http://www.tiede.com it's not science Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:26:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My Dad took me as his guest to Texas Motor Speedway. We walked through both garages, went to the drivers meeting and chapel, then out on the track for driver introductions. Very cool to be on that side of the wall for once! http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/racing-at-texas-motor-speedway/ It's almost dark enough to start hauling in the candy for these three! http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/ready-for-trick-or-treat/ Tommy and I went to Austin for the Longhorns season opener. It was hot and humid but we sat in the new North end zone, saw Vince Young get his number retired and saw the Horns win. http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/a-new-season-of-hook-em/ http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/friday-night-football-in-plano/ We've taken the kids to a Rangers game tonight. It is not often that an August night is only 80 degrees F! http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/its-baseball-time-in-texas/ ...And now I have a clone trooper for a son! Happy Birthday Tommy! http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/its-been-10-years/ I'm outside Club Dada in Dallas waiting to get in to see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, but the fire marshals have closed the doors. They are holding another show at 12:30 so we are waiting around outside. While we waited, Robert played outside on the street for us!  The picture ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/what-happens-when-they-oversell-a-show/ Jake obviously wants in on the fun, especially when we get the full band together for Rock Band! http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/jake-the-guitar-hero/ http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/time-for-cake-and-gelato/ I'm liveblogging from Buca di Beppo as we celebrate Meridith's Birthday. http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/its-meridiths-birthday/ We took the kids to San Antonio this summer to see Sea World, but one the way home, I requested a slight detour. Destination? Shiner, Texas. As you likely already know if you look in my fridge, Shiner brews my favorite beers, so we went to visit, take the ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/shiner/ My family tree traces back to a group of Tiedes who arrived in New York City, USA, on May 24th, 1879 to be processed at Castle Garden.  They crossed the Atlantic ocean in the boat pictured here, the North German Lloyd S.S. Neckar. (This is a painting by Antonio ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/128-years-in-america/ No, I didn't win this lamp! But for doing what I would likely have done anyway, I was selected as a first prize winner on a Play-N-Win Sweepstakes on Xbox Live!  I didn't have to know the name of Tonto's cousin's horse or anything. I just happened to race ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/its-a-major-award/ It has been a long time since I updated here -- Sorry! My xbox got fixed and mailed back after three weeks of waiting... Since then, I got the wireless steering wheel (which created an xbox support nightmare of its own after they had a product recall involving me being ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/xbox-update/ My XBox 360 has been mailed off to the service center after refusing to boot up. I was the last person I know to have their system fail, so to me, that's a 100% failure rate. It was good news a couple weeks ago, though, when Microsoft fessed up to ... http://www.tiede.com/index.php/archive/the-dreaded-red-ring-of-death/