How the Rockets COULD make the NBA Finals

Share COULD is the operative word in this post. As you will discover, there is a very long list of outcomes that must happen to set up a Rockets Finals berth. Let’s start with their first round series. I wasn’t looking forward to a first round match-up with the Jazz. I was actually hoping to [...]

P.P.S. Layover at Pappas Burger

Share So, it’s Midnight, and I am still on a fucking airplane. You might recall that I mentioned something about these thunderstorms extending from Oklahoma to Mexico. Well, in our attempt to make it to Dallas, we have found ourselves flying around the Houston countryside trying to avoid the big nasty. The pilot came on [...]

Post Script: Layover at Pappas Burger

Share So now I am writing to you at 9:36, and I have just gotten word that my flight will be boarding/leaving around 10:30PM. For the record, my flight WAS due to leave at 7:00. Damn Mother Nature’s green hide for this evening! I’m kidding. This has actually been a very entertaining evening at the [...]

Postcards from Hobby Airport

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Layover at Pappas Burger

Share So I’m sitting at the bar at Pappas Burger on the Hobby Airport Concourse. It’s 8:23, my flight was set to leave Houston at 7:00. The proverbial Texas Thunderstorm is ravaging the Metroplex as I write this. It’s not that bad really, they serve a pretty decent Pinot Grigio here, and it only ran [...]

Dining Out for Life

Share There is a great way for you to give back to your committee happening on Thursday, April 24th call Dining For Life. A number of restaurants around the Houston area will be donating 33% of their food sales that night to benefit the fight against HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, I will be jamming with Itzhak Perlman [...]