Monday has your thoughts

Tuesday has ten things

Thursday has lame questions with lame answers which makes us hungry for Friday's TIDBITS.

Wednesday is a hump day, which is supposed to make us feel better about half the week behind us, but days grow longer after the passing of each day, so it's not even halfway home, unless of course you leave early on Friday, which is only diluted by taking work home for the weekend. But I digress.

I propose: WON THING FOR WEDNESDAY!

Won thing! A single piece of winning news. Something of a stepping stone to get us from the slogging through of Monday to Tuesday to the Happy Hour optimism of Thursday and Friday.

For me, that WON thing would be Anias Smith returning. For some of you, it's a good bowel movement or an afternoon nap at your desk. I respect that.

WHO WILL STEP FORWARD WITH THE WON THING THAT WILL GET US TO THURSDAY?

Pretty cool. These guys look like they are having fun

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This is a surprise.
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Banks is planning to visit A&M this spring. Update on Rivals.

If people can do "Way too early" team rankings for season, why can't I do a "Way too early" poll about who Petrino will feature in the offense next year?! I intentionally left Conner Weigman off the poll answers because the QB touches the ball every play thus he will be spotlighted enough just because of that. So, give me your top 3 guys you think are going to get the ball the most when Petrino sorts things out....

Note - I listed Owens, because of all the fish coming in, I think he has the best chance to possibly start.

I remember when he was a top recruit.

YOU’RE FIRED!!!

So much for Oregon.

I recently got a Fender Player Plus Telecaster. That's my nice guitar.

I have a Squier Telecaster that I want to put Texas specials in (and possibly a Bibsby bender), but I also have a Yamaha Pacifica that was my first guitar that I'd like to upgrade the pickups in.

Humbucker in the bridge and two single coils in mid and neck.

What would you go with here? I'm eclectic in playing. Favorite bands are Pearl Jam, GnR, 3EB, but I also like folk, blues, and country.

Preseason baseball rankings. Not bad.

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Apparently a UNT RB

After turning down $2M from us? What’s the rest of the story please?

Tyler Harrell, who transferred to Bama from Louisville last year, is in the portal again and is in College Station today. He suffered a sprained foot last summer and that pretty much buried him on the depth chart, catching 2 catches for 18 yards. But at Louisville the year before, he had 18 catches for 523 yards -- a whopping 29.1 YPC -- and 5 scores. He's 6 foot, 195 pounds.

And he did play for Petrino at Louisville.

A&M is in the running for four-star 2024 QB Davi Belfort. Spring commitment planned.

Abrams has A&M in the mix.

Biggest game of Mike McCarthy’s career?

Wife is away for the weekend to see her elderly dad. Both are fighting thru some difficult health issues. I decided to do some early spring cleaning in her absence because she is very weak & is a bit of a packrat compared to my habits. I can make a lot of progress with decluttering when she is away without having to deal with her angry looks & attitude. I don't do too much, but a little section at a time makes me feel like progress has been made and she rarely notices my "progress".
Anyway, going thru our antique dining room buffet today, I was pulling out items of days gone by. It had probably been 8-10 years since I had last rummaged around in it.
Lots of stuff had never been touched for years. I pulled them out in an effort to get rid of these items. Mostly Christmas items. Plates, drinkware, candle holders with candles, etc.
I happened to stumble upon a vintage piece of Aggie memorabilia that was produced & sold around 60 years ago by a company called Reuge. It was like a fish out of water and was something that didn't belong with the rest of the items. Not even sure how it ended up there. This item is a swiss-made musical instrument that hooked up to your door & it pulled the string when you opened the door & played the Aggie War Hymn once the door was closed. It's basically an old music box & sounds just like one. My grandpa had one of these in his house in Burnet back in the 70's and I've had the opportunity to purchase several of these over the past 25 years on ebay. Anyway, I pulled the string on it & nothing happened. I tapped on it but still nothing. I tapped on it harder, but the string would still not retract so music would not play. The item had gone kaput. I set it aside to finish my task. 30-40 minutes elapsed & nothing had changed, so I decided to toss it in the trash with a few other items. It was a sad moment as I collect vintage items of A&M, especially of the Aggie War Hymn.
The house was quiet as I was preparing for bed about 30 minutes ago. I was just getting ready to read Mark's tidbits when I hear a familiar tune coming from 2 rooms away. I listened closer to make sure I wasn't imagining anything, as I have consumed a couple of rum & cokes. It was real! The music box had begun to play the AWH after sitting in the trash can for over an hour.
Entering the room it was still slowly playing it's tune. I removed the music box out of the trash. I pulled the string again & it continued to play! I've done this 3 times now & it's still playing....sometimes a bit slow, but playing nonetheless.
Lesson learned. This had to be a sign, but I'm not sure from whom.
Then it came to me like an epiphany:
Never doubt the spirit of A&M, the AWH or even the spirit of us humans in our will to keep going.
This event was a good reminder for me, especially as I age. There are times in my life when things seem dead & gone & as a result I trash it & try to move on. Tonight's experience reminded me to keep believing in the positives in life , no matter how grim things are or seem to be at the time.
Sometimes, just sometimes, in the quiet of the moment, the music can still be played & heard despite being given up for dead.
Maybe a good vision to latch on to for Aggie sports in '23?

Sorry for being long, sappy & overly dramatic.
I'm typing this as my dog lays a few feet from dreaming about something exciting, as she slowly wags her tail & quietly barks at something in her sleep. Strange event but seems to fit the scene.
The words came to me as I was posting so I just went with it....
Have a great weekend.

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I was told we would be active in portal. Specifically for LBs. But all we got is a PWO and the studs going elsewhere. ‘Tucci alive?

Good lord this woman was horny

And the Ags lead it off....

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