After a week long trip to Texas for my induction in the
Athletic Hall of Fame at my alma mater, Hardin Simmons University, I’m back
home and it’s going to take a nuclear bomb to get me out of Vegas until next
year. I had a great time visiting with old classmates, some of whom I hadn’t
seen in over 50 yeas. There were about 15 of my ex-teammates who attended and I
was on my best behavior and never mentioned the many times the school had
rejected me because of my profession. But I understand and would like to let
bygones be bygones.....
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The most notable thing about ....Texas.... is that the recession hasn’t affected
it very much. The farms are white with a good cotton crop, the oil wells are
pumping and the biggest saviour of all are the wind farms. The wind towers are
amazing with each one generating enough electricity for 35-40 homes. There are
thousands of the giant generators as far as you can see as you drive along the
interstate highways. It makes you wonder why these wind farms aren’t all across
the ....USA.....
It only takes a 6 mile per hour wind to turn them. If we had enough of them, we
would be out of the bondage the ..Middle East..
has us in. ....
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I went out to the little town of ....Longworth.... where I grew up. It is almost a
ghost town with maybe 10 families living there. The old Brunson house is long
gone but there is a trailer parked on the lot and the man living there invited
us in to look around. Some of the things are still there, the old chicken
coops, the barn where we had our cows and an old root cellar I helped dig in 1949.
I enjoy going back every decade or so because it makes me realize you can’t go
back, you have to go forward with your life.....
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Congrats to Mike Sexton on being selected for the poker Hall
of Fame. It is a well-deserved honor and Harrah’s has some great plans for his
induction. The time is getting close for the WSOP Final Table, also. I wish all
of the guys good luck but I’m pulling for Ivey and Schulman. I’m sure it will be a lot of fun for
everyone.
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Avery Cardoza, my publisher, called me today and my
autobiography has come in. It will be in the bookstores Nov. 10th and I’ve got
mixed feelings about having done this book. Everyone seems to like it so maybe
it will be o.k. The author of the book, Mike Coc..hr..an,
was at the presentation dinner at my University and we had a nice visit. It is
absolutely amazing how fast time can go, it seems like yesterday I was in
school. I also saw Ann, my college fiance who looks much better than I do. She
probably didn’t have as tough a life as me. I certainly hope not! ....
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-DB