Daily Archives: February 17, 2003

Ah, fame

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Via Mark Evanier, I see that some crazy college kids in Baytown (about 30 miles east of Houston) wanted to set a world record on February 1 by gathering the most people ever wearing Groucho Marx noses and glasses in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I love it when you’re snarky

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I have to admit, when the Chron‘s Cragg Hines gets snarky he can be quite entertaining. Take this piece on Tom DeLay’s strongarm tactics to force the Lege into taking up congressional redistricting: The last time I wrote about Tom … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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There ain’t no such thing as a free tuition

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Oooh, this one’s gonna sting: The state of Texas may have to renege on promises to pay college tuition for eligible students: An estimated 5,000 students would be denied free college tuition promised to them by the state because of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Just call me Coach

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I’m still not exactly sure how this happened, but some time over the weekend, I got talked into coaching a Little League baseball team. One of Tiffany’s coworkers (John) is a head honcho in a league in his neighborhood (which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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