Houston

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Town Sees 1st White Christmas in 86 Years. White Christmas in Houston as well. Pales in comparison to a northeastern snow, but it’s pretty impressive for a city that hasn’t seen snow in decades… Merry Christmas!

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What a great weekend… Long lost friends rediscovered, quality time with the parents, good food, and warm winter weather. Even Sunday football became an afterthought. As I departed for the airport yesterday morning, I watched a duck cross the street in our peaceful neighborhood.

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Back to Rice this weekend for my first Homecoming since graduation. Such an old fart.

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Well, that didn’t take long at all. The AA-Ebay exchange rate is down to 0.5 pts/mile. BTW, the deadline to submit ticket requests for the 2004 Super Bowl (Houston) is this weekend.

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Since people often react with such profound disbelief when I point out that Houston is the 4th largest city in the U.S., I had to look it up again. Folks, Boston and D.C. aren’t even close…

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Yow… Enron quote from the NY Times: An Enron worker in corporate headquarters in Houston said massive layoffs were expected Monday — “thousands upon thousands of people” — and a bankruptcy filing was likely Tuesday.