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About one year ago, for personal reasons, I set aside writing my column for the Ennis News. Once life straightened out, I just got busy. Well, that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it! Some may have no ticed previously I didn’t write about politics except in the abstract, never expressing my personal political affiliations and beliefs. That ends now.

Friday marks the start of Class 5A and 6A football, with No. 1 ranked Ennis traveling 25 miles to play No. 9 Red Oak. The matchup of state ranked teams could go either way as both have 14 starters returning from last year.

Seating at Billy Goodloe Stadium has been increased, though still undersized at 7,100. The UIL has mandated a limit on the size of the audience, which will require advance purchase of tickets, likely to the immediate family of players, band, cheer team, etc.

If you apologize, in advance, for a question you’re pondering, the resulting conversation is easier to endure.

So I said to the husband, “I apologize for this really stupid question, but if we can put a man on the moon, can we not find a way to nudge an approaching hurricane 2 degrees to the west or east?”

Apparently, I was brilliant.

“I was just thinking about that this morning,” he said. “If we are, indeed, capable of bringing about global warming, surely there is some way to interfere with a hurricane’s path.”

We felt so smart, sitting upon our couch.

Used to be that times were such that watching a football game on television was filled with great action and commentary. When it came to halftime the NFL had nothing, other than to break away for scores and

College and high school, on the other hand, had such great entertainment during the intermission that it drew as much attention as the game. The highstepping bands marched into positions and shape while playing traditional or contemporary tunes mad the break something to behold.