US.

24. I am an eternal optimist.

25. Being a mother has been my most successful endeavor.

 Court Thieleman

Kathy K, and others who setup the "25 things" portion of the mac site - - great idea. i checked into a number of class web-sites when i was helping research the mac site,and never saw a feature as interesting as this!

kudos

Roger B. - Dude, here's your chance to add some interesting colorful information on things i and others don't know abt u. :-)))

 Roger Barnes

Courtney....Bro...you are the mystery man...let the 25 rip.

 Kenneth H. Pearce

Roger and Court--BOTH youse guys need to belly up to the bar and write!

 James ("Jim") Briscoe

I'll rise to the bait. Here are my 25 things.

1) I didn't get married until I was 31.
2) My wife is the best person I have ever known!
3) I was running a bank when I was 26.
4) I wish I had spent all the time I played football, playing golf.
5) My daughters were born 8 months apart (long story).
6) I collect old Porsches.
7) Texas Tech football and Texas Ranger baseball break my heart every year.
8) I have a rose garden.
9) My daughter rode a bike from Austin to Anchorage Alaska last summer to raise money for cancer research (4600 miles in 70 days). texas4000.org
10) My other daughter was on 4 state championship swim teams in high school.
11) I make an excellent pecan pie and a perfect martini.
12) I read at least 20 books a year.
13) McCaffrey, Schwind and I took three girls to Port A one summer. Two of them forgot to tell us they snuck out of their bedroom window till we got to the beach.
14) Tom Snider and I had the worst summer job of all summer jobs! Just ask him.
15) It still pisses me off that the coaches wouldn't let me play baseball because it conflicted with spring football practice.
16) I partied my butt off in college and still managed to graduate in 4 years.
17) One of my daughters is a math major at A&m with a 4.0 GPA. Go figure? She must get it from her mother.
18) No matter where I am, you will find me in church on Sunday morning.
19) My current passion is red wine. I love hobbies you can drink.
20) I was madly in love with Pam Zito in high school, to no avail.
21) Coach Price should have been in prison and Coach McManus was. What an insane group of adults to expose a bunch of teenagers to.
22) A good friend of mine introduced me to my wife and I thank him everytime I see him.
23) Someone asked me the other day, which of my daughters was adopted. I told him "I can't remember".
24)I am an avid quail hunter.
25) I hope my children love me as much as I loved my parents. 

 Marcia Izaguirre

Wow...what lovely things to say and feel about your wife...she is a lucky lady.. I wish more men realized it does not take away from their manhood to say they are in love, especially with their life partner. Good for you!

Impressive life...thanks for sharing...I wish more of us would!

By the way,I also make a pretty good pecan pie...m

 Gary McCaffrey

1. I have no idea who or what Briscoe claims we did at the coast, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
2. Jeanne Criswell has kept me for a husband for over 37 years now, maybe Snider has been married longer, but probably no one else.
3. I spent the night in the Bexar county jail with Briscoe, Kevin McMaughn and Stephen Johns. Actually Johns was still there when we got out. Cost me my tax refund that year.
3. I graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Animal Science (see Hickey, you're not the only redneck).
4. I voted for Barack Obama.
5. My daughter is expecting our first grandchild, a girl.
6. I don't cook, but I have learned how to play the guitar a little, and regularly sing/play with a Church band.
7. I've been a real estate appraiser now for about 20 years and my daughter and I work together now.
8. Homeroom was fun with Whitey Lasswell and Kathy McConnell among others.
9. I felt we were a pretty close knit class, but in cliques though. DECA, jocks, drama, etc.
10. The older I get the more clearly I remember things, the more clearly I remember wrong, that is.
11. My older brother Pat went to Alamo Heights (I did too until10th grade), and caught a touchdown pass when we played them our Junior year and I was the cover person (he was a tight end).
12. Senior year was exhausting, we did amazing thing every weekend.
13. If NASCAR was as popular in HS as it is now, Gene Hickey would have been a superstar. He could drive like a maniac.
14. Mark Carpel and I drove around the entire Loop 1604, or what there was of it in '69 one night. I can't remember exactly why though.
15. Jeanne and I were in love then, and we are in love now. We used to walk around the campus (she would get me out of class with a pass in last period) and Coach Davis asked me if I "respected" Jeanne (I guess because I probably touched her rear or something). It surprised me, because I didn't think of it that way, but obviously it made an impression. I still touch her rear, but respectfully of course.
16. My MOM still lives in front of MacArthur, but the pool table is no longer there (sorry guys).
17. The best friend I ever had, Schwind used to spot me 10 points and still beat me at ping pong. I loved his parents too, but hated Hildegard (the weiner dog).
18. For all those who deserve this, I apologize to you if I was ever a jerk to you. Male or female.
19. Jeanne says I'm a good father and husband, so I'm glad for that. She's the kindest person I know.
20. I tried to date a lot of different people in HS to get an idea of who was what, and I had some really good experiences and have fond memories.
21. We like to take trips to various cities and sightsee on foot mostly. Marthas Vineyard, Vancouver, NYC, Boston and San Francisco are recent favorites.
22. I like to read historical fiction. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl is one of my favorites. Just finished Based on the Movie by Billy Taylor (author who lives in 
SA), but I'm not recommending it (although its takes place here in San Marcos some and includes Ralph the Swimming Pig in the plot)
23. We've made every reunion (is that good or bad?)so far.
24. Does anybody else remember the Stonewall Peach Festival and Rodeo. I seem to remember us harrassing LBJ there one time?
25. Thanks to Ken, et. al. for this site and for keeping us abreast of the Class of '69ers.

 Charlene Adcock

Jeanne Criswell McCaffrey was sweet and a good friend to me, so glad you appreciate each other and are still in love. Charlene

 James ("Jim") Briscoe

I hated that weiner dog too. Everytime I came to Schwind's back door that dog would chase me on top of the washing machine. How many nights did I sleep on that pool table, I can't seem to remember for some reason.

Gary McCaffrey

I am so impressed by my classmates ( I mean Rumbel, Izaguirre, McCartney, Briscoe, Ziegler to name a few-wow). We have some who are very accomplished individuals, and we also have a few who were not so distinquished in HS, but have turned out pretty well. I wish we would hear from the Smileys, Alexanders and Neugebauers out there...
Jim-you slept on the pool table in a full length leg cast as I remember. We had some great adventures. How we escaped without killing ourselves or somebody else I'll never know.

 Charlene Adcock

Yes Gary, my sister, Cathie,and I know Pat. Cathie was at her 40th reunion this past Oct. Can't remember if she said she saw Pat or just talked to him.Cathie's best friend, Mary Hare, married Bob Worth who went to Heights with Pat so they keep up with each other, Hello to Jeanne, Charlene

 Roger Barnes

1. All my life I have hated injustice.
2. I have a low tolerance for blowhards and arrogance.
3. In Little League I once hit two home runs in one game—and I've been slowly working my way downhill ever since.
4. I got into lots of trouble when I was young but always knew how far to go.
5. I drank more beer before I was 18 than I have the rest of my life.
6. I set a school record at Folsom HS in the low hurdles while running with a hangover.
7. When I was 17 I got into a life and death struggle with a 36 year old man who was trying to kill me for “admiring” his wife.
8. At 18 I spent the night in a small town jail--it almost kept me out of the service.
9. In the service I commanded a Police Squadron.
10. In High School I was nearly expelled for mooning a teacher and other misdemeanors.
11. I graduated from College in 3 ½ years with honors.
12. Whatever I achieved in my life I owe mostly to my mother who is a saint.
13. Around 1975 I reported for duty at an underground ICBM missile silo in rural Kansas and found Lt Terry Maxfield standing in the Launch Control Center.
14. I nearly ended my Air Force Career by making a stupid mistake; a wise old cop let it slide, and it kept me from doing time in Leavenworth.
15. I’ve written some stuff that’s been published and more that ended up in the trash.
16. I have the heart of a liberal but pack heat wherever I go (1911 govt model).
17. When I could finally let my hair grow I didn’t have any left.
18. I have a Taylor guitar purchased for me by the late John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame.
19. I am in love with Montana.
20. I cannot abide incivility.
21. Although I believe that kindness lives forever my sense of humor coincides with the Coen Brothers.
22. Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" is stil my favorite song.
23. I would rather live in the country than reside in any city in the world.
24. At age 50 I broke my back and every day since then I have paid for most of my sins.
25. In November 2008 I married the first girl I ever kissed.

 Kathy Killebrew Poehl

Hey Court, thanks for the Kudos! I am happy to see so many from our class writing their "25 Random Things". It really is fun to see what everyone has to say and that we are catching up with each other. My husbands class from Brazosport High School started this--so it was not an original idea--I hope many more Brahmas respond.

 Michael ("Mike") Byrne

Roger-- Just read your post and wanted to add parenthetically that I gave a lot of airtime to John Stewart when I was doing afternoon drive at the old KTAP 97 in Austin. I loved his "Cannons In The Rain" album and spun the tracks, "Durango" and "Chilly Winds" till the vinyl wore down. --Mike

 Kathy Killebrew Poehl

Bren--are you really interested in Longhorn football tickets? My husband (teaches Chemical Engineering at UT)tells me season tickets are not available right now. We do have 4 (50 yard line) tickets--I never go--sometimes we have a couple available-if you would want to use them-- Just let me know.

 Bren Sidereas

Enough about accomplishments (although I find them all very interesting compared to my . . . whatever). What's there to do now? Is there anybody out there that doesn't like not working? I hear so often that people are afraid to retire, i.e., they'll become bored. What's up with that? Is that really true? 

My wife, Carolyn, of 35 years (by reunion time), believes that serious guitar strumming, chess playing, and following the sun per Paul McCartney, wouldn't keep me busy enough during the college football off season. I have year round beer tasting already penciled in for gosh sakes. There's not that much left to fill in. The only guy who may not want to ever retire is a manager/supervisor of a bikini car wash. 

P. S. Anyone selling season Longhorn tickets by the way? DKR Memorial Stadium has become so enormous and so loud that it can't possibly be any fun to attend anymore for those in their mid-fifties.

 Roger Barnes

Bren...re retirement...I think you will find that your schedule fills up to an extent that you wonder how you ever had time to work. And yes..for me..retirement beats working for the man.

Re accomplishments....like my mother told me when I was at Garner..."I've lost all hope you'll ever go to college, I just pray you'll make it through High School". After that and surviving an ill spent youth and the military....it's all been gravy.

 Roger Barnes

Allright Courtney..I see you calling out the wallflowers....time to belly up to the bar and post your current pics...I know the Weismueller physique hasn't suffered that much. So just throw on a baseball hat to cover the gleam, suck in the gut, and let it fly. Your public awaits.

Kathy Killebrew Poehl

 Bren Sidereas

Here are some things about me:
1. I have always liked Kathy Killebrew Proehl and her football school spirit. So of course I would love to share in that spirit so when you need to sit out a game please let me know (first) and I will bring a little extra cash down for an Austin fall weekend. Thanks so much for that offer. I have Irish roots also (Bren is short for Brendan). 
2. I shared Longhorn season tickets with ex-Mac/UT swimmer Bill Barnhill two years ago. The seats were temporary and only good for one season.
3. Court Thieleman, who I haven't seen in 40 years, who has lived and worked in Austin for awhile, who I know has good UT connections with that State government job of his, never has offered me any UT tickets. And this is my fellow Mac ex-swimmer who always saved a shelf in his refrigerator for Barnhill's and mine's lunch food for when we skipped out. I know where Lantana is. 
4. My favorite guitar player was, is, and always will be Eric Clapton. Same thing for bands - The Beatles.
5. My most worthwhile accomplishment is successfully raising our two kids. Steven's a Dallas firefighter and Nicole is a recruiter for EMJ Corp. Both are happily married. Nicole wants kids and enjoys indoor things like decorating. Steven on his off days plays a lot of tennis and golf. Emphasis on a lot; doesn't want to ruin a good thing just yet.
6. "My key to the above accomplisment, because it was a dual effort was the response, "better ask your mom".
7. We attend Lake Pointe Church here in Rockwall. It is pointed out quite often that everyone sins and needs forgiveness. We all are graced with the gift of forgiveness, so take it and forgive others. Not a bad deal.
8. I got to do the sound mix for Jason Castro of American Idol fame at Lake Pointe once.
9. I was almost killed twice back in H.S./college days. One time at Lake McQueeney my date ran over my little water skiis that I had been in only 2 seconds before. She inadvertenly did a 180 degree turn while attempting to pull me up out of the water, then completely froze in panic when she had me in directly in her path. A couple of quick strokes and the 125 hp ski boat brushed on by pulverizing both skiis. I don't remember her name however, Jane or Mary or Slasher or something. She was from Alamo Heights, was blonde haired, and I think a cheerleader. So if any you guys out there with old Alamo Heights connections, maybe you have heard a story like this and could find out her name so I could forgive her like I said I would. Still it was a bad date.
10. The other near death experience was driving home from Port A in the middle of the night when my good friend who was driving fell asleep at the wheel. I awoke to doing a series of 360's while crossing the median of hwy 181 then rolling down the opposite side embankment, hitting a tree, and coming to stop upside down and trapped inside just outside Floresville. I think we were pretty lucky with the car not blowing up or catching on fire. We finally crawled out the back of my totaled '69 Barracuda and needed only some stitches. Still it was a bad trip.
11. My wife is a LPC, licensed professional counselor and has 500 friends in Rockwall. I have 5.
12. I never thought about being this old. I'm not a good planner. Better ad libber. That's why I went to the Dallas Reunion Planning meeting, to make sure things didn't get "too" planned (and to see Stan's lovely wife, Cindy, who has always liked me more than she has Whitey Lasswell).
Almost halfway done, but I quit for now. 

 Kathy Killebrew Poehl

Bren--I will let you know when we have extra UT tickets!

 Karen Olsen Lebeter

Bren, since I got my V.A. disability pension (2004 or 2005) I have been busier than ever. I got some pet rats at the Humane Society (my son wanted them), joined RatsPacNW Yahoo group, traveled all over WA, OR, ID, and Vancouver, BC for rat shows. I drove some pedigreed rats out to Montana for a friend (now the MT people are good friends). I finally passed the test and became a rat show judge. I traveled to Regina, Sasketchewan (sp?)with some BC friends for the regions first rat show (new Canadian rat club). Cut back on all that when price of gas went over $4/gal. 
Now I stay busy with Middle School PTA (secretary), neighborhood association (secretary), 2 CitizensCorp groups (Lakewood Sheltering Team, PCART-Pierce County Animal Rescue Team), Stand for Children, ZombieSquad, and Tacoma Radio Club (HAM radio, got my license in Jan). I still have to supervise my disabled husband's healthcare (Friedreich's Ataxia, researched by MDA) and take care of my 15 yr old high schooler. Sometimes I still have time to sew (rat show costumes, and people costumes for local sci-fi cons), scrapbook, and work on genealogy. My blogs don't get updated as often as they used to.

 Nancy Fletcher Hopper

Bren, you will have to get in line for those Longhorn tickets. 1st of all I live closer to the Poehl's and 2nd Michael has bought a 'scooter' hahaha and will meet me between our neighborhoods. Now I possibly could find you a couple of Chucky Cheese coupons to watch the Longhorns play ball....or better yet, you are so welcome to join us before or after a game in super tailgate, :) xo Fletcher

Bren Sidereas

 Bren Sidereas

Kathy Killebrew Poehl, I've just now realized that I have been misspelling your last name. I apologize for that, and I'm on my way now to buy stronger readers'. I wouldn't want that to come between Michael's and mine's new friendship.

 James ("Jim") Briscoe

As far as all this UT talk goes, I got one thing to say. Michael Crabtree makes a great catch at the 4 yard line, he scores with 1 second left on the clock. Tech wins! Tech Wins!

Gary McCaffrey

 Bren Sidereas

It was a great catch and one of many great throws made by Harrell. Those two guys played lights out all season and I'm so glad along with the rest of the Big 12 teams that they now will be playing on Sundays. But, and I know "buts" don't count, the play should never have occurred. The play right before that was an interception - I saw the tipped pass slowly floating right down into our hands - so did everyone, what happened? . . . It was too easy? Bad luck? Unbelievable. Tech wins. Fact.

Bren Sidereas

Hey Gary McCaffrey---easy now. All I did was offer up tickets to see the great Longhorns play football --remember the ROSE BOWL from a couple years back--and Vince Young???  My son informs me that UT will be in the top 4 next year. Surely you can see Colt McCoy is a major factor in that. In High School I did not understand football at all! Mostly, I socialized at the games. Now, after being married to a sports fanatic for 37 years and raising two boys I have come to enjoy most sports. Watching my sons play was really what turned me around. I can understand now how much fun the parents had at our games.We also have Texans tickets and just gave up our Rockets tickets a couple of years ago.

Bren and Nancy--oops--I forgot about Nancy wanting those tickets also. We will work it out!

Bren--no problem with how you spelled my name--you should hear how many different ways I have heard it pronounced! Sorry you won't be at Nancys for the meeting--You and Michael could talk "shop" --"Hook Em"!!