I am going down with the ship.

June 25, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

“I am going down with the ship.” I can’t speak for everyone. I can only speak for me. I can’t fault any other choice anyone else might make.All I am saying is: If Texas goes down, I’m going down with it.To the bitter end. I’m here to stay and I’m ready to fight. Ever since […]

A Rant In the General Direction of Anyone Living North of Here. And Mother Nature Too

February 9, 2011.Reading time 10 minutes.

OK, I’ve had it. It’s icing again outside. We’re scheduled to have below freezing temps for the next two days….including a current wind chill of minus one. (Yes, right now) The weather around here, for the past few weeks, has been beyond insane. And beyond having to contend with it ourselves, we’ve had to contend […]

Be Sure And Get You a Slurpee Today.

July 11, 2009.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m thinkin’ I’m bound to get a brain freeze later today. I’m thinkin’ I’m bound to do it intentionally. Here on the 11th day of the seventh month, 7-11 is serving up free slurpees all day. Don’t say I never passed along any crucial information on this blog. Today is 7-11’s 82 birthday, and as […]

Democratic Muslims and Football-playing Tongans

June 12, 2008.Reading time 11 minutes.

Texas has never been widely known as a hotbed of progressive thought. This, despite the fact that great thinkers like Barbara Jordan and Molly Ivins came from here. Ann Richards too. This, despite the fact that issues near and dear to the progressive-heart were finally nationally adjudicated in cases that originated here (Roe v. Wade….Lawrence […]

Why You Never Need to Leave Texas

January 23, 2008.Reading time 14 minutes.

Haven’t done a “Things to Like About Texas” entry in quite a while. My friends/family in Atlanta added that fair burg to this list. And I added several more to the international category. They’ve got an asterisks by them. (Did I mention that I always loved geography?) If you think of you own, email or […]

The Dixie Chicks

June 2, 2007.Reading time 29 minutes.

“I’ve been a long time gone now Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down But I’ve always found my way somehow By taking the long way Taking the long way around” I realize that not everyone is going to agree with this one. But I also realize that for those whom this blog category was […]

Greenberg Turkeys

December 9, 2006.Reading time 5 minutes.

What would the holidays be without talk about food? And talk about “Great State of Texas” holiday food would be incomplete without the mention of Greenberg Turkeys. So this morning, I am declaring Greenberg Turkeys to be one of the many things to like about Texas. However, I’m also well aware that most folks –even […]

Bluebell Ice Cream

August 9, 2006.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s made down at what they call the “little creamery in Brenham.” But that’s the biggest understatement of the year. It’s a huge factory. And now, I understand, they have factories in other states too. But they retain that small town sense of being from Brenham…in their ads, their marketing, and in their company ethos. […]

Barbara Jordan (Yes, she really was from Texas)

February 28, 2006.Reading time 5 minutes.

These days, when you say you’re from Texas, you’re likely to get a few smirks and comments about politicians from our state. Whether it’s Rick “Good Hair” Perry, or either of the George Bushes, the politicians folks hear about from our state tend to be conservative, and tend to be hated by just about as […]

The Frozen Margarita: How Tex-Mex Libation Met 7-11 Technology

February 19, 2006.Reading time 4 minutes.

In the last entry in this section, I waxed about my love for Tex-Mex; and how, if you love it too, then there’s something you love about Texas. This entry is sort of it’s own special subset of the last one. It’s about a special part of the Tex-Mex universe: the Frozen Margarita. Perhaps one […]