Sideline shot from last night in Oxford, Mississippi

Les Miles singlehandedly screwed up what could’ve been one of the best college football games in history.  Go back to the Big 12, Les.  If anyone will have you.

Allen Shamblin, Texas Songwriter

If you listen to country music, you’ll soon hear Miranda Lambert singing this.  It was written by Texas Songwriter Hall of Famer Allen Shamblin.  Here he is singing it at a pickin’ party in his current home of Franklin, Tennessee.

Tiger Woods breathes a sigh of relief

I finally did it.  I got my amateur status back after 17 years of being a professional golfer.  First as an “apprentice” in the PGA of America’s program, then a Class A PGA Member, then a mini-tour hacker (never made any real money at it).  I decided earlier in the year that while my (golf) skills are best suited for charity scrambles and skins games, I’m going to spend the rest of my summers chasing the amateur circuit.  While I may never qualify for the US Amateur or be on a Walker Cup team, I’m quite sure I’ll have a hell of a time playing in tournaments like The Cotton States, The Trans-Miss, The Rice Planters, The Azalea (the one in Tyler) and dozens of other great old amateur events at the best clubs in America.

Texas Heritage Songwriters

Here’s something we’ve been working on down at Fosforus.  In March 2010, we’ll welcome Clint Black, Mac Davis and Whitey Shafer down to Austin for our Homecoming Weekend.  You certainly all know Clint, and most of you know Mac, but Whitey is an incredible songwriter, too.  A little-known fact about Mac Davis…  You may think of the melodic tune “Happiness is Lubbock Texas in my rear view mirror,” when you think of Mac, but did you know: He wrote mega-hits for Elvis “In the Ghetto” and “A Little Less Conversation.”  Wow.

Carltography

Maybe that’s what I should call my business.  Maybe not.  Anyhoo, the good folks over at UT Golf Club have asked for my assistance in producing some materials to help them secure the deal to host the 2012 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championships.  I’m honored to be a part of the effort.  I drew this map tonight with some of the crumbs I’ve picked up down at Fosforus.

Building

The talented team at Fosforus is putting the final touches on Wilmax Construction’s new site.  Pay a visit sometime.

Fosforus

Sad news (for me)

Sorry to read about this over at my pal Kevin Robbins’ blog.  For one reason, I just got hired on as an assignment shooter a few months ago.  But really because I think it was the best of the big golf rags, at least it was a couple of years ago.  Shame this one has to go while others are still around.

Twitter

Twitter is worth it, for no other reason than to get tweets from The Onion.

Tired and busy

I’ll post more in the coming weeks, if you care.  I’m just busy.  And tired.  I used to hate blogs.  Now I think I need them.  Mine and others’.  But I still hate them.  Good blogging is hard work, and bad blogging is a worthless waste of time.  So in the spirit of that, I’ll only post when I feel like sharing something cool.  Onward.  Gotta go manage my accounts over at Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.  Jeez.

This makes me want to stop cooking forever

I love Texas Monthly.  I subscribe to the printed magazine and every online thing they offer to email me.  Usually I find something worthwhile, but this one gave me a good laugh.  First, let me say that jambalaya is one of the easiest things to make.  It probably originated when there was very little left to cook, so someone just threw everything in, added some rice to make it go farther and served it up.  And risotto recipes are usually reserved for young single people who can’t cook and don’t have squat in the cupboard but need to impress a date by making their apartment smell good when the doorbell rings, so it’s probably not too tough, either.

But the Screen Door in Dallas suggests that I bob and weave around the grocery store, asking for help, then chain my ass to the kitchen counter (and stove) for the better part of two hours.  All for a side dish.  Click on the image there and scan that ingredient list.  And at the very end…that “Serves 4″ thing?  WTF?  If I’m going to work that hard, there’d better be more than four people around to appreciate it.  No wonder there’s fast food on every corner.  I think I’ll wait until my next trip to Dallas to try this one out.

In defense of the restaurant, I bet the release of this recipe came about when someone asked about the dish, and this is just a form of culinary warfare against those of us who prefer to cook and eat at home.  They figure if someone HAS TO HAVE this dish, odds are he’ll go to the Screen Door for it.