Burnt Orange Pride and Other Inflated Things

Unless you live in a cave like me, you've probably already heard by now that UT Austin won the national championship last night. (Woohoo!) I had no idea they were even playing until Mel-a-rific sent me a text message about their win. So, yes, I have on my alma mater's colors today. I don't even like football, but it's fun to get caught up on the coattails of someone else's success and ride for a little while.

On Monday Baby G and I took Mel-a-rific downtown to the Gibson Guitar Factory. We got to see skilled workers in action making very expensive guitars (these babies run $2,000 to $5,000+). Of course, at the end of the tour there was a gift shop full of pretty instruments in all shapes and colors. The dorkiest guitar of all, however, was this puppy (above). Nothin' says 'Mericuh like a geographically-inspired ax. While quite silly, you'll notice the particular color of this instrument... Flush with 20/20 hindsight, I wonder: was this a sign that UT would be the national champs...?