| Cowboy-crazy in his automobile
For the last 15 or so years, the Rochester resident has decked out his automobiles with evidence of his support for one of America's most loved or unloved football teams. "I want everybody to know how big a Cowboys fan I am," says Thomas, who is 45 and works at the University of Rochester in environment services.
"Big fan" may be an understatement, as it's hard to imagine someone at least someone in Buffalo Bill's territory more devoted to the team from Texas. "He lives and breathes the Dallas Cowboys," says Fred Hardaway of Rochester, who describes himself as the second-biggest Cowboys fan in Rochester after Thomas. Thomas' current car, a 2006 Cowboys blue Chrysler Pacifica, has "Dallas" twice in slanted large white letters on the rear windows, the two words in the name separated by the team's trademark star.
Looking Up!
Initially, we were no wiser than dishing out the usual guesswork — yes, no, maybe. None at the table had signed up for 3G service, despite heavy promotions from service providers. The general consensus — it wasn't the cost but the lack of a compelling reason to move up to 3G. What could really make it fly will be one or maybe two "killer" applications — tools or services people find useful and can't do without, like short messaging system (SMS) that has heralded in an entirely new subculture of non-voice communication, even across office partitions. How convenient it is when you need to "talk" privately to your loved ones while travelling on the airport express train or the city bus. Nobody could eavesdrop on your private non-verbal communication, apart from the irritating beeps and shrills when messages are received.
Online social clubs prove beneficial to moms
The pickup lines are the same. But they're delivered with a mommy twist."Do you come here (the playground) often?""Do you want to come to my place, or shall we go to yours?"Mothers of young children, who a few years ago may have been looking for Mr. Right in a bar, now are seeking Mrs. Right and her kids in between the swings and the slides at the local playground.Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service."You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena, Mont. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours."It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash."Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship.Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.Kate Harmon, 41, of Concord, Mass., recalls how 10 years ago she fell into the perfect support group while her husband was a graduate student in Boston.
Tunisia 2-3 Cameroon
Anyway how do you get a job where you can watch a game and jot down some funny remarks? I'd do it for free!" he adds, with uncanny knowledge of the GU remuneration system. Oh... he hasn't finished. "Anyway it's £40 on Cameroon and one girlfriend relegated to the bedroom with soap operas to entertain." Ah, the enlightenment. On the pitch, the Cameroon team are singing their National Anthem with admirable tunelessness. No team news yet, I'm afraid. Ah, here you go: Tunisia: 1-Hamdi Kasraoui; 3-Karim Hagui, 5-Wissem Bekri, 6-Radhouane Felhi, 15-Radhi Jaidi; 8-Mehdi Nafti, 7-Chaouki Ben Saada, 12-Joahar Mnari, 21-Medji Traoui; 9-Yassine Chikhaoui, 11-Francileudo dos Santos Cameroon: 1-Idriss Carlos Kameni; 8-Geremi, 23-Andre Bikey, 4-Rigobert Song, 5-Timothee Atouba; 10-Achille Emana, 11-Jean Makoun, 15-Alexandre Song, 19-Stephane Mbia; 17-Mohamadou Idrissou, 9-Samuel Eto'o Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali) We're off: Cameroon kick off and immediately charge into the Tunisian area.
Local bands compete in marching festival at ULM
At any Friday night football game, its the athletes who take center stage. But Tuesday night, the high school bands got their chance to shine as they took the field at Malone Stadium at the University of Louisiana Monroe.
Bands from Ouachita Christian School, Sterlington, Caldwell, Bastrop, Neville, Ouachita, West Ouachita, Ruston and West Monroe all took part in the District 1 Marching Band Festival, where each got a chance to perform their halftime shows in an all-band exhibition.
Performances were rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with one being superior. West Monroe Rebel Band Director Robert Freeman stressed that al-though the bands are rated during the exhibition, the performance is not a contest.
The bands are judged against a standard, Freeman said.
Love's in the lair at Bronx Zoo
Snow leopard Leo, recently arrived from Pakistan, has been rubbin' fur with Shelby, a Bronx-born female, though it's still just puppy love. Another romance is starting to heat up with male lion M'wasi and female Sukari, recently introduced to the zoo's Africa Plains. A typical lion, er, "greeting," is quick, lasting less than a minute and includes touching heads. Hey, where's the romance in that? And many human couples consider the Bronx Zoo one of the city's most romantic places. Take, for example, Eugene Sautner, who proposed there in 1957 to his future wife Mary Jane. They're welcome back any time, since one of their three sons, Stephen, is now working in the Wildlife Conservation Society's press office there. Ah, love! .
ESPN Classic to air Friday's awards banquet from NY
With the Big Apple as the backdrop, NASCAR will honor the top drivers in Nextel Cup racing at the series' annual awards banquet Friday night from the Waldorf-Astoria at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN Classic and ESPN360.com. The event will be re-aired at midnight on ESPN2. In addition, ESPN Classic will air highlights from the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon at 8:30 p.m. Friday prior to the start of the banquet coverage. Held on the day before the banquet, the luncheon highlights NASCAR awards such as rookie of the year and ends with the presentation of the Myers Brothers Award by the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) to the individual or group making the greatest contribution to NASCAR racing in the past year. .
Full Text of Obituaries Published During 1999
He retired from the Missouri-Pacific Railroad as a claims agent after 35 years of service. He was an U. S. Army veteran of the Pacific Theater in World War II and was preceded in death by his first wife, Lillie Bell McDuffie McLendon, and a son, Stephen Douglas McLendon. Survivors include his wife, Lessie Pitre Landreneau McClendon of Lake Charles; a daughter, Nancy Dever; and a grandchild, Jennifer Dever of Shreveport, LA; two stepsons, Richard and Jim Landreneau of Lake Charles; four stepdaughters, Charlotte Morgan of Moss Bluff, IA, Susan Merrett of Sugarland, TX, Kim Bartley of Atascocita, TX, and Brenda Borgeson of Bellville, TX; a brother, Jerry Frizzell of Lake Charles; 14 step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m Tuesday, November 16, and from 9 a.m.
2007 was quite a year for celebrities
Let's remember some of 2007's best and worst moments from the beautiful people we call celebrities. They just can't stop This was the year Britney Spears completely lost whatever sense she had left. She shaved her head, got tattoos, went to rehab, left rehab, went back to rehab, left again, then went back. Again. Despite that, she couldn't, or wouldn't, stop partying and driving badly, to the point where a judge gave custody of her two sons to her Ward Cleaver-like ex-husband, Kevin Federline. She also released a new record, which she couldn't be bothered to promote, which is just as well, given her embarrassing performance on MTV's Video Music Awards. Last we saw, she was running over photographers and missing court dates, and, with her children safely ensconced with history's worst rapper, was still .
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