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TUCK FEXAS!
Quote of the day by Brent Musburger during the OU/tx telecast: "Oklahoma has again proved its value, and I ask you ladies and gentlemen, why was texas favored coming into this game?"
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Well why don't you tell us how you really feel, Robyn?
Thursday, October 4, 2001

An open letter to texas fans…

I’m writing this entry knowing in advance there’s a slight chance it will never be seen by anyone. I am superstitious to the core. I am also a firm believer that trash-talking should not be done until it’s already been proven on the field. That said… If this is published, once again texas still sucks, and once again OU proved you to be the losers you are to a national audience. I can now “talk trash” – and I fully intend to do so. So if you think you can handle it, click the link to read more... If you can't, come back next week when my focus moves to Kansas.

[WARNING: Unladylike commentary ahead ]

I have never met a texas fan – in person – that I’ve liked. It amazes me that some of the “coolest” blogs online are by former ut grads. The graphics are amazing. The content keeps me comin' back for more each day. I truly enjoy their blogs, but I just don’t get it. Maybe OU is finally beating the stink out of texas students now that we’ve reached the 2000s…I’m not sure…but I stand by my original statement, which I shall now repeat. I have never met a texas fan – in person – that I’ve liked. It doesn’t surprise me one bit that the drunker half of the Bush twins chose Austin as her collegiate home. One went to Yale. One went to Austin. Ahhhh, Austin…where the alcohol flows freely and IQs are checked at the city limits…much like dear old dad when he ran for governor... [And much like #3 who thought it would be smart to down a punt on the 3-yard line today rather than let it roll into the endzone for a touch-back. His IQ matched his jersey number.] Oh yeah, she fits in there jus’ fine!

My freshman year at OU, my roommate and I drove down to Big-D for our very first OU/tx weekend. We sat in line overnight for the tickets – and being the young, naïve (and blonde) little freshman that we were – we really thought it would be the coolest weekend of our lives. Instead my roommate’s new car was broad-sided by a Suburban on our way to Commerce Street. (The last year such celebrations were held there due to riots incited by drunken texas fans that year, I might add.) The other vehicle’s occupants were barely sober, and gleefully hit us – and ran – as they chanted “OU Sucks” and did the dreaded “hook ‘em horns” sign. (They can’t even be original with that. Half of them use their pinky and thumb and don’t even realize Hawaii had it for “hang loose” first. But then again, what do I expect out of a school that borrowed their fight song from “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad"… At least OU had the smarts to borrow their fight song “Boomer Sooner” from other actual FIGHT SONGS!)

My second…and for now, final…OU/tx game was during my senior year at OU. The fact my best friend came down with a raging case of mono should have been my first clue to stay home. He was running about a 101-degree fever and the game was rainy and in the low 50s. Not exactly pleasant for either of us. And God-curse Gary Gibbs, he gave up yet another close score and let texas emerge victorious. On our way out of the Cotton Bowl, we were pelted with FULL beer cans by drunken texas students who were screaming all sorts of things unfit to print. I ended up with bruises the size of baseballs all over my back, arms and legs – and a nice drive back up to Oklahoma that night in freezing rain and sleet was our lovely parting gift.

OU could lose every game of the year, as far as I’m concerned, as long as we just beat the helloutta texas. My hatred of burnt orange goes beyond all rationality – beyond most people’s comprehension. In fact, when Todd and I were first married (before he saw the light and became a diehard Sooner gridiron fan as well), he couldn’t really understand why I hated texas so much. Or why, like Thelma and Louise, I would literally drive AROUND the state - rather than through it – if at all possible. Or why I absolutely REFUSED to ever live there. He couldn’t fathom why I considered every texas fan I’d come across in "real life" more of a Neanderthal than a representative of a fine institution of higher education. Now, after several years among the Sooner faithful, he knows. And now he shares my hatred and venom. We revel in it, actually. We're never given credit by texas fans. I will readily admit texas strengths and our weaknesses before the game. I will come right out and say the game will be close (other than last year's drawers-droppin' 63-14 score). We don't get the same respect in return -- even when we've earned it. All we get is trash-talkin' in return. Well at a time to put up or shut up, guess who put up!

