Lasagna

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I got a wild hair to cook lasagna on sunday, so I rifled around for several recipes and kinda made a hodge podge of them. It had the stereotypical problem of looseness that is frequent for lasagnas, but was tasty. After overnight in the fridge, and reheated for lunch, it was even tastier. Pureed tomato, … Read more

liberal media

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On Meet the Press, Bob Novac whines about the liberal media making “the conservatives” uphappy with George W’s unconservativity. The host says, “Bob Novac, with his syndicated column,… his own TV show,… and it’s the liberal media.” I smiled. -b

getting ready

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Porter prowling with puppy dog eyes, Bill preparing for an evening out. The dog throwing his patheticism like a weapon. “I can’t nap when you’re gone, like I nap when you’re here. I can’t stalk the night skulkers when you’re gone, torture the neighbor cats, trot the stairs, gaze out the windows, like I can … Read more

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Bar-b Que Cookoff

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I’ve been to the rodeo and the livestock show bunches of times, for many years. But I’ve never been to the BBQ cookoff which happens the days before the Rodeo opens. So, I had to go when Nunnally gave me a free pass to one of the booths.

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Mallard Fillmore

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Dear Diary, Today, er… i mean Wednesday,… Mallard Fillmore actually hinted that President George W. Bush is perhaps something less than an entirely capable first executive. I would have gone outside to see if the world had stopped spinning about its axis, but Bruce Tinsley was unable to pull the trigger without making it a … Read more