Friday, September 15, 2006

Mascots and Blood Pressure

Thursday night, Mom and I ate delicious catfish in Howe, TX, which is just north of Van Alstyn, which is just north of Anna. We saw football games and football practices all along our drive to the restaurant - which got me wondering about the mascot of Howe High School - which clearly ought to be the "Now Brown Cows", as in:

"In other scores: Celina Bobcats - 21, Howe Now Brown Cows - 24. Congratulations, Now Brown Cows!"

What is the Howe High School mascot?
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Bulldogs.

Sigh. There may not be a bulldog within a 30 mile radius of Howe High School. OTOH, now brown cows are all over the place.

Mom is experiencing high blood pressure: over 200 systolic, when she sleeps. When she sits up, her blood pressure goes back to normal levels. Her medication has been tweaked, but has not yet reduced the sleeping/horizontal systolic readings. We don't know what physical condition is causing the problem. Worrisome.