November 20, 2012

1. I am shocked to see that the U.S. will in a year or two become the world’s largest exporter of oil.

2. Good for you West Feliciana (LA) High School. You selected Mary Margaret Burns as your homecoming queen—and it was no prank. (Incidentally, in case you have not heard, Mary Margaret has Down’s syndrome.)

3. Told my daughter, Haleigh, the other day that Frida Lyngstad, the brunette female singer of ABBA fame, turned 67. Haleigh could not believe it. It’s even harder for me to believe.

4. I think I feel bad for the Psychic Friends Network. I read in a magazine (WORLD) that the company filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing the hope they earn $64 million in 2015.

            Beware! They also stated, “Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because PFN (Psychic Friends Network) can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct.” Well if the psychics can’t see into our economic future, who can?!

5. I have not had the chance to comment on the death of former UT football coach, Darrell Royal. When I was a boy, I was electrified by the greatest and most courageous coaching call in football history.

            Texas was playing the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville. The game had been moved to December. Texas was number 1 and Arkansas was number 2.

            Behind virtually the entire game, Royal chose to go for it on fourth down and three with just a few minutes left. Texas was a running team. Royal typically disdained the pass, having once said, “Three things can happen when you pass… and two of them are bad.”

            Well, Royal called a long pass… and it helped the Longhorns defeat the Razorbacks and gave Texas its second national championship of the 60s. Rest in peace, Darrell Royal.

*Thanks to Peter King for the inspiration for this title.