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Sean D – Page 9 – Instant Sean

Author: Sean D

  • Drive Friendly or Else!!

    Drive Friendly or Else!!

    On the way to work I got to see that wonderful Lubbock driver. The one that is driving too fast, weaving in and out of lanes and being a danger to all of us on the roads in my rear view mirror. As he tried to pass me on the one open lane of the road he slammed on the brakes, as if he was more important than all of us. There is nothing THAT important where he had to be going 80 mph on the Loop access road.

    I could see him flipping me off in the mirror and I laughed. Not just a chuckle but a full belly laugh.  I turned my car to the shoulder and let him speed by.

    Right into the speed trap set up by the Lubbock Police.

    In my mind as I got to work he was enjoying a full cavity search for being such an ass.

    Drive friendly or else enjoy the consequences.

  • Leave it all on the course

    Leave it all on the course

    have to leave it all out on the course.

    So yesterday I was privledged to play in the Children’s Home of Lubbock Golf Championship.  I hadn’t played for over 3 years and it showed. So before I started I got some tips from Long Drive Hall of Famer Bobby Wilson. I think the one that left the most impact on me was, have fun and have one drive where you let it just go.

    So I did.

    I don’t remember which hole it was, I was just so angry at the way I was playing. So I just choked up and swung. I had my friend Randy video my swing to see what I was doing wrong.

    and I think I found my problem.  Let me know when you find out what it was… I’ve got no idea.

  • Lubbock doesn’t disappoint!

    Lubbock doesn’t disappoint!

    Ah, Lemonade Day. A great effort by people around the country to teach our children the joys of owning their own business.  Teaching them to save some, share some and spend some.  I can already tell on my way to work today what kind of future we have.

    Stand #1 – Nice sign “Lemonade Stand – $1” with a kid in a TIE in front of his house. Mom was watching from the porch. Spent $1 with him. Was polite and asked me if I had drank 3 glasses of lemonade yet. Told him no, he was the first. “Well, there are plenty of great stands out there or you can come back and drink 2 more glasses. I won’t mind.”  Proud of this kid. No hard sell. Probably will throw him a fiver on my way home. I see this kid as a business owner in the future. Also getting beat up a lot (lose the tie, you’re nine.)

    Stand #2 – People , family, friends surround this lemonade stand with signs that say “DELICIOUS LEMONADE” , “Buy 4 glasses, get the 5th free,” and my favorite one of all, “How can you just drive by?”  But I was almost late for work and the kid had a line, with a red carpet leading up to the stand… with a bouncer.  So I drove by. This kid will own a nightclub.

    Stand #3 – This was the one that I can see the most interesting future for. The stand had nice signs all over the place with friends helping direct people to the line.  They had sign up sheets to notify me where he was going to be in the future. But what made me interested the most was his brother who had a stand across the street. I could tell they were related because the poor younger brother was by himself.

    Also because one of the older brothers friends had a sign that said, “My younger brothers lemonaid was made with Swamp Ass water. Mine uses double filtrated ionic water.”

    I went over and threw the kid by himself a fiver.

    Because when you have a future congressman as a brother, you need all the help you can get.

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  • Quick Fixes

    Quick Fixes

    My dad always told me, “if you can’t do it right, step aside and let someone else do it.” The first time I stepped aside, I found that I wasn’t involved with the project ever again.  So instead of stepping aside, I tried my damnest to do the task.

    Quick fixes never work and in the end cost people jobs.  Take the healthcare website.  There was such a push to get it out and it just didn’t work.  What IT/Software mastermind came up and said… “yup, take it around for a spin.” The software was glitchy, nothing tested right and people lost their jobs because it didn’t work.

    But was it a failure of JUST the designers, or a failure of the people who created the program in the first place.  If it was up to me, I would have had a fully designed , beta tested and approved, website MONTHS before I ever threw out the initiative.

    Because in the effort to get things done fast, they weren’t done right.

    There are people in the world who believe solving any problem with the path of least resistance.  There are other people who believe that fixing a problem involve rigging a complex series of things most of them involving duct tape and baling wire.

    But why can’t we do things right the 1st time?

    Cause if the website worked in the first place, nobody would give a damn about it now.

    I once asked my dad for a scooter. My friends had scooters, and at 14, a scooter that could go 30 miles per hour was a step closer to a motorcycle.

    I got a bicycle, with a basket and tassels.

    My dad tried a quick fix.

    In the end, my brother enjoyed that wonderful bike and I walked everywhere. Because after riding with my friend on his motorcycle, there was NO WAY I was riding a bicycle… with a basket… and tassels.

  • Tech wins Big 12 Title…

    Tech wins Big 12 Title…

    in 2 years

    I want you to remember the heartaches that Texas Tech have had to suffer through the last 25 years. Yup, it’s been 25 years since the 1989 All American Bowl Victory vs Duke for the Red Raiders to finish 9-3. But Sean, I hear you crying, “we’ve done better, 2007, 2008.”  We’ve also done worse, 2011, 1996-2001, 1990-1994 just to give you some examples.

    We can’t live in mediocrity any more.  We’ve had coaches that have allowed it, we’ve had coaches that were miserable and we’ve kicked out coaches because they didn’t fit in with administration and the good ole boys network.

    We, as a fan base,  needed a fresh start. We needed a unifying candidate. Tech gave the university and their fans Kliff Kingsbury.

    Wow.

    A breath of fresh air on the South Plains. He relates to the players, he’s played at the highest level and developed players to make their mark at the highest level.

    What more can we ask for?

    Fine, I’ll do it.

    Kliff, give the Red Raider Nation a Big 12 title in the next 2-3 years.

    You still have major national presence and have recruited well. When your players relate to you like this,

    You can ask them to do anything for you and they will.

    Bring the Red Raider Nation a Big 12 title. It’s not like I’m asking for a National Championship, but now that you bring it up…

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