Links & Awards:

First of all do you have the latest browser? - this site will check your browser, tell you what version you are using, then allow you to download the latest version...for free. Texas Shakespeare Festival - we may be country but we still enjoy the bard. They even throw in a little Moliere every now and then. The Writers Guild The Texas Mountaineers - rock climbing club in Dallas Off Road Biking in Dallas - Dallas Habitat for Humanity - good place to start if you want to volunteer. The Kildares - THE Celtic Rock Band Of Dallas! Guinness Related Page - Has an article from Readers Digest about the "flavonoids in the hops, barley, wheat & malt"...that appear to prevent blood platelets from clumping & forming clots--the No.1 cause of heart attacks. Dark beer apparently has more of these flavonoids than light beers. Beer News - here's another study that found a drink a day in middle age reduces the risk of death by 20 percent! Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes - the Club - this site amazes me...it is from an "Ireland-Japan Friendly Club" based in Japan, with photos of Frank McCourt & just about every residence & site in Limerick he wrote about in the book! If you read this book you must see this page! Excerpts from fans of the book from all across the world...amazing how a book can bring so many together. Thank you Frank McCourt for sharing your story in the manner in which you did & thanks to the Ireland-Japan Friendly Club! Spilling Poetry - love em! Love em! Love em! Band from the great city of Lubbock who play locally in Dallas a lot...you gotta hear these guys...very talented! Lucky13 - The Wes man's website design page, links to homebuilding/consulting etc. sites he's done. Ayn Rand Institute - "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive activity, and reason as his only absolute." Ayn Rand* Wildlife & Nature Photography - Website with information about wildlife photography. Travel and Safari in Africa. Loads of wildlife photographs (mainly Africa) Poets & Writers Online - great resource links for writers & poets Mind Boggling Trivia - this page would make Cliff Claven proud! Navy Seals Stoneworks Rock Climbing Gym - The world's tallest indoor climbing gym. Located just outside of Dallas, it has 6,000 feet of vertical, overhanging & slab routes. I've been here many times myself. As far as gyms go, you can't beat the 110 ft climbs. Enchanted Rock - Great outdoor rock climbing in Texas...good hiking, close to Austin. Best time to climb is after August, because it gets real hot in the summer (& crowded), with our wonderful Texas summer heat! Bring lots of water! See photos & brief history of the rock. Climbing - Online rock climbing magazine Creative Irish Gifts - Guinness candles, Irish fortune cookies...This site lives up to its name. Good small photos of their items so you don't have to wait forever for downloading, very reasonable prices as well. The Dubliner - authentic Irish pub in Dallas (lower Greenville) owned by Dublin natives, frequented by the Euro's passing through on business & hosts a great group of Irish regulars, myself included, the Guinness is the best in town! See above for other Guinness related pages. Caves in Texas - Complete guide to US Caves! Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page - is the greatest sailing page put together Home of Russian Blues - What a beautiful website! "Naumov started his musical career in Siberia, while going to medical school. His records were bootlegged across the USSR through the eighties. Forced by the KGB to leave medical school for "spreading decadent western values," Naumov sought the safety first in St. Petersburg and then in Moscow. But he was hounded by the authorities from city to city and for years could perform only in secret. Tired of running, Naumov decided in 1990 to take his music "home" to the birthplace of blues & rebuild his career in the United States." His music is intense and moving...check it out. Spinal Tap - the Official Spinal Tap Home Page, what have Nigel, Derek & Simon been up to? Pretty amusing site for all of those Dedicated Tap fans... Save the Manatee Club - my adopted manatee (pict.d here) was recently killed by local boaters, it was on the news in Florida, you can find out more info on this website, as well as what you can do to help prevent these things from happening so frequently. The waters he (and his brother) were killed in are his home, not just a place for us to play in. Man isn't the only animal on this earth, show some respect. Whale Watchers - Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System Animal, Environmental and Related links Books Online - is this a great thing or what? Aveda - the art of pure flower & plants essence. Aveda's products are grown from a simple premise: what you put on your body should be as healthy and natural as what you'd put into it. Ethiopian Food - if you've never tried it...if not, why not?...It's quite tasty. In Houston, Queen of Sheeba, owned by my good friend Sefu is the best I've ever tasted...it'll seat maybe 25 folks, but hey there's a big screen TV & basketball is 'always' on it... Wedge Antilles - who's Wedge? TX Marine Mammal Stranding Network - pretty amazing thing to swim w/ a dolphin. The MMStranding Network needs volunteers, if you are interested and live in the Houston/Galveston area please call 1-800-9-MAMMAL. Nursing CEU's - free CEU courses. Roger Hodges ministries Dallas Area Sailing and Sail Texas Hi-Tek Adventure Racing Terraquest - Virtual Expeditions on the web