Welcome to Dylan's World

Know about living in your own little world? I wrote the book on it. And someone else wrote a song about it. In fact, it's the namesake of this endeavor. Enjoy!

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"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."

Roald Dahl

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Not that you weren't already aware, but life is good in the SEC.

"[For the 2013-14 fiscal year], each school will receive an average amount of $20.9 million in revenue distribution from the league office."

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If you were a theoretical physicist, you’d be Albert Finestein. Or maybe Stephen Hotting?

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Weather-geeking out over this satellite image... Taken on Tuesday, the shot shows the DFW area still covered in (some) ice/sleet/snow.

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Obsessed? You could say that. #texas #gofrogs

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Obama is checking your email. Turns out you're hilarious. 

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A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

— Sir Richard Branson

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Unbelievably happy with how they turned out. And they were such fun to make!

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Instead of a card this year, I got a sweet Valentine's sketch from my lovely mother! Was too cute not to share. Happy Valentine's to all! 

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My Vow: No More Dr Pepper

Remember my post about Dublin Dr Pepper? Probably not. Unless you're LPE or SKT.

It's my favorite. It's why I drink Dr Pepper. But now, I'm just so disgusted. The world's oldest bottler of Dr Pepper (in Dublin, TX) will cease to make the bottled, pure cane sugar goodness. And it's all because of Dr Pepper Snapple, the corporation. Here's the kicker: Dr Pepper Snapple makes $5 billion a year, but sued the tiny Dublin plant to "[protect the] integrity of the Dr Pepper trademark", thereby costing jobs and causing all kinds of heartache for the small town and those who have come to love the pure cane treat. Please. Dublin's yearly revenue is around $7 million. I'd hardly consider that law-suit worthy. 

Here's my vow: no more Dr Pepper. 

And Dublin? I'm coming to visit Old Doc's soon. I hear you're making some killer root beer. 

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Ready to tailgate in 2012 with Frog Blood! Pretty darn cool... Load any photo to uFlavor and this coming summer, you'll be able to make your own flavored drink. 

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Stuck in my head from last night's Sounds show: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Enjoy on this glorious Friday. 

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The only way to decorate a pumpkin: cover it in Lilly Pulitzer paper!

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Wait... a "missing floppy"? Did I just revert back to 1989 and Reader Rabbit on my Macintosh 128k?

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Oh, and here's the clip from Friday, September 30--in case you're as pumped as I am that the 5-foot-tall meters are getting the boot. 

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After WFAA's Jonathan Betz's report about Oncor's "Monster Meters" (buzzword credit: Dylan Taylor-Smith's big mouth) ran on Friday, September 30--you can read and watch the story here--Oncor responded by agreeing to remove the towers from our front yards. HOORAY! See below statement from Oncor Rep: 

I was just informed that in light of the fact that the Buena Vista Homeowners are so displeased with the current meter pedestals we have ask our contractor Standard Utility to replace all the pedestals on Buena Vista as soon as possible. This coming Wednesday, October 12, 2011 we will begin the installation. We plan to tag the doors as well. As I committed in the meeting, we would like to personally contact each homeowner by phone to ensure we have communicated our plan and allow them to make any necessary plans for the scheduled service interruption during the installation.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

Thanks

Andrea Sanders, Manager

[Oncor] Dallas Customer Operations  

Thanks to Jonathan Betz's rockstar reporting, WFAA, and Oncor for helping restore our neighborhood to its original beauty.   

Note: Adorable dog in my arms in this video clip belongs to the inimitable Jennifer Caldwell. Paisley's a STAR! 

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The Practical Perks of TCU + Big XII

Of course I'm excited about TCU being invited to join the Big XII. I mean, the road trips alone will be epic.

But here's what else I'm excited about: the notion that our student-athletes won't have to travel a thousand miles (or more) across the country, just to play a game or two on the East coast. Here's a handful of distances (in miles) students would have to travel in Big East conference play: 

UConn (in Storrs, CT) - 1,510 Rutgers (in New Brunswick, NJ) - 1,375 Syracuse (in Syracuse, NY) - 1,354

As it stands, the furthest school in the Big XII from TCU is Iowa State (in Ames, IA--a mere 782 miles away). So let's hope that Boschini's move to do "what’s best for TCU and our student-athletes" involves allowing them the opportunity to travel to Austin as opposed to BFE-ast. (Although I'm not sure Waco and Stillwater, OK are much improvement in terms of scenery and otherwise, but at least the students are more likely to make class come Monday morning).