Wooooooo hoooooooooo! *happy chair dance* Congratulations Astros! I'm no big-time sports fan but I'm thrilled for all us Houstonians. After a summer of sorrow and difficulty, we have something to cheer over.

Interesting juxtaposition to my impression that I'm not Texan enough for my company. My boss, grand-boss, and several other folk are in town for S.N.A.M.E. and first the boss wanted to arrange for everyone to attend a rodeo. I didn't know, offhand, where the closest rodeo this week is. Then today I had trouble coming up with a "Texas experience" restaurant. We ended up at the Rainbow Lodge. I was tempted to take out my Stetson for the dinner...but decided that perhaps the humor might not translate into German. One of these days I will have to break down and acquire a pair of cowboy boots.