Watson Wire

Kobayashi Maru

April 9, 2018

James T. Kirk, also known as “Captain Kirk”, earned the distinction as the only student in the Starfleet Academy to overcome the Kobayashi Maru test. Kirk prevailed in what was considered a no-win sit...

Got Property Tax Questions?

March 29, 2018

Brace yourself...your property appraisal notice is on the way. For many of us (really, probably every last one of us), that notice causes frustration and anxiety over being able to keep up with ris...

Time to Heal

March 21, 2018

Thankfully, we woke up this morning to news that the suspect in the Austin bombings is dead. These bombings over the past few weeks have left us all frightened and shaken. They shattered our sense of...

Have you voted yet?

February 20, 2018

Yes, yes, yes... it's the first day of early voting for the March 6 primary. I hope all those 18-year-olds we registered to vote in Austin, Elgin, and Bastrop are ready to cast their very first ballot...

First-timers

January 29, 2018

I cast my very first vote in 1976. Yep, it just so happens that was the year our great country celebrated its bicentennial. Coincidence? I think not. I’d say it was Karma. Mary Jo Chapman (now Wa...

B.U. and Billye Faye’s Voodoo

January 22, 2018

My mother knew how to do voodoo. Billye Faye Vanderslice Watson wanted my brother and me to go to Baylor University from the time we were pretty young. I remember her mentioning Baylor to me—seeding i...