Wednesday, Just Another

Washed my truck, did some yard work, did a podcast (#13, without the Colonel), cleaned some house, cooked some pork chops. I wasn’t really in the mood for going out, but it was Peter & James and Grenadine convinced me (didn’t take much really). Ran into all kinds of people I hadn’t seen in a … Read more

Smithville, Austin, and Dreams

gothic smithvilleSaturday I drove out to Smithville and had a fabulous time at Glover and Judy’s with fabulous weather and a nice evening swim in the lake. Drove into Austin and stayed at Mary Ellen’s.

Sunday was the Houston v Austin roller derby with lots more fun, convincing Bob Hewett and Bill Fergerson to come out, and hanging with the roller girls afterward (even though they lost to an amazing Hot Rod Honeys team) and actually meeting a few of them I hadn’t previously talked to.

The drive home was bathed in yellow wild flowers almost the whole way. When I get home I have two emails from different friends who had dreams about me:

Subject: Hello?

Are you OK? I dreamed you died last night,

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SXSW Images: Tricia w/ The Allen Oldies & Jim Bianco

Jim Bianco, from Los Angeles, played Saturday morning at the Continental Club after the opening Allen Oldies Band, who cooked jalepeño pancakes. Tricia supported The Allen Oldies Band by being the guest chef. In her French Maid outfit, she cooked the pancakes, leaving Allen Hill to perform the Oldies. Apparently, Jim Bianco, mistaking Tricia for … Read more

i’m blogging this

I L.O.V.E. a good t-shirt. And Jennifer was wearing one tonight. “I’m blogging this” on the front. It was geek-tastic. As I was chatting with her, I had to glance to the back of her t-shirt. See if there was anything there. Indeed there was. www.oreilly.com My first thought was Blender Rebublican Extraordinaire found a … Read more

mundania

About 2 o’clock I stopped by Griff’s, already tented for the St. Patrick’s week. (Done Griff’s once on a St. Patties, don’t need to again.) On Saturday, they were having an Irish Stew cookoff. There were four team. Some friends of mine were first timers, so I stopped by to see how they were doing. … Read more