travel Stories - Sounder At Heart
The Lonely Longhorn Travel Guide: The Austro-Hungarian Empire
The crystalline azure waters of the Danube River churned in dense mahogany-mint swirls near our Budapest tour boat. The Blue Danube. Ha! Too bad Johann Strauss never sought musical inspiration in Texas where he might have penned another lilting aqueous-themed waltz from the banks of Clear Lake...
An Epic Greensboro Recap
A beautifully done Greensboro regional recap on BON. Great work and an absolute must-read. Reading that helped me secure some degree of closure. I wish we were still playing. Now, I'm left with...baseball.
My Longhorn Turkey Day
Departure On the way to the Oakland Airport, I cut off a darting CHP unit while distracted by a massive cargo barge trying to navigate around Alameda. If you haven't seen these marine behemoths, imagine the burg of Corsicana floating on the Pacific filled with enough stuff to make your local...
The Lonely Longhorn Travel Guide: Nepal
Well, I missed the Texas-Oklahoma State game. Inexcusable, I know. But it is not like I get to properly catch Longhorn football here in Singapore anyway. Between the 3:30 am kickoffs and the queasy aquarium-like viewing experience on my laptop’s Slingbox, I find myself practically mainlining...
My visit to Aggieland
I travelled to College Station on Saturday to watch the Aggies take on Miami. Because of my preseason Aggie preview, my popularity is second only to that of Jackie Sherrill's in Aggieland. The Aggies provided me with the finest of accomodations. A sumptuous buffet was set before me. They came...
A Texas fan's guide to El Paso
As a native El Pasoan I thought it would be a good idea to educate the Barker readership on what to expect when visiting this fair West Texas city in the Western most part of this great state. Before making any judgments on what I'm about to tell you, please keep in mind the following. El Paso,...
The Art of the Deal
In the current era of stock market swoons, subprime mortgage crises and overextended consumers, I am pleased to note that I am a veritable paragon in the area of personal finance. I am an eager savings contributor and credit card interest despiser. My kids’ electronic game and cell phone...
Game Watching In Waikiki
The only thing better than watching Texas pummel a quality opponent in person in a soulless basketball venue a quarter of a mile from the action is to watch it from a tiki bar in Waikiki whilst ostensibly on business. Game commentary by drunk locals speaking in halting pidgin is also substantially...
The Lonely Longhorn Travel Guide: France
Ah, Paris. The City of Light. One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Gay Paree does get slapped around a bit in this recent article. Link. It notes that around a dozen Japanese tourists a year need psychological treatment when the cold reality of Paris clashes with their...
The Lonely Longhorn Travel Guide: Thailand
Thailand is a favorite Asian destination for many westerners and is appropriately nicknamed "The Land of Smiles". The people there are amazingly happy and friendly as a rule. But it is also true that a smile – or at least an inscrutable variation thereof - is a culturally appropriate reaction to...
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