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Tropical Storm Hermione Blasts Central Texas

Brian Combs — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:59 +0000

I always knew she was up to no good.

Thoughts on Texas-Rice

Brian Combs — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:10:12 +0000

Texas beat Rice 34-17 in a game that was both not as close and closer than it seemed. The Owls slugged it out with the Longhorns, making a respectable appearance and never quite being put away completely. On the other hand, the Longhorns dropped two Pick-Six interceptions and fumbled a punt reception. Two of these directly translated into touchdowns for Rice, leading to a swing of 28 points.

The offense is a work in progress. Gilbert seems to understand his…

Preview: Texas Longhorns Offense

Brian Combs — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:39:07 +0000

In three days, the Texas Longhorns football season opens, and the Garrett Gilbert era begins. While we received a taste of what he brings in the National Championship Game against Alabama, Gilbert has now been working as the starting quarterback since spring practice, and has an offense designed around his traditional, drop-back-quarterback, strengths.

But make no mistake, the Longhorn season rides on the shoulders of Gilbert’s 6′ 4″ frame.

With the departure of Sherrod Harris from the team, true…

SFC Farmers Market at Sunset Valley

Brian Combs — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:00:25 +0000

Austin loves a farmers market. There must be a dozen or more around the greater Austin area alone. These markets focus on locally grown, and often sustainable, food and other products.

The Wife and I have been to several of the Austin-area markets and this morning we decided to make the trek down to south Austin for the SFC Farmers Market at Sunset Valley. SFC also runs the markets downtown (on 4th) and in the Triangle, and is supposed to…

Iliza Shlesinger in Austin, Texas

Brian Combs — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:32:22 +0000

The Wife and I returned to Cap City Comedy Club last night, this time to see Iliza Shlesinger. Iliza is the most recent winner, first female winner, and youngest winner of Last Comic Standing. She’s also appeared on the roundtable on Chelsea Lately. It seems that the Wife and I discover most comics there lately.

Her style is a mix of observational humor and physical comedy, and I can see why she won Last Comic Standing. She is absolutely…

Astrophotography: Venus and Mars Convergence

Brian Combs — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:28:49 +0000

The last few weeks, Venus has been bright in the sky in the early evening, as it chases the sun in the solar plane. Tonight (and the last few nights), Mars joined Venus to its upper right, and I caught a few pictures as it dipped below the neighbor’s roof.

Once they were our of sight, I turned to the south and caught the rising, nearly-full Moon.

Tech Notes: All pictures taken with a Nikon D200 and a Sigma 50-500mm…

John Caparulo in Austin, Texas

Brian Combs — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:13:41 +0000

The Wife and I went to see John Caparulo at the Cap City Comedy Club last night. John has appeared on Craig Kilborn, The Tonight Show, Blue Comedy Tour: The Next Generation, and a half-hour special on Comedy Central. But the WIfe and I know him for his regular appearances on the Round Table on Chelsea Lately.

There were a pair of warm up acts. both of which has some funny material and some that was not so funny. About…

Texas Longhorns Open Practice Photos

Brian Combs — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:12:50 +0000

I made it out to DKR-TMS Thursday evening for the Texas Longhorns second open practice. Of course, I took a few pictures.

The big takeaway from the practice was the reminder that Garrett Gilbert has a cannon. The pleasant surprise was that his timing with the receivers was quite good. If we can muster anything resembling a decent running game, the offense will be in good shape.

Technical Notes: All pictures taken with my Nikon D200 with the Nikkor 300mm…

2010 Longhorn Football Players on Twitter

Brian Combs — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:40:52 +0000

As the social network Twitter continues its growth, more and more current Longhorn players are joining. Below is a list of the 2010 Texas Longhorns I could find on Twitter. Let me know who I'm missing (or if any of these are fake).

Hilary Duff is a Texas Longhorns Fan

Brian Combs — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:55:24 +0000

I discovered this little picture when searching PicApp for a Texas Longhorns picture to use on an upcoming blog post. The Longhorn Nation reaches quite far...