Ten days of speculation. Ten days of rampant reporting on a non-issue. I know that todays media must spoon-feed a story, even if there is none to speak of. Yes, Texas is 'football country'. It's the only thing people want to talk about day in and day out. I'm sorry but this whole 'Putting the Cowboys before God' mentality in the name of finding a new coach to me is a little too over the top.
Every morning without fail, I would rise with the sun and knock out a run anywhere from 2-5 miles. I would continue this habit after moving to Chicago. The difference in the midwest is that I marveled at how on a really cold day with low temps, you tried to breathe through your nose and the nostrils would stick. No matter, running became my release, my mantra, my relaxation from life.
One of our very own, Chuntae Trujillo is about to leave us for California. It was her hope to see a few sights in and around Dallas. The magnificent seven decided a night in Gaytown would absolutely rock. I had no problem with that. Somewhere in heaven, Johnny C is chuckling at this.
Hockey fans locally got to enjoy a double dose of stardom in the name of Sydney Crosby as his Penguins were in town Friday night. A great game that went to the shootout before Pittsburgh prevailed 3-2. Mr Crosby is everything that is advertised. On a night where Mark Recchi collected career goal 500, I kept thinking to myself,'This kid is going to be everything Wayne Gretzky was...and more!' Despite the loss Dallas is about to get back a bunch of their starters who were injured.
With over 1600 pictures at my disposal to illustrate, what I will remember most after the passage of time shall be the camaraderie of the fans, the accessibility of the players, coaches and people, the electricity in knowing that the eyes of the world were upon Texas (compared to the eyes of Texas being upon you!), the skills events were amazing, to enjoy a 21-goal salute when the cameras from Versus were on. I will also look back and gratefully recall the number of friends and celebrity photos I was able to garner!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 9:00AM