I see the door is still locked. I went to breakfast with Lovely Daughter and Hubby this morning, and I am shocked – shocked, I say! – at the rudeness with which our family has been treated.
I am unlocking the door. I have not had time to research a beginning topic, so the floor is wide open for conversation ideas. Just give me a few minutes to make some tea and clear some seating space, but ya’ll come on in out of the cold!
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My favorite quote:
It reminds me of a joke:
Q: Why are there so few men in Heaven?
A: Because they won’t ask for directions!
Arthur C. Clarke did the same with 2001: A Space Odyssey. The book & the movie were written at the same time.
This reminds me of when my husband knew how to handle me. I remember having a huge disagreement with him over driving a boat while he was skiing. When we docked, I stomped off to an empty bedroom, my blood thundering in my ears. He came and found me, and despite my best efforts to keep my mad going, he… Read more »
Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. The 175th year of payback comes April 21.
As long as its not Spike Lee
Sure you don’t mean Spike Jones?
Nah.
Squawk is Strother Martin.
I’m LQ Jones.
Not everyone in the Mexican army spoke Spanish for that matter. There were still natives there who had yet to acquire the language of their European invader.
175 years ago today, Santa Anna overran the defenders of the Alamo, and as promised, put them all to the sword. Defending the Alamo was a futile effort from the beginning, but the time and resources required of SA’s army to finally finish it off gave Sam Houston time to raise a ragtag army to continue the fight. Even the… Read more »
Well, if you thought GUNS were bad news…
#31 El Gordo
I dare anyone, anyone, to go up against Iowahawk in battle.
It would be futile and suicidal.
Apparently Iowahawk was called out to explain some apparent contradictions in his article comparing public school student performance between Wisconsin and Texas which he initially wrote in response to Krugman’s NY Times article. So, here’s the rest of the story:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/
Gotta love the title – Badgering the Witless
Sarge Vining = Strother Martin
Sarge Vining is Strother Martin.
Strother Martin and Sarge live on forever merged in stone like a psychedelically inspired dream.
I honestly do not know how I could have ever missed this.
Fire ants and white guys, the last things it’s ok to hate…..and cock roaches.
#27 Adee Ms. Adee, you read it more carefully than I did. I didn’t pick up that this story was from the US. Because it was reported in a UK website, I assumed those were Brits who lined up and performed CPR for 1.5 hours. So in retrospect, let me restate, I am glad we have small-town Americans who step… Read more »
#17 Super Dave; Yea for the good folk of Goodhue, MN and surrounding communities for saving a life in 1.5 hours’ worth of CPR. Fortunately the Mayo Clinic in Rochester is only 35 miles away and has life flight service. And in the dead of a Minnesota winter.
When I get to heaven, I’m gonna ask the Big Guy what the deal is with those little b@stards.
And chiggers.
I am listening to the radio, and the Ortho Fire Ant commercials are running. They always make me smile.
Dead fire ants. That alone is enough to bring a chortle.
Kick fire ant butt!
#20 TT
Guess Europe, like us, has a bunch of liberal nitwits who so despise their own culture that they will fight to the last man to prevent it being forced upon their third-world immigrant population.
#21 Pyro
I’m just saying I think this was from an old report, not that it isn’t true. Or maybe the first report from years ago needed to be verified ? After all, that is the scientific method, test the hypothesis. 🙂
I heard Tim wants to apply for a study grant.
#17 S-Dave
Those life-savers and first responders were old-time, small-town Brits, not the new type of politically correct National Health Service dependent folk. Inspiring story, thanks for posting.
#19 mh42
I realize it’s almost certainly a hoax, but I choose to believe in their healing power. 😉
Besides, it never hurts just in case, right?
Frankly, I don’t see the problem. When people enter my home, I expect a certain degree of conformity with my house rules. Smokers go outside, because my nose picks up cigarette smoke for days after the smoker leaves. Clothes must remain on the body. Profanity should be taken elsewhere. Pick up things if you drop them. Depending upon the length… Read more »
#15 Pyro
I know this subject gets you all fired up, but I don’t think it’s news. I remember Jon Matthews (before he imploded) chuckling about a study reporting this health benefit on his morning radio show. I can’t even remember now how long he’s been off the air, but it is years and years.
#11 Pyro
Yep, more evidence on how all cultures are really the same and equal.
Just when you may have lost all faith in humanaty; Twenty-five people take it in turns to perform CPR for 1.5 HOURS to keep man who collapsed after heart attack alive.
Great story.
Dang, my 10 minutes are up. Can I have some more?
More Ogling please!
I knew I was on the right track.
Boobs. Is there anything they are not good for?
Mrs. Darren has some family in town. We all met at once at Mrs. darren’s cousin’s house. Their home filters did not let me view Hamous’ site so I searched sround the net and since Texpat cites Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds) a lot, and since I like his bloggin but do not read it much, I decided to scroll around there.… Read more »
I’m not grumpy.
I’m colorful.
I’m not grumpy.
And one o’you wimmins bring me a sammich! And a beer.
And make it snappy.
Fired workers in India fire their boss right back.
Hamous wants a clean, family-friendly site. Please do not use such vulgarity such as “Baraking”. You shalackle, you. 🙂
The edit button must be Hammy’s doing. I can barely open a post without
screwingBaraking something up.Adee, looks like we found the Modify command simultaneously. It’s a good thing indeed. Sorry to hear you also didn’t get any real rain.
Yup my
EditModify Button is back! 😀 YES!!TT,
Thanks so much for your hosting efforts here. I appreciate you being able to weave that into your (other) family life! And ignore these grumpy men. It’s like Pyro always clamoring for the wimmins to bring him a sammich. 😀
And HOLY COW! We have an EDIT command again!
And it works! Hoorah!
Good morning Hamsters. Well the much heralded front with rain has come through and left us with a trace–that’s all. Farther east was much luckier. Started out at 66 at 6, and of course that’s long gone; curretnly at 51 with a rip-snortin’ wind has more live oak leaves and pollen swirling in its billows. Nobody’s working on the house… Read more »
Well, I haven’t seen Lovely Daughter in weeks, and it will be weeks before I see her again. She is busy, busy, busy. She arrived yesterday, and we stayed up watching a movie together last night. We went to breakfast this morning. She leaves shortly with Aggie Beau to check out wedding venues in College Station, so I won’t see… Read more »
Was wondering where our leader went off to.
Where the HE!! Have Y’all been?
Mornin’ Gang 😉
Little sumpthin for y’all to admire all weekend.
My favorite quote:
It reminds me of a joke:
Q: Why are there so few men in Heaven?
A: Because they won’t ask for directions!
Arthur C. Clarke did the same with 2001: A Space Odyssey. The book & the movie were written at the same time.
This reminds me of when my husband knew how to handle me. I remember having a huge disagreement with him over driving a boat while he was skiing. When we docked, I stomped off to an empty bedroom, my blood thundering in my ears. He came and found me, and despite my best efforts to keep my mad going, he… Read more »
Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. The 175th year of payback comes April 21.
As long as its not Spike Lee
Sure you don’t mean Spike Jones?
Nah.
Squawk is Strother Martin.
I’m LQ Jones.
Not everyone in the Mexican army spoke Spanish for that matter. There were still natives there who had yet to acquire the language of their European invader.