Realistic Expectations for the 2025 Houston Texans
July 22, 2025
Congratulations, we have made it to the 2025 NFL season! You can never fully control outcomes, but collectively you can always work together to increase win probabilities of all sorts. Resource allocation and directing collective help. Many smart people have worked hard over decades to increase the Texans win probabilities… [MORE]
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Welcome Houston Texans to 2025 – Back to the Future
Dear Texans and Future Texans of Earth and Space, Hi, my name is Steph Stradley. I am one of many Houston Texans who, over decades, have wanted to see Houston’s professional football teams win a Super Bowl with our living eyes and want to help make that happen together. I… [MORE]
Stephanie Stradley Blog Cookbook – Your Best Recipes
FEAST! The best eating I’ve ever done was at a party where everybody was supposed to bring the best thing they cook. You know, the food that everybody begs you for the recipe. So everybody brought the food that they were famous for and feasted. When we gather a bunch of food and… [MORE]
Why Your Social Media Sucks
“Why Your Social Media Sucks” is an overly provocative title intended to grab negative attention. It begs for an argument. “No, it doesn’t.” “It’s not that bad.” “Yours is worse.” “You didn’t prove this and oversold your headline.” “Sure it does. I don’t know how to fix it.” “Whatev.” Personally,… [MORE]
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Welcome Houston Texans to 2025 – Back to the Future
Dear Texans and Future Texans of Earth and Space, Hi, my name is Steph Stradley. I am one of many Houston Texans who, over decades, have wanted to see Houston’s professional football teams win a Super Bowl with our living eyes and want to help make that happen together. I… [MORE]
Practical Tips to Win Your Property Tax Protest in Houston
This post was originally published on April 26, 2014 and was updated most recently May 23, 2025. Thinking of filing a property tax protest in Houston, Harris County? The deadline for filing your property protest appeal is May 15th, unless that day is a holiday or weekend then the next… [MORE]
Stephanie Stradley Blog Cookbook – Your Best Recipes
FEAST! The best eating I’ve ever done was at a party where everybody was supposed to bring the best thing they cook. You know, the food that everybody begs you for the recipe. So everybody brought the food that they were famous for and feasted. When we gather a bunch of food and… [MORE]
Law Articles
Practical Tips to Win Your Property Tax Protest in Houston
This post was originally published on April 26, 2014 and was updated most recently May 23, 2025. Thinking of filing a property tax protest in Houston, Harris County? The deadline for filing your property protest appeal is May 15th, unless that day is a holiday or weekend then the next… [MORE]
The Deshaun Watson Lawsuits: Frequently Asked Questions
A plaintiff’s attorney filed numerous civil lawsuits by women against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. The cases state Watson assaulted, sexually assaulted, and harassed women after contacting them with the pretense of seeking a traditional massage. Watson’s lawyer has acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations, shared his view the allegations are… [MORE]
Does Business Insurance Cover Coronavirus Losses?
People running businesses are scrambling to figure out how to deal with their financial losses and expenses from coronavirus COVID-19 business interruptions. Including me. I like sharing explainer Q&As with people who know more about subjects than I do and am using this blog post to share with others what… [MORE]
Sports Articles
The Deshaun Watson Lawsuits: Frequently Asked Questions
A plaintiff’s attorney filed numerous civil lawsuits by women against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. The cases state Watson assaulted, sexually assaulted, and harassed women after contacting them with the pretense of seeking a traditional massage. Watson’s lawyer has acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations, shared his view the allegations are… [MORE]
The Ezekiel Elliott Case Shows How Ruinous NFL Policy Is
If you were to design and execute the worst possible domestic violence policy you could think of, it would likely look like how the NFL is handling the Ezekiel Elliott case. I’ve read all the public legal documents on this case. Hundreds of pages. It is difficult to convey how… [MORE]
Ezekiel Elliott and the NFL Domestic Violence Policy
When people on Twitter ask my opinion about sensitive situations like the Ezekiel Elliott suspension and the NFL Domestic Violence Policy, I think sometimes it is better to write a blog post to share complex thoughts. I started writing about NFL discipline issues in 2006 after incoming NFL Commissioner Roger… [MORE]
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Stephanie Stradley Blog Cookbook – Your Best Recipes
FEAST! The best eating I’ve ever done was at a party where everybody was supposed to bring the best thing they cook. You know, the food that everybody begs you for the recipe. So everybody brought the food that they were famous for and feasted. When we gather a bunch of food and… [MORE]
My Health and Fitness Pep Talk for All of Us
In the past, I’ve led online groups encouraging each other to be more healthy. One of them made the New York Times. (I had gained a lot more pounds than my baby was, and those pounds did not want to vacate the premises as fast as I wanted them to… [MORE]
On Self-Respect and Being Kind to Yourself
You likely know people who tend to beat themselves up a lot. Maybe that’s you. Think everyone does it to some degree, but it’s destructive when it becomes a habit not even noticed. And what I want to say is this: Self-respect is being kind to yourself and your future self.… [MORE]
