Christopher Walker

ALSO! Rob and I worked today to set the Pavilion to an "open patio" set-up for tomorrow evening's bonfire. One wall of the patio fencing will be removed, the bathroom side exterior door will be open, and essentially you can have the highest, and in my opinion, best seat to watch the magnificent structure the Talons built this week go up in flames. That was very poor sentence structure... ...but nonetheless come see us at the Pavilion both tomorrow evening AND Saturday! I myself will be over as soon as I'm done singing across the highway in Winspear.

Brilliant.

McConnell? What? Because of the oddly-tuned undertones in the Hurley Admin Tower, when it plays the fight song, it ends on a strange flat-VI chord. And it feels so, soooooooo very good. Wai-what??

"Of the backs, Jimmerson is the one to watch. He has next level moves and balance and now needs to continue to work on his burst/breakaway speed. Not sure where UNT gets all the backs.. I think they have a lab on campus that makes these guys..." Hahahaha.

Moved the Board of Regents to Dallas, away from the flagship. Ugh. From what I understand, yes and no. Yes on a more federal level from Burgess. His ties to UNT (go to his House page, the header is a loop of UNT images amongst others), Dr. With's husband lead's Burgess' Lewisville office, how it was them that really got Pres. Bush and Robert Gates for DLS, etc. Now of course rubbing shoulders with national figures often means jack with that of state figures. Supposedly Myra Crownover is on our side (As she very well should be!).... but when its convenient for her. She was at the ULL game for the bridge opening anyway.

I see the three of them as such: Byrd: the solid up the gut back who wears you completely down. Though his few outside plays tend to be the most exciting and explosive of his own runs. Jimmerson: From field performance, he has to be the fastest. And the slipperiest. And the absolutely most aware player on the field. His vision got that last (counted) TD for sure. Brown: He's just a hoss. His grit and strength continually carries 2-3 tacklers for 4-5 yards on big runs. When he gets loose, yeah he's fast, but it's his trucking that makes him invaluable.

Fun fact: the guy who wrote all this songs for Schoolhouse Rock went to UNT.

This guy's got the right idea.

This!

Theirs does not even hold a candle to ours.

Cerebus, how is it you know the amazing things you do?

It sure does. Slightly envious. But this. Holy cow this.

Glad its an 'Exclusive'....

If and when I get to steal away from the Alumni Pavilion on game days, sure thing.

Orr's smile is infectious.

This is hilarious.

In the 1920s, income tax was drastically reduced to its lowest levels, and is widely considered a major contributing factor to the vast income inequality (sound familiar?) and then eventual collapse of our economy in the The Great Depression (also sounding close to recent history...). Afterwards, government reinstated the tax code in slightly different metrics, and over the course of the 50s, 60s, and some of the 70s, we roared back and became the world super power. Cut to recent history: after Reagan cuts taxes, we suddenly can't meet our commitments, deficit increases. Bush Sr. realizes this to a point and increases taxes a little, to much chastisement from his party. Clinton however, greatly increases and broadens the tax base mixed with balanced budgeting and boom. Surplus. Lots of economic growth. The greatest increase in private jobs ever. Dubya comes in and promises to vanquish all these new pesky taxes, implements his own set of cuts back to low levels. The results (also coupled with the deregulation of banks and housing lending - which did happen under Clinton, and caught up in '08) led to the Great Recession, spinning into joblessness and putting the country back into double digits of trillions in debt. History. And just as the Great Depression was not bested in even a decade, you are not going to see an immediate reversal of the recent damage done in four or five years. But! Obama's economic policies have certainly put a shift in the right direction towards recovery. Now, all that being said: of course there is a lot of government that needs to be cut, but there is a lot revenue lost from tax cuts that needs to come back as well. TL;DR summary: History does not support the notion that lower taxes equates to better jobs market or economy. In fact, the truth is in the opposite.

It's bad to be honest with voters? Yikes.

YOU CAN REWATCH GAMES ON ESPN3???

I might be alone in this, but I kinda want K-State to go all the way this year, perhaps undefeated.

What is life in the Sun Belt right now!? On to MUTS vs. ..... other muts.

All the SunBelt games this week have been awesome to watch.

Dang two gadget plays to end two football games within an hour of each other. Fun to watch.