Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Astros...McCaul...Horns... GWB
I had a Bible study tonight, so I missed out on a Tuesday night filled with excitement (if your idea of excitement is baseball and politics).
Roger Clemens led the Astros to a 5-3 win over St. Louis in his second outing of the young season. I actually taped this game and am watching it now. The Rocket looks sharp! Both Adam Everett and Lance Berkman went deep (I'm only through three innings so far) and Roger has a no-no so far. It's quite odd updating a game that ended an hour ago, so I'll stop now. I hadn't intended to know the score before watching the tape, but I accidentally saw it when I flipped it to channel 77 to see if it was over yet. I took the proper precautions -- muting the sound and covering the top corner with my hand, but the just-ended game had the linescore plastered across the bottom of the screen. Ooops.
Michael McCaul is headed to Washington DC as District 10's newest Congressman. He won with surprising ease. I hope he accomplishes a lot on the Hill, and I intend to closely follow his term. Also of note: Victor Carillo secured the GOP nod for Texas Railroad Commission, an unknown-yet-important seat in the state governement. What makes the race interesting is that his opponent, Robert Butler, attempted to win based solely on his name -- an Anglo one. He never campaigned or granted interviews, and reports say that he hoped most Republicans wouldn't vote for a Hispanic. Thank God Carillo proved him wrong.
The Texas Longhorns extended their record to 36-4 with their fourth win this season against defending national champ Rice. Way to go, Horns! I caught the post-game show as I left Bible Study, and apparently the game featured a few strange incidents. I haven't read a story yet.
President Bush took to the airwaves tonight to address the nation on Iraq, followed by a press conference. I have not seen the speech yet, but it seems to have drawn mixed reviews (read: reviews have broken along partisan lines). Glenn Reynolds blogged the whole thing and has an informative collection of updates and analysis over at InstaPundit. I might write more on this after I read the transcript. From the little I've seen (and read) so far, Bush appears to have done fairly well. But soundbotes and pulled quotes don't always tell the whole story. More later (hopefully).
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Roger Clemens led the Astros to a 5-3 win over St. Louis in his second outing of the young season. I actually taped this game and am watching it now. The Rocket looks sharp! Both Adam Everett and Lance Berkman went deep (I'm only through three innings so far) and Roger has a no-no so far. It's quite odd updating a game that ended an hour ago, so I'll stop now. I hadn't intended to know the score before watching the tape, but I accidentally saw it when I flipped it to channel 77 to see if it was over yet. I took the proper precautions -- muting the sound and covering the top corner with my hand, but the just-ended game had the linescore plastered across the bottom of the screen. Ooops.
Michael McCaul is headed to Washington DC as District 10's newest Congressman. He won with surprising ease. I hope he accomplishes a lot on the Hill, and I intend to closely follow his term. Also of note: Victor Carillo secured the GOP nod for Texas Railroad Commission, an unknown-yet-important seat in the state governement. What makes the race interesting is that his opponent, Robert Butler, attempted to win based solely on his name -- an Anglo one. He never campaigned or granted interviews, and reports say that he hoped most Republicans wouldn't vote for a Hispanic. Thank God Carillo proved him wrong.
The Texas Longhorns extended their record to 36-4 with their fourth win this season against defending national champ Rice. Way to go, Horns! I caught the post-game show as I left Bible Study, and apparently the game featured a few strange incidents. I haven't read a story yet.
President Bush took to the airwaves tonight to address the nation on Iraq, followed by a press conference. I have not seen the speech yet, but it seems to have drawn mixed reviews (read: reviews have broken along partisan lines). Glenn Reynolds blogged the whole thing and has an informative collection of updates and analysis over at InstaPundit. I might write more on this after I read the transcript. From the little I've seen (and read) so far, Bush appears to have done fairly well. But soundbotes and pulled quotes don't always tell the whole story. More later (hopefully).
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