Here in the land of Aggie news, we are aware of what we call "the maroon bubble." That is, some news is really familiar to those of us living/working around campus, but we realize not all Aggies may actually hear about it if they live outside the bubble. So here are three Aggies whom, if... Continue Reading →
A sparkly cocktail suitable for all formal Aggie occasions. Seniors may garnish with a dainty curl of lemon peel. 🙂 Proportions are One part Chambord liqueur (black raspberry liqueur) Four parts pomegranate juice Six parts champagne
Lucky's in the news because he got hit by a car yesterday -- a university staffer took him to a vet but he didn't survive, the UNT Staff Senate said on Twitter. But there is hope! Central Track delved further to find that UNT has *plural* albino squirrels, since at least 2000. The first was named Thelonious,... Continue Reading →
The terrific "Corps of Cadets Moms Updates" blog does a great job of mixing events, news and useful info. Here, republished with the blogger's permission, is a list she compiled of "stuff you can do on a non-football weekend." (I'm quoting the list directly, so modify "your cadet" to "your student" or "your friends" as needed!)... Continue Reading →
Don't wait - your vote in the Texas primary can count much more than in November. Texas can affect presidential races, most Texas statewide races are settled in primaries and a lot fewer people vote. The Brazos County polls close at 8 p.m. Friday for early voting in this presidential primary. Let's do this! Any... Continue Reading →
This animation of a "walking" protein inside a cell is going viral, and I became briefly obsessed with figuring out what's going on here. Behavior that looks conscious and deliberate can't, of course, be deliberate or conscious at the subcellular level. It's just as fascinating, though. What it is: A kinesin protein hauling a vesicle... Continue Reading →
Sinatra's life makes an interesting way to look at 20th-century America. Just this famous mugshot shows things have changed a bit since 1938: The charge is seducing a single female of good repute. He was born in 1915 and died in 1998. Crowds screamed for him two decades before the Beatles. The documentary "Sinatra: All or Nothing at All" grounds young Sinatra in an America where race... Continue Reading →
This isn't a Dr Pepper smoothie, of course, because the ingredients in Dr Pepper are secret, right? (See below.) But it is a quite good smoothie that soothes my Dr Pepper cravings. 1 cup pomegranate-cherry juice, chilled 2 cups nonfat vanilla yogurt 1 cup frozen fruit -- H-E-B cherry/blueberry/currant mix 1 cup frozen fruit -- H-E-B... Continue Reading →
Glitter is sharp and bright and contains movement -- like the quick trip of its two syllables set apart by sharp little t's. One-syllable blink and wink are slow, but have movement, whether it's your eyes or a light doing the winking and blinking (though its pace picks up when it becomes a repeated/ongoing action,... Continue Reading →
http://youtu.be/UCBEA4aI0eU Got a chance to crawl around inside the type of bomber my grandfather flew, a B-24 Liberator, today as several Collings Foundation aircraft visited our town. America's most-produced plane of World War II, these heavy bombers typically dropped 5,000-pound loads of explosives deep behind enemy lines across Europe and in every theater. B-24s were... Continue Reading →
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