So if you’re actually reading this – OU has once again made my year and kicked the ever-living shit out of those wastes-of-space in Austin. Bevo is (yet again) what’s for dinner. And if I died today, there’d be a texas-sized big-ass grin across my face. Boomer Sooner! Tuck Fexas! Sooner football is back baby...and it's here to stay. GET USED TO IT!
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Hook THIS!
I think it's fair to say that Chris Simms is OKLAHOMA's bitch. I also think it's fair to say that perhaps the author of pie in the sky might want to stick to letting Miss Cleo make her game-predictions in the future... (From her blog yesterday): "It's the weekend, finally. And it couldn't have come any sooner.....And speaking of Sooners- GO TEXAS! BEAT THE HELL OUTTA ou!!! Sadly, I know some people (http://www.tobynopoly.com/blog/) who are going to be very sad indeed tomorrow. In honor of the ass-whuppin (that's a technical term) that the Mighty Horns will deliver to the lowly sooners, I leave you with this.....ou Sucks." (posted at 8:37-ish pm CST, October 5th) Ironically, we're just not sad at all... Four interceptions thrown by Chris Simms. What "list" of his was that on, btw? Mighty? Ass-whuppin? We didn't even do it with our starting QB. Boomer Sooner!
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Hey Corso -- UP YOURS!
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! Corso just picked texas! Boomer Sooner!
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Sooner spirit
Got my tootsies painted tonight and my feet are Crimson and Cream now! Kickoff is just under 15 hours away...aaaack...
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Time-honored tradition
The clock just hit midnight and the calendar turned to October 6th. OU/tx day is finally upon us. (Hey Corso -- UP YOURS!) In honor of gameday, we plan to hold-fast to the time honored tradition of "you win, you drink -- you lose, you drink more"! BOOMER SOONER -- GO OU!
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Have Martha plan your wedding
The Wedding List and Martha Stewart Weddings are having a contest where the Martha Stewart Weddings experts will plan your wedding in Puerto Rico, and your wedding will air on the Martha Stewart Living television show. There are also 3 runner-up prizes for a week-long honeymoon in Puerto Rico. For more information, visit the official contest site!
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Hi Chel!
You knew I would Chel... Make sure to go check out the cute wedding/marriage cartoon over at girlandgeek.com!
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Vehhhhhry scary!
I just finished putting up all of the Halloween lights, decorations, signs, etc. I'm in such a great mood knowing that the constant-decorating time of year is finally here!
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cityscape
We just had three "cityscapes" added to the cityscape project -- one for Philadelphia, one for New York City, and one for Tampa. Dawn has a great series just-added there for Chicago, too!
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Anthrax
Yeah, yeah...I know they say not to worry yet...but would you worry knowing Atta had lived near your community, and 13 of the suspected 19 hijackers had FL drivers licenses? Sigh...
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FADADA
Earlier this week, the OU RUF/NEKS (those crazy cats that drive the Sooner Schooner) carried out the tradition of painting the South Oval at OU. It's the most...wonderful time...of the year...
GO OU -- BEAT THE HELL OUTTA texas!

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Getaway Weddings
Got a new advertiser for "Wholly Matrimony!" tonight...make sure to check 'em out! They're doing a survey on whether or not the events of 9-11 changed wedding or honeymoon plans.
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Red cheeks!
Ok...this seriously has to be the best Google search yet to direct someone to this blog: "pic of my butt cheeks hanging out"
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Bunny Does it Better
Discovered a new and hillarious read today that I want to pass along for all of my single friends going through the sometimes humorous, sometimes not, trials and tribulations of dating (and for my married friends that just want a good blog-stop). Make sure to check it out!
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To quote Monica..."I KNOW!"
I'd just like the record to show... (don't click if you're on the west coast and haven't seen "Friends" yet!) I'm so happy I got it right!
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The Hooker Union
This one is courtesy of my dear husband: Prostitutes in Amsterdam are forming their own trade union. What will the demands be? No spike heels taller than 4" unless Dr. Scholl's pads are provided? Fishnet stockings on Saturday nights only? Silk rather than satin sheets? Every 10th VD test is free? The possibilities are endless I guess...but I don't even wanna know how the strikes get settled!
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Stars and Stripes Forever
Just heard this on the news and thought it was pretty cool... Remember that flag that was raised over the WTC in that famous photo similar to Iwo Jima? Ever wonder where it went? Today it was raised atop the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt on its way to the Middle East.
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Could this week get any longer?
I have that same "I'm about to hurl" nervous-nausea brewing up that I used to get before every big softball game back in junior high. And before every big game during "Big Red October" that OU played last year. Yes, I darn-near puked before we left for the Nebraska game, and did toss my cookies before the Orange Bowl. So sue me. I'm Sooner born and Sooner bred and when I die I'll be a Sooner dead. I'm serious about football. (Hell, I graduated from OU over six years ago now, and I still can't bring myself to capitalize the word texas. No true Sooner can, IMHO.) And now the OU/tx hype has hit the media...there's no turning back...no matter how much Sooners want to cling to the numbers 63-14. No matter how much our stomachs churn with anticipation, and dare I say "fear" at the potential of this year's outcome -- texas is steeled and out for revenge for the whoopin' they took at OU's hands last year. We all know that. Revenge is a deadly weapon to have in your arsenol. Brent Musburger boldy stated on the national telecast last year that "the eyes of texas have been blackened". Every major sports publication is declaring it's time for texas to put up or shut up -- and prove they're more than hype. texas hasn't had a national championship since 1969, and this year is their best shot. And it all begins -- or hopefully ends -- against OU on Saturday... Here's a little more on the storied rivalry from the ESPN Classic website:

"For the last 72 years, the OU-tx game in Dallas has been part Mardi Gras and part Super Bowl. It is one of the rare games still played at a neutral site, the others being Army-Navy and Georgia-Florida. During my years as a newspaperman and talk show host, I covered seventeen Super Bowls -- four of those in New Orleans. OU-tx has the feel of a Super Bowl because the city is commandeered by the fans the night before the game, and the crowd on Saturday afternoon is split straight down the middle, one half burnt orange and the other half crimson.....

.....Saturday, Oklahoma enters the game with the longest winning streak in the nation at 17 games. The Sooners are ranked No. 3 and the Longhorns No. 5. It is the biggest game of the year to date in college football and will go a long way in determining one of the representatives at the BCS title game in the Rose Bowl.

Now that Bob Stoops has resurrected a dynasty in Norman, and Mack Brown's unmatched recruiting has produced a national power once more in Austin, OU-tx again is at front and center.

But without the spark provided by the rollicking weekend in Dallas, this rivalry would not be America's best. With apologies to Army-Navy, Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan, Florida-Georgia, Florida State-Miami, USC-UCLA and USC-Notre Dame, the season's most compelling game and the game's greatest rivalry, still belongs to Dallas."

Can someone please pass the Pepcid AC?
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The wrong "boomer"
Another strange search term bring people to my site: "baby boomer women pics" -- I'm not even sure I want to know why!
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Do I have a twin?
Well I'm a little late to the party, but I joined the blog twinning project, too -- and of course I remembered to wear my dancin' shoes!
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In just three short minutes
Here's my attempt at a "three minute blog"... I think one of the best things about this time of year is seeing all the Halloween candy lining the store aisles. Just for an instant, when you look up at candy piled up on shelves a good five feet above your head, you can feel like a kid again. I may be too old to trick-or-treat, but I'm never too old to go, "Look! Atomic Fireballs! Oooh -- here are the Smartees! Whoo hoo -- Nerds and Poprocks. Where are the Lifesaver lollipops? Three bucks for a bag of M&M's? You have got to be kidding me!" Ok, that last one is my jolt back into adulthood...but there's nothing like filling up the candy dish at the beginning of each October and feeling no guilt whatsoever as you munch away. Calories don't count between October first and January second. That's my point and I'm sticking to...(beep!)
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Bevo...it's what's for dinner!

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It's a girl!
Tara and Tommy just found out today that they're having a little girl! Many congrats -- we are literally just tickled pink!
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Eeeeep!
Is there any form of travel that's SAFE anymore?!?
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Fall
As much as I've been shivering under the covers at night, I'm actually kind of sad our temps are going back up into the upper 80s tomorrow or Friday. This is one of those mornings where it just "feels" like fall -- and we rarely get that at this time of year in Florida. Looking out the window, it just seems like such a perfect day...if only the leaves would turn...
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Three minute blog
The Three Minute Blog...might be interesting to try tomorrow when I'm a lot more coherant!
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Sooner Blogger
Found another former OU student blogger... Looks like we have a lot of the same musical tastes. The "about" page says they hung out with the Flaming Lips and the Chainsaw Kittens back in high school. Ahhhh...those were the days! Little known Robyn fact -- I was in a Chainsaw Kittens video that aired on MTV's Alternative Nation on some random Tuesday night back in late '92 or early '93. I was "blink or you'll miss her girl #12 in the crowd". Didn't know the band...my friend Hillary did and I just looked like a good band ho' I guess... LOL!
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Lingerie Contest?
Whoever ended up at my site searching for lingere contest photos must have been sorely disappointed to find it was actually wedding dress contest photos instead!
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Thanks Christine!
Once again, Christine pulls through and finds the best site I've seen all day! The Stay-Puffed Marshmellow Man darn-near caused a spit-take!
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Just call me Mrs. Fix-It
I just caught a glitch with the cookie that will remember your name/e-mail/URL in the comments pop-up (if you check the box to remember your info and don't want to type everything out each time). It's all fixed -- "I think!" -- so if you've been having troubles with it, you might try again.
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Think Pink!
Did you notice that the Yahoo search engine went pink? It's all a part of the "Go Pink - Fight Against Breast Cancer" campaign. Pink would probably severely clash here, but I'll make one of my other sites pink tomorrow...
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Oh Mr. Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon...
Did you have trouble sleeping last night (since most of you will be reading this come Tuesday)? Dennis the weather guy just said that the full Harvest Moon tonight is one of the brightest of the year -- and it's one of the worst "wives tale" causes for insomnia. I don't need any more help with that, thankyouverymuch. But he told everyone to get outside and bask in the chilly moonlight (we're dropping in the FIFTIES up here tonight - two degrees shy of the record low on this date - and our water temps dropped 10-degrees in one week!), so we're going to do just that before heading off to bed... It's one of the rare Harvest Moons in the month of October -- hope you didn't miss it!
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au revoir
MSNBC is reporting that Mademoiselle Magazine is leaving the shelves. That was one of my favorite reads during college...hate to see it go!
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Can't cry hard enough
This one is thanks to Christine... It's beautiful -- just be sure to have a Kleenex handy!
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Font request
Font Hunt: I'm looking for two fonts and hope you can help! The first is called Cezanne, but unfortunately there are two versions of this font with the same name. The version I'm on the hunt for has the green 'thumbs up' (as shown by clicking here). The one I already have, but don't want, has the red 'thumbs down' (as shown by clicking here). The other font I'm looking for is called Arid. If you can help, you'll have my undying love and devotion!
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Sears Tower Attack?
Our local ABC news affiliate is reporting on the noon news that extensive diagrams of the Sears Tower (in Chicago) were found on 5 people arrested in the midwest for obtaining fake hazardous materials driving licenses. They are speculating that the Sears Tower was going to be targeted for a biological attack, and that the FBI may have thwarted it. It's getting to where you can't watch the news anymore... Here's a related article on the abcnews.com website.
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Say it ain't so
I'm watching the "Sing Along Songs" mini-infomercial for the umpteenth time and cringing... Is it possible to ask your child to skip that whole Barney + John Jacob Jingleheimerschmit phase and go straight to Kids in the Hall and the Beastie Boys? I can't imagine that CD on continuous loop... I hope "but wait...there's more..." includes a straight jacket!
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And the winner is...
Can you believe it's October already?!? With a new month, comes new monthly winners...so without further adieu... The October 2001 Dress of the Month, the October 2001 Destination Wedding of the Month (Marne and Steve in Maui), and the October 2001 Destination Wedding Article of the Month (Atlantic City Valentine's Weddings). Now...I sleep...
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Ta-dah!
Finally...it's time to launch the Dress Contest 2001! It's is the 4th year for the annual Dress Contest. I can't wait to see how many entries we get this year. I don't expect the numbers to be as high as 2000's, but then again, I'm always pleasantly surprised. If you know someone that just got married, give 'em a bit of peer-pressure to submit their dress!
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Pasta Milano
Here's the recipe for Macaroni Grill Pasta Milano.
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Go J-Lo!
Looks like Jennifer Lopez got married again over the weekend. Check out her dress -- absolutely stunning! Wonder if I could get her to enter the Dress Contest? (Added: Another MSNBC article with full-dress shot.)
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Brrrrrrrrr...
It got COLD here last night! Well...cold for Florida anyway. It dipped into the low 60s and we were shivering so bad we went and jumped in the hot tub at 2 a.m. It's in the low 70s right now and the house is still freezing. No, I don't want to hear how you had frost on your windshield last night and are in sweaters under blankets. You're killing my buzz! Let me pretend it's cold & fall-like as I burn my punkin'-scented candle. No, seriously.
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Windows of Hope
Here's another great way to help out with the September 11th relief funds...as seen on FoodTV... "On the night of Thursday, October 11, you can join this effort by dining in a participating restaurant across the US. At least 10 percent of the evening's proceeds will be donated to the fund by each restaurant." For more information, and to see a list of participating restaurants near you, visit Windows of Hope. Pass it on!
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A Claire and a smile...
Here's a little something to start your Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY off with a smile... Todd is currently 0-1 in these matches.
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