Most sports fans in Houston have shamelessly boarded the NFL’s Texans bandwagon.  Those of us that pledge our loyalties to other teams for most of the season (mine goes to the Greenbay Packers for a lot of reasons) have allowed the local team a little love.   And, wow, they took us by storm with a run of 7 wins in a row with a team that’s had more than it’s share of setbacks.  [...]

  Christmas used to be so easy. When I was a child growing up in a very small town, Christmas was simple.  Every year, we performed a Christmas musical, went caroling riding on a trailer filled with hay and sang at, pretty much, any house that had a light on. After the annual choir performance, we went to either the Scott’s house (they were the only ones in town with a pool . . not [...]