Cool sculpture near the library

Take an old frame.

Paint it white.

Buy a piece of masonite board to fit.

Spray paint it with black chalkboard paint.

Write your favorite team's schedule with chalk (neatly of course).

Display for all to see.

Hope your team wins some games.

Looky what arrived in my mailbox today! The one and only Mike Leach on the cover of the great Texas Monthly magazine. This is a really good article. It gives you a sense of what is going on the most innovative college football coach's head. The funny thing is that a lot of it is not football. As a Texas Tech alum, I am very happy to have him as our coach and I am also very excited about the future of our team. Two weeks until college football! Oh yeah, in this same issue of Texas Monthly, they have a great little article about Marfa. You can even take a few video tours on the website.

On some other notes, the painting is just about finished.....just a few minor touch ups and we'll call it done. We're also heading to Def Leppard, Poison, and Cheap Trick tomorrow. I'll be sure and post some good mullet pics from the show.

What sits above my computer monitor on the wall of my studio? My sweet LOUNGE box lamp and my Texas Tech helmet plaque. These are two of my favorite things in my studio. Both are Ebay purchases from a few years ago. The LOUNGE sign is lit up as I write this. Nice touch.

I can't think of a better way to kick off the first day of March than to talk about one of my favorite spring and summer games. "Pitching Washers" I used to pitch washers back in college every once in a while. I got away from it for years until I played them again at a buddy's bachelor BBQ party about 6 years ago. I was hooked. I went up to Home Depot and picked out the supplies to make my very own custom washer boards. Now there are many different varieties of washer games. Some people play with holes in the ground made of PVC pipes (pits), others use 3 hole boards, one hole boards, angled boards, and some with back boards. Whatever your preference, it's a fun game! You basically score similar to horseshoes in a way. Washers in the hole gets a certain point value and washers on the board gets you a point as well. Points can be negated or cancelled out if your opponent matches you. First one to 21 wins. A good friend of mine from high school has a washer pitching tournament in his backyard each year in July. It's a pretty fun time! Above is a picture of my custom Texas Tech "Double T" angled one hole boards. There is an informative website called Bombat Washers that shows you boards from all over the country, tournament info, rules, and everything else you would ever want to know about pitching washers. My boards are even featured on the website. If you have never played before I suggest you go out and make you some boards or buy some online.....it will be a guaranteed hit at your next BBQ or get together.