I’ve never lived close enough to a Chinese restaurant that delivers, at least not that I’m aware. The idea of having Chinese food delivered to the house was something I only saw in movies. I’ve obviously had pizza and other things delivered to my house but not Chinese. I’ve had Chinese takeout and I’ve had Chinese food delivered to my hotel room when staying in bigger cities.

Tyler has a bunch of restaurants and a fair share of them are Chinese but do any of them deliver?

We’ve got places like China King, China Buffet, China Star, China Express, Golden China, Peking, Cheng’s, Ming’s Café and several others.

When I lived near Houston, I frequented a Panda Express. It was a little out of the delivery range which was a shame because I would’ve definitely taken advantage of that.

There’s definitely no shortage of restaurants in Tyler and to ask for another one might be pretty ridiculous, but I think it might be kind of cool if one of the Chinese restaurants we do have added this service.

Right down the road from my old place is China Star, which is kind of fast food but I definitely took a liking to it. I know it won’t happen but it’d be cool if they delivered.

There seems to be a pattern in conversations I’ve had with people lately. I’ve heard a handful of people talking about ditching cable or satellite and sticking with Netflix and Hulu. But Why? Don’t you know those services don’t provide live sporting events? Does anyone really have cable or satellite for the shows and movies?

In my head, I’m making guesses as to how long those people are going to last? How can you survive with not being able to tune into the baseball playoffs, or go back and forth between football games on Saturday’s and Sundays? Why would you not want to watch Monday Night Football? I’m perplexed, and I can’t find the answers to these and other questions.

Do those who cancel cable and satellite not realize just how many sports stations are on cable now? Are they holding on to false hope that live sporting events will soon be picked up by the online services?

I recently had to make one of the hardest decisions in my life. After having satellite service for about six years, I switched to cable. The hard part about it was losing the incredible sports package and downgrading to save some money. Seeing as how hard that decision was, I can’t imagine how hard of a decision it is for those choosing strictly Netflix or Hulu over DirecTV or Suddenlink Cable. Why would you do that to yourself?

There has been a lot of talk, off and on, over the years about the possibility of UT Tyler getting a football team. On one hand, it’s strange to think that a university held in a town like Tyler doesn’t have football. Football is king in Texas and there have been a lot of professional athletes out of East Texas, and Tyler is the biggest town in East Texas. Tyler is home to Robert E. Lee High School, the biggest high school in East Texas and the only 6A school in East Texas. One would think the University of Texas at Tyler would compete on the gridiron on Saturdays.

But then when you think of it, maybe that’s exactly why UT Tyler doesn’t need football. The high school competition is above par. If you want to catch a college game, you can at least watch the Tyler Junior College Apaches or make a short trip to a nearby city or town to see college ball.

As a football fan, I think it’d be neat to be able to see UT Tyler get a football team but there are several factors you have to consider. It starts with a stadium. Sure they could play at Rose Stadium until they get their own but that would mean they share it with two high schools and a junior college. That would mean more wear and tear on the place and isn’t exactly convenient.

Then of course you get into the costs of things. The cost of tuition of the school would rise significantly and those attending there don’t want to pay for that kind of thing when they won’t reap the benefits.

Starting a football team is a several-year project. You need a coaching staff that’s willing to wait. You need a team and recruiting the proper players is no easy task. Equipment is certainly not cheap and the team itself won’t be anything to write home about in the first couple years.

There’s nothing wrong with the quality of football in this town as we speak. If it ain’t broke, let’s not try to fix it by adding a Division III school with a mediocre team at best to start off.