I am a proud graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. Go 'Horns -- We're Texas!
You can visit The University of Texas right now! Check out this live shot of the Tower as seen from the Co-Op on The Drag, across Guadalupe Street from campus.
Visit the "No Place But Texas" home page for all sorts of Lone Star links.
The official Texas Travel and Tourism home page for what to see and do all around the great State of Texas.
Take time out to visit the Yahoo Useful Site Of The Day. You'll learn something -- guaranteed!
The Wal-Mart
home page always has the low price. Always. (Yes, I'm serious.
I love this company.)
The American Civil Liberties Union. I'm a big supporter of the ACLU and all the work they've done for civil liberties in this country. Support the fight to save our Constitution.
In that same vein, here's the Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Here's my bank, WellsFargo.
Cheesy "Old West" graphics aside, WellsFargo has proven to offer
great services at a great price. I get free checking with direct deposit,
unlimited ATM and check writing, and free online banking. I also can pay
my bills online for only $5 a month. Sure beats what my old bank ("NationsFee")
offered me. I'm glad I switched.
While we're on the subject of banks, the best credit card in the world has to be the PlatinumPlus, offered by MBNA America. Combine a great interest rate with unparalleled service, and you've got a winner. They also have special UT platinum cards.
Also, here's a link to Roughstock, the definitive cowboy reference page.
As you'll discover when you visit my music page, I love country music. Here's a place that can fill all your country needs: Country.com. Clever name, eh? :-)
Wanna find out about yourself? Take IQ
and Personality Tests here.
Find anything on the map, by visiting Mapquest. You can also try Yahoo's map site.
You may or may not find prescription information at RXList. It's a good database, but rather incomplete.
Now you can order concert tickets on the Web. Visit Ticketmaster Online. Similarly, you can check out when your favorite performer will comign to your town by visiting Pollstar.
You've probably heard of Hotmail. Here's a service like that, but better. You can have really cool addresses that show what you are into (like n2travel.com, n2skating.com, n2texas.com). There's TONS to choose from. Check it out at N2.com.
Sometimes you need to do that Internet research thing. Be sure to check out Reseach-It!, a one-stop research site!
Here's a great and very unusual service. Author/food expert Todd Wilbur has duplicated favorite restauarant Top Secret Recipes. Find out how to make your own Big Macs, KFC original recipe chicken and Arby's sauce. A really neat idea!
The flip side of that is GourmetSpot. com. Find a new
tempting recipe to make every day.
You can buy software that does a pretty
good job of translating documents from one language to another. But now,
AltaVista offers a free site to do translations
online. Remember, you get what you pay for. Not all translations are accurate,
and translating a document into another language and then BACK can have
some really funny results.
Thinking of buying or leasing a new car
or truck? Don't think about it without first visiting Intellichoice,
a fact-filled site that gives you the upper hand.
Here's a fun place I like to visit often. At April Fool's.com, you can play a joke on your friends.
Get a break on your long distance. How does 9 cents a
minute sound? Now you can get that great rate, and online billing
with AT&T's new
Online Rate. Great service; I love it! CLick the link to find
out more about this neat service.
Federal
Express has a useful page that offers tracking information, rates
and even shipping from your computer! A must if you're a regular FedEx
user.
The U.S. Postal Service ZIP code lookup
form -- incredibly handy.
Find out what I am really like at an astrology site. I am an Aquarius. You can also find rather spookily accurate horoscopes at Swoon.
Here's a fun one. Want to know why you keep dating the same losers? Visit the Dating Pattern Analyzer.
Explore the wonderful world
of the Cajun at the following three sites:
- This is the Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture -- the definitive reference guide to answer all of your Cajun questions.
- One of my favorite sites is Cajun On The Bayou. Very charming and rustic.
- Finally, a Cajun page with an attitude -- the Displaced Cajun Homepage.
I am into firefighting; I collect firefighter memorabilia. Firefighters are some of the bravest and just all-around best and most genuine people you'll ever meet. Their websites are fun and eye-opening. Here are some of the best:
- FireCall is a site done by a Louisiana volunteer fireman. It's rather moving, and give you some insight into why people choose to go into this profession.
- Firefighting.com is a good site for all around firefighting resources.
- NYFirestore has tons of stuff to collect -- T-shirts, stuffed animals, miniature trucks, etc.
- Bob's Firefighting Page has tons and tons of links.
- You might belong to a redneck fire department if you can identify with this page.
Finding an apartment can be a real challenge. Let Rent.net help -- it has all the features of a locator at your fingertips.
Landover Baptist is my church
Support your local teacher! As a former teacher myself, I can say that teachers are the hardest working, most underrated and systematically abused people in the world. Show your support to them every chance you get. In the meantime, you can visit the Texas Federation of Teachers, one of the more aggressive teacher organizations in the state. They're fighting right now for increased pay and more rights.
And, of course, I feature The Webtender, a bartender's list for those late-night deadlines.
And would a web page be without a link to Webcrawler for Internet searching ease?
Last updated: Tuesday, March 28, 2000
