Memorial-Alice basketball updates
The Memorial Lady Vipers are set to play their first home game of the season tonight against Alice at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Vipers come in with a 2-0 record after wins over Gregory-Portland and Round Rock McNeil. Memorial's junior ...

Can you help with this unique request?
Don Smith, a 70-year-old Victoria retiree, called me tonight with a question I’ve never received. "Where the heck can I find one of those wire-metal strainers? I got a concoction for garlic, but I need to strain the juice away ...

Cross Training is encouraged
Today was my first cross-training day, since going back into training and my first baby booties, beginner's bootcamp, at the Healthplex. Let me tell you it KICKED my butt. I thought I was in shape and then we started drills, ...

Anybody kicking the habit?
Anyone going to the Great American Smokeout 2009? I'd like to know your story. If you are going to try and quit smoking, please reply to this blog, contact me at 361-580-6504 or send an e-mail with your contact information ...

Texting can be a pain in the neck
Text messaging is a pain. And no, I'm not talking about the pain that is trying to tap out a message to a friend and have the resulting text look like something from a word jumble. Or how about when ...

Looking for the biggest "Twilight" fans...
Unless you've been living under a rock the past couple months, chances are you've probably heard that the latest movie in the Twilight series, "New Moon," comes out this Friday (chances are also good you heard it via a screaming ...

How can we build trust by engaging our audience?
I'm honored to attend the Reynolds Journalism Institute's ethics and values forum this week at the University of Missouri. For two days, journalists and educators from across the country will be discussing ways to maintain and build the public trust ...

Jaguars set softball schedule
UHV Softball Schedule February Saturday 13 vs. San Jacinto College (DH), 2 p.m. Friday 19 @ Cowtown Classic, Dallas, TBA Saturday 20 @ Cowtown Classic, Dallas, TBA Saturday 27 @ LSUA Tournament, TBA Sunday 28 @ LSUA Tournament, TBA March ...

Hitting the pavement
I'm so excited! Tomorrow I run for the first time really in 2-3 weeks. It begins my half marathon training, but I'm still plagued with how much to run and if my lungs will seize up. After a stress fracture ...

Running in the 'winter'
I recently moved to Victoria. And I do mean recently, as of last week I was in northeastern North Carolina, where I had yes, already used my heater for a couple of days. Gray clouds graced the sky more than ...