Weekend Art Poodle Open Comments

Poodles are great dogs. You can make them look like all kinds of non-dog things. Like an aquarium:

A dragon:

And many others, but this is my personal favorite:


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fat albert
fat albert
April 3, 2011 11:39 pm

#184 mharper:
My wife and I were big fans for the 1st 2 seasons. The last season it got really weird and we lost interest. I still catch re-runs when I can. Dennis Haysbert has the best voice since James Earl Jones. The rest of the cast was quite good as well.

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 10:41 pm

Tim, I haven’t been to West Texas for decades, so I haven’t had to see what’s been going on since I grew up and moved away. We had a windmill on a stock tank outside Midland. Doubt if that’s permitted any more due to water table subsidence.

GJT
GJT
April 3, 2011 10:15 pm

As we got closer to Abilene……

And how ’bout those windmill farms, aren’t they just dreamy?

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 10:10 pm

Anyone else a fan of the tv show “The Unit”? I occasionally still watch an episode in reruns. I love those Delta Force guys. The cast is terrific, especially Dennis Haysbert.

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 10:06 pm

#180 TT

As we got closer to Abilene…

Ah, a trip to Big Sky country… Sorry about the sand storms.

Adee
April 3, 2011 10:00 pm

Ooohh, we love Blue Bell Happy Tracks. Shortly after it was introduced the B-B rep stocking the freezer case at our local Randalls told me it had originally been named Moo Tracks, but that sounded too much like another brand’s Moose Tracks, so B-B was asked to change it. At first we thought it was a seasonal flavor, but apparently… Read more »

El Gordo
April 3, 2011 9:40 pm

#180 – Texas panhandle weather is something to behold. In the few years I was out there, I saw several unusual weather phenomena. One during a dust storm it started to rain, dumping big clumps of mud on the windshield. You might also want to check your paint as the sandblasting effect can be severe at times. The tumbleweeds crossing… Read more »

Tedtam
Admin
April 3, 2011 9:26 pm

Handsome and I left home this morning about 9:30 or so, and made it into Lubbock around 5:30. We drove around his prospective campus, where basketball tryouts are supposedly taking place tomorrow. Then we arrived at our LaQuinta hotel room (which I Pricelined at $50) and it comes with wi-fi access. So now that we’ve eaten dinner, and I’ve taken… Read more »

GJT
GJT
April 3, 2011 8:55 pm

Drop satellite dishes and Barbie dolls. They’re cheaper than bombs, and more effective in the long run.

That would prolly work, not sure the available tonnage, but it just might work.

Texpat
Admin
April 3, 2011 8:52 pm

Sergei #109 Texpat calls them all posers. I imagine its because he has a long list of those serving or who have served who will tell us not danger was present. For a guy who got pizzed off about somebody saying that folks were making Jones out to be a hero, you certainly are taking a lot of time telling… Read more »

GJT
GJT
April 3, 2011 8:51 pm

Germans produce a dark beer that is to die for and I dang near did.

And ain’t it just the dern good fortune for all us that never happened.

gtotracker42
gtotracker42
April 3, 2011 8:42 pm

Pearl Beer and Shiner. My Dad brought those along on many weekend camp outs on Redfish Island, Smith Point, Double Bayou, and spoil islands that no longer exist. I must have sent hundreds of stubbies to the bottom of Galveston, Dickinson, and tributaries to those bays with a b-b gun. Red Stripe is a tasty Lager in its’ own right.… Read more »

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 8:38 pm

#160 Hamous

One million strong to bring back Hop’n Gator

I thought I would go through the 33 fans to see if I recognized any Couch Critters. But of course people use their real names in FaceBook. How would I know if “Pericles Manthos” was our HeadShaker or our gtotracker42 ?? 🙂

bob42
April 3, 2011 8:38 pm

Drop satellite dishes and Barbie dolls. They’re cheaper than bombs, and more effective in the long run.

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 8:27 pm

#169 Bones

It is a religious war for them and we should be fighting it as such.

Methinks you go too far here. I see fighting jihadis as more like eradicating pests — disease-carrying mosquitos, plague rats, etc. More public health and less religious fervor, please.

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 8:21 pm

#171 EG
Very cute, and right on, too.

El Gordo
April 3, 2011 7:54 pm

This brief video clip will set everyone straight on book burning, rioting in the streets, and the like. Worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB8ABt9ahg4&feature=player_embedded

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 7:54 pm

#149 Shannon
I saw Happy Tracks and was going to buy it & try it, but then saw they had Tin Roof today so got that instead.

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
April 3, 2011 7:29 pm

As far as the moooooslims go, it strikes me that any group that is not willing to live and let live, WHICH THE FRIGGIN MOOOSLIMS WILL NOT, doesn’t merit any consideration of their feelings what so ever. IF those camel raping stone age buttheads can’t police their own then to hell with them. If they choose to shoot from a… Read more »

texanadian
texanadian
April 3, 2011 7:25 pm

Nutty as an Imam DURHAM, N.C. – Authorities say the woman who falsely claimed she was raped by Duke lacrosse players has been accused of stabbing her boyfriend in the chest at a North Carolina home. Durham police say 32-year-old Crystal Mangum was arrested Sunday morning several hours after the stabbing that seriously injured her 46-year-old boyfriend. Investigators said the… Read more »

Dooood
April 3, 2011 7:24 pm

Heh! I still have a coupla Hop’n Gator cans in my collection. Never have actually tried the stuff though.

Shannon
Admin
April 3, 2011 7:23 pm

Though a young teenager, I learned to drink beer in Germany — but it was pretty
much exclusively the seven or eight beers brewed in Munich.

Bonecrusher
Bonecrusher
April 3, 2011 7:22 pm

I really like fresh squeezed lemonade and I really like beer. I have found that the Mikes Hard Lemonade, the original flavor, is outstanding.
As far as breakfast beers go it is pretty hard to beat a Heinekin.

squawkbox
April 3, 2011 7:13 pm

goattracker
I tried Billy Beer. Twernt nothing to get hung up on. Pearl Brewing made the beer you might have purchased in Texas.

squawkbox
April 3, 2011 7:11 pm

I spent several years in Germany. in the land of 1500 beers I quelled many a hangover with a drink they called Cola Schaupum (i think I spelled that right). It was a mix of pilsner and Fanta cola. Bamberg was the birth place of Rauchbier (smoke beer). This mess seemed nearly as thick as molasses and tasted like a… Read more »

gtotracker42
gtotracker42
April 3, 2011 6:57 pm

Anybody ever get to try a ‘Billy’ beer?

Hamous
April 3, 2011 6:25 pm

#158 Hence the quotes.
There’s a Facebook page entitled One million strong to bring back Hop’n Gator. They’re up to a whopping 33 strong after over a year.

gtotracker42
gtotracker42
April 3, 2011 6:18 pm

Gatorade is a fruit?

gtotracker42
gtotracker42
April 3, 2011 6:14 pm

You could use some of the grapefruit bitterness in lieu of the bittering hops.

Interesting, I had not thought of that. Makes sense though.

Shannon
Admin
April 3, 2011 6:11 pm

I always get queasy when yall start talking about so-called beer.

Hamous
April 3, 2011 5:58 pm

The first “fruit beer” I ever had was a Gatorade flavored malt liquor. I still get a little queasy just thinking about it.

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:55 pm

GoatDude, Now that’s interesting. I’d give it a shot, but to be honest I’m not too keen on grapefruit. Combined with beer it could be good though. You could use some of the grapefruit bitterness in lieu of the bittering hops. As long as a good balance is maintained between the malty body and bitterness I reckon it might be… Read more »

Shannon
Admin
April 3, 2011 5:50 pm

I bought some Blu Bell “Happy Tracks” flavor. It’s vanilla with lots Of chocolate swirled in and full of something like miniature Reeses peanut butter cups. Pretty good, but pretty rich.
It’s no replacement for Tin Roof, though. Which does not have marshmallows, dