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Stop Working and Read This Email
Monday, September 21, 2009
This edition of the Watson Wire is simply too important for you to not pay attention.
Are you ready?
Here goes.
October 1, 2009 is the big shindig at…
Take Heart
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Let's get right to it.
I have written and talked – and drawn pictures, used crayons, talked in my sleep, sung songs, and done interpretive dance – about the…
Keeping Texas Healthy II
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This past week, the world celebrated one of my more stunning achievements. Liz and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. I put this one in the "win" column because, while…
Healthy Habits
Thursday, June 19, 2008
I spent Father's Day resting after my latest unfortunate, misguided attempt to run 13.1 miles in a row. Suffice it to say that I finished the race – and the…
Singing in the Lifeboats
Thursday, October 11, 2007
While few folks seem to know it, there is, in fact, an election next month featuring 16 state constitutional amendments.
Today, I want to remind you specifically about…
CHIP In with Kirk!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
It's hard for me to single out the most disgusting moments I've had as a parent. Nasty things that I never could have been prepared for. Most incidents of true…
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I know we've only survived to the mid-point of summer. There's lots of time left before school starts, before fall officially arrives or before football season replaces some of the…
Healthy Kids, Healthy Economy
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Our youngest boy, Cooper, turns 12 next week. On the 4th of July. Yeah, he's a certifiable Yankee Doodle Dandy.He wasn't supposed to be born on the 4th. He showed…
More Work Than Time
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Liz and I have been running around with each other a long time.We met at Saginaw Elementary School up near Fort Worth. We started dating when I was about 14…
Playoff Time
Thursday, April 26, 2007
I'm feeling a little guilty.
I've known for a week now that the Austin High varsity lacrosse team won the final game of the season by a score of 11-4,…
It’s all a numbers game
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Last week in the Watson Wire, there was a "typo" suggesting I was only turning 34 on my birthday this past Sunday. In the spirit of the old rule…
TYC, TTC and Preventing Pregnancy
Friday, March 02, 2007
Texas 98, A&M 96, double over-time. Some will say that's the big news of the week. Not bad.But in the Capitol, the big news happened earlier on that night, when…
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