DKR Memorial Stadium (2200 Robert Dedman)
Robbery: Several UT staff members, faculty, students, and Texas Ex's discovered a fraction of a percentage point had been taken and was transported across state lines. The percentage point was discovered north of the Red River at the campus of another Big 12 South University.

Heh. So, didja hear Mike Leach's proposed tie-breaker? He thinks the team with the highest graduation percentage should go. Hmmm...I'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that Tech's graduation rate is quite a bit higher than the rates reported by Texas and OU. Right?

She did not abruptly change the station, by the way.

I ran my three blogs through the page and got the following results:

• My main page (the one you're now reading): We guess http://www.joanna.org/ is written by a man (53%), however it's quite gender neutral.
• My Longhorn baseball page: We think http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/ is written by a man (68%).
• My photo page: We think http://www.joanna.org/photobox/ is written by a woman (71%).

Heh heh.

Dad: "How was your day?"

Boy: "Good."

Dad: "What did you do today?"

Boy: "We had too much fun!

Dad (laughing): "Too much fun? You probably shouldn't do that."

Boy (sounding very puzzled): "Why not?"

And, that was all I heard. 'Made me smile.

Main Building (#1 South Mall)
Fraudulent Use of or Possession of Identification: A non-UT subject reported a UT student had obtained her Social Security number in order to receive fraudulent financial aid loans. During the investigation, the officer learned that the victim knows the suspect, as the victim gave birth to the suspect 19 years ago. Loss value: $40,000.00. Discovered: October 2008.

And, then they gave a tip about checking your credit history. But, my main point is this: wow.

T.S. Painter Hall (103 West 24th Street)
Burglary: An unknown subject(s) entered a 3rd floor room and caused damage to a computer security system in what appeared to be an obvious attempt to steal the computer. A security alarm system was activated and aided in the prevention of the theft. Repair cost: $35.00. Occurred on 09/27/08 at 1:50 p.m.

So...was it an apparent theft attempt or an obvious theft attempt? 'Cause I don't think it can really be both. Can it?

UPDATE. Here are some truly horrifying images. I do hope all the people in those homes evacuated before Ike made landfall.

She and Dad are in New Mexico so I won't get to give her a proper birthday hug 'til sometime late in October. So far, she reports that it's been a good day. She's got a web page and a blog (!) so go check 'em out.

'Love you, Mom!

200 East 24th Street
Leaving the Scene Collision: A parked and unattended silver 2004 Honda was struck in the left quarter panel. The driver of the striking vehicle did not leave identifying information. At the time of the report, a 1988 Honda was found parked to the left of the struck vehicle. The 1988 Honda had fresh damage to its right front quarter panel. The damage to the 1988 Honda matched in height, extent of damage and paint color transfer to the damage on the 2004 Honda. We in law enforcement call this a clue. The owner of the 1988 Honda did not recall striking the 2004 Honda, but could not account for the fresh damage on his vehicle. Reported on 08/29/08 at 3:20 p.m.

"We in law enforcement call this a clue." Heh heh. You don't suppose the driver of the 1988 Honda was somehow "impaired" when he parked said Honda...do you?

... Insert pause while I look into the situation ...

Okay. I'm back. It's from a compilation I must've bought a few years ago (release date 2000) called "Heart of Soul" (Amazon link). Now that is an entertaining collection of songs. In more ways than one. 'Wonder why I bought it?

Anyway.

As soon as the song finished, my iPod presented me with "Crazy Love" by Lacy J. Dalton. Same song. Drastically different version. Heh heh.

And, I remembered that this had happened to me before. So, I went looking. Yep: last September. I ended up having four versions of "I Walk the Line" back then. I just looked through my iPod and found that I have three versions of "Crazy Love"...the two I already mentioned and one by Ray Charles with Van Morrison. Cool.

PS: Happy Birthday, Dad. Remakes of songs apparently prompt me to post on or near one of my parents' birthday. Odd coinky-dink, that.

A note about the change. I did my best to keep the general feel of the page the same. And, I spent way too much time between Friday and Sunday moving all the old content into the Movable Type database. Almost everything was moved over. There were a few posts that made no sense so they didn't survive the switch. I'd linked to something and made a comment that no longer had any context. In those cases, the link was dead and the comment gave little clue to as to why I'd linked. So, I ended up ditching those posts...there were only two or three of 'em. It was funny to me to see the ruts I got into.

So, welcome. And, let me know if you notice anything that doesn't work or doesn't make sense.

Oh. One more thing. No comments. That's a deliberate choice on my part. This is a personal page. I rarely post anything that warrants a comment. Feel free to drop me a line if you want to say something to me about something I post. My email address appears at the bottom of every post (click on my name) and is at the top of the right-hand column on the main page. My photo and baseball blogs are much more likely to warrant comments from time to time (especially the baseball blog) but, quite frankly, I'm not much interested in "fostering community" or carrying on a conversation here. Nor do I have the energy to monitor a comment section. So, no comments.

Onward.

It's the story of a woman who emigrated to the US from Sweden in 1938. There are only a few entries so far. But it's already quite a tale. Start from the first entry and see if you don't want more by the time you get to the end.

I've never purchased anything remotely resembling any of these things (well, I have purchased software but never anything for Windows). And, there's nothing like these on my wish list. And, I cannot remember browsing around the Amazon site looking at things like these. That's all of the items, as well. Usually, there are at least 6 or 7 items listed. Does Amazon just have a huge inventory of grills and trash hideaways? It just struck me as odd...odd that there was nothing on the list actually having anything to do with me. On "my" special discount list. Ah well...

Trinity Parking Garage (1815 Trinity Ave.)
Burglary of Motor Vehicle / Criminal Mischief / Evading: A UT police officer discovered a non-UT subject attempting to gain entrance into a red Dodge truck that was parked on the 3rd level of the garage. When the suspect saw the officer, he took off running. According to several witnesses, the suspect used "cat-like reflexes" and jumped from the 2nd level to the ground level and continued running. With the speed of a gazelle, the officer gave chase and was able to take the suspect into custody. During the investigation, the officer soon learned that the suspect had burglarized a tan Kia and had removed an iPod mini. The suspect was charged with Burglary of Motor Vehicle / Criminal Mischief / Evading after being transported to Central Booking. Occurred on: 7-29-08, at 9:30 AM.

The "cat-like reflexes" thing made me laugh. Several witnesses reported "cat-like relexes"...several of them. Heh heh. And, then the officer was quick like a gazelle. Oh my. Sorry I missed it all.