Red zone defense

I measure my fall semesters by athletic events--fall head races (rowing), the college football season (it's weekly), and the NBA (got sucked into a fantasy league again).  Time has passed by so quickly this semester, leaving no time to enjoy the warm weather while projects and finals loom. Shoot, when ARE finals anyway?  Too soon.

The highs are still in the 70s (degF) here. It's not cold enough to fire up the fireplace, which does disappoint me.  On the other hand, I'm not freezing my face and hands off when I bike into campus.  Also, not having a functioning car anymore is a bummer because when you go out, you're at the mercy of the driver as to when you get back home.  Case in point, I wasn't able to do anything in the lab earlier this weekend.  Maybe that's not a bad deal.  The project was finished on time, thankfully.

Texas had a great game against A&M last night, and I was there for it.  In fact, I was at just about every home game this season.  It's been a great series of games, and I'm glad I was able to catch a lot of it with my newest toy, a Nikon D40x.  I hope Texas manages to play for the "national championship"...this team of underrated players, more than the sum of its parts, surely deserves it.  (Stanford needs to improve next season--Oregon and UCLA, anyone?  Defense gave up last-second touchdowns to lose...)  Thanksgiving is over, so the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas erg challenge is on.  Haven't started. I'll get there eventually...200,000 meters isn't that much, is it?