Colbert sponsors U.S. Speedskating Team

The recent bankruptcy of Dutch bank DSB left a $300,000 hole in U.S. Speedskating’s budget just a few months before the Olympics. This week, comedian Stephen Colbert came to the rescue when he proposed having “Colbert Nation” sponsor the team. He announced the move Monday night on his show, with the former Olympian Dan Jansen as his guest and with U.S. Speedskating’s executive director, Bob Crowley, ready to hand him a sponsorship agreement to sign. This will secure a good supply of skating news in the next few months. And an endless stream of jokes about the Dutch, I'm sure.

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Happy Halloween

It's Halloween, and we're getting ready for an evening of ghosts, zombies, webs, spooks, goblins, Michael Jackson, spiders, rats, and lots of candy. Greg will be dressed up as Michael Myers, and Sammy will be wearing his Scream mask and outfit. But we started of today with some traditional pumpkin carving.

Sequoia Soccer Mom

They say everything is bigger in Texas. That's certainly true for the vehicles that women in Texas like to drive. Ina got a new truck this week and yes, it's huge. We traded the Jeep for a Toyota Sequoia. Good for hauling soccer teams around, and great for long road trips. But the best thing is that it actually fits in our garage.

A Fall Concert

On October 6, the Cockrill Middle School Philharmonic Orchestra performed in the McKinney Boyd High School Auditorium. They played First Scale March by Mark Williams and Fiddling-A-Round by John Caponegro. Gregory played violin.

The pegasus

The Magnolia building is one of the most striking buildings in Dallas. In 1934, the Magnolia Petroleum Company, predecessor to Mobil Oil, erected a large oil derrick on the roof that supported two red neon signs in the image of Pegasus, the flying red horse. Mobil, now part of the Exxon Mobil Corp., still uses the logo today. Mobil moved in with Exxon in Irving, but Pegasus still soars over downtown. The downtown office of our largest customer provided me with a great view of this Dallas landmark.

Arnhem Westerbouwing

Trendy Dallas based watch maker Fossil is remodeling its store at Stonebriar mall. The boards covering the store are decorated with vintage travel images. One of them is a plane ticket to Arnhem Westerbouwing. Single fare, leaving from gate A3.

Lake Lewisville

We spent the Sunday afternoon at Sneaky Pete's on lake Lewisville, one of the many lakes around Dallas. The heat is bearable now, so there were a lot of people out. We met with a bunch of friends and the boys went swimming in the lake. I wish they had sailing boats here.