The Blind Man of Scrabble

TG and I went to see Peter & James last night at the Big Top, Scrabble in tow. Peter & James are half of the Light Rock Express and sometimes referred to as the Light Rock Light. When the first three letters TG pulled were L R E, I knew it was a bad sign. … Read more

Angus Litigation

“Could you point to the Angus area?” I recently saw this Jack in the Box ad, and was mildly humored. They are selling their 100% sirloin burger, and backhandedly mocking the 100% Angus burger. I vaguely recalled someone advertising their Angusness but didn’t recall it being Carl Jr. (There aren’t any of those in the … Read more

Day 23: Spam Arrival

Day 23 of the new blog and the spammers have found me.  13 spam comments showed up this evening.  It seems I didn’t have Askimet installed, yet.  It always does a fabulous front-line on WordPress spam comments.

Texas Legislature: Too Many Poor People Voting

Last Thursday the Chron PolitBlog called Texas Voter Fraud “a lie”.  Friday the national media was writing an article on the stealthy disappearance of the American Center for Voting Rights.  (An organization who was trying to sell us on rampant voter fraud.)  Meanwhile the still Republican-controlled Texas Legislature was swinging their scepter to “protect us” … Read more

Rail Line Treasure Hunt

The TMi page of the Star section of the Chron printed a 10 picture and clue scavenger hunt on Wednesday, all of which is along the light rail line. Of course I helped host, with Andrea Greer and Allen Hill, a scavenger hunt in January. The ending location and the cover of the CD which … Read more