Monday Meanderings - 11.15.10

Began our ?? (26th, we think - possibly even longer) season of following the Lady Longhorns. Friday night was a leave-by-half-time night (final score was 92-60). Unfortunately, with Baylor, Oklahoma, and A&M on the schedule, they will not all turn out that way.

We usually start our ball games with a Poke Jo's sandwich, served in the Fast Break Club downstairs at the Erwin Center. Get there early enough to get a good parking place, have a little BBQ, listen to one of the assistant coaches talk about tonight's game and then wander upstairs for the main event. Dining in the Fast Break club is an interesting experience. You have to be a member with a badge, which we are, and you get your badge scanned when you go in - and you get your badge scanned when you go out! I've asked why they badge you in and out, but I only get a generic answer about crowd control. There are attendants at every door in the room, so it's not like you are going to be able to sneak out into the back halls of the Erwin Center. I guess they are afraid you'll hide under a table instead of going upstairs to the game. Who knows? This is Austin.

Fall showed up this weekend. Granted, Austin is not known as a Fall showcase, but there is enough color and variety to make it interesting. Up to this point everything was pretty normal and then zap! - there's a lot of color in the trees and shrubs. Quite nice.

Okay, this is sort of long, but if you have seen the original Star Wars movies, this might be amusing to you.