Posts and Concrete

The framing is almost done. Then the decking material can go up. To see more pics of this stage, click HERE

Again, big thanks to Austin Wholesale Decking for all their help, and to Mike Toupin for design and buliding assistance.

Deck time

The deck is coming along. Thanks to Mike Toupin, Donovan, and Steve for getting us off to a great start.

Check out more photos on the station website - LINK

A ton of thanks to Z and the guys at Austin Wholesale Decking (Website ; 512-834-1200)

Texas Stadium Implosion

Here's a link to theview from the NBC 5 chopper. Good stuff - LINK

Happy Birthday Texas

The state of my birth turns 174 today. We'll talk about it on the show. Call 512-542-3376 and leave us "things you love about Texas" on the Driveby. Also, Geoff will be live at Longhorn practice at 4,5, and 6.

Hot Curling Pics

Oh yes there is a Women of Curling calendar. Here are links to pics. Treat as NSFW http://tinyurl.com/yd4qus7; http://tinyurl.com/ydvvq8v

Do You Think I'm Sexy?

Yes I do, Cheryl. This is the captain of the Canadian Women's Curling team, Cheryl Bernard. I had never really watched a lot of curling, but when a certain friend of mine says "You gotta turn to channel __", it usually leads me to some form of hot woman. Ding, ding. I can't watch Men's Curling. It does nothing for me. But Women's Curling has a sexy aspect that I can only compare to volleyball. I want to watch women do it. I don't want to watch men do it. The sexiness of Curling comes from the positions they have to get into to do it, and the things they yell at each other while competing. Before you dismiss it guys, just watch.

Here's a link to more Cheryl photos - LINK
Pay special attention to the one of her naked with a brush from behind. I need to find that calendar.

If you find more pics, please let me know. I am now officially obsessed.

Tiger...Oh My

Lots of opinions on the show today as you can imagine. We got a female perspective from Samantha Steele of Fox Sports, and she really pulled no punches. It was good stuff. Check it out here - LINK

So a couple thoughts. Obviously he should have answered questions. For me that's a given. So today must be discussed with that in mind. First, I think Tiger did what he had to do. He fell on the sword. He took the blame. He didn't say other athletes have done it. He did not hide behind the word "addiction". He said things athletes usually don't say in those situations. He said he cheated, felt entitled, and thought he lived by different rules. I thought all that was good. He said he let people down. He said he let kids down. He owned it.

The questionable stuff - 1) I'm not sure if telling a largely Christian country that you are Buddhist is the best idea, but it did give us a bit of a window into how he is dealing with it. Religion helps people cope with many things. If it helps him, great. I think that one may have been for his mom as well. 2) I agree in principle to his attack of the media, I just wouldn't have gone there today. Save that one for Barbara Walters, or Bryant Gumbel, or Oprah. Of course it's wrong that the paparazzi follows his daughter to school, but don't poke that bear. You need that bear to be friendly. That bear is going to live in your bushes for a while. Plus, as a guest pointed out today, is Tiger in a position to tell someone what's ethical right now? Still, trying to protect Elin and the kids from that can't look bad in her eyes. Which brings us to the main point of today, Elin.

She will decide where this goes now. Can she actually forgive all that he has done? He cheated with multiple women, lied about it, only came clean when he got caught, and, if you believe a porn star, may have impregnated one of those women on multiple occasions. That would mean he opened his marriage up to not only destruction and ridicule, but possibly put his wife's health at risk. Wow. If she walks, you can hardly blame her. The issue will be about redemption. Do you think it exists? We had a couple female callers today take the "once a cheater, always a cheater" stance. If you believe he has lied before and will lie again, her choice is simple. But what if he can change? Is that possible? Can you go from 14 women on the side (allegedly) to Ward Cleaver in a couple months? And can you resist the temptation if you do go back out on tour? Elin has a lot to process.

Now to the one thing that is not getting lots of talk, the camera issue. About 9 minutes into the speech, the camera goes dark. Then, when the picture returns, instead of the face on shot you had, it's now off to the side to Tiger's left. This changed a few things. #1 - It changed the rest of the speech. He couldn't "look us in the eye" anymore even though he thought he still was. When he asked the media to leave his wife and kids alone, he thought he was looking right in the camera. He wasn't. It kind of distracted from the message. #2 - The angle change brought his mother into play. I did not even know she was there until then. Can you imagine having to give that speech in front of Mom? So for the last 4 minutes, we see her reactions. I'm sure she did not realize this. Lots of people have talked about how she did not look at Tiger. That's not an issue if camera 1 had come back on. And #3 -It gave hawk eyes the angle to see he was not wearing a wedding ring, adding another side story. It's funny how many stories you can create out of a camera angle. Oh, and to the people in charge of that camera, you really couldn't get it working again for 4 minutes? What happened, did Ernie Els sneak in and destroy it? Come on tech folks. Help a Tiger out.

Lastly, I wonder how sex addiction treatment works. You can't go cold turkey. You have to have sex. You just have to change your thoughts about sex. That's if Elin takes him back. What if she doesn't? If you're married, is it sex addiction, and if you're single, is it just being Derek Jeter? Maybe it's like food addiction. You have to eat, but you have to change the way you deal with food. I don't know. I'll leave that to the experts. Best of luck to Tiger and Elin as they try to do what's right for their kids.

And on a personal note, there are now 2 things I know I do better than Tiger Woods...giving and receiving high 5's and being a faithful husband. Scoreboard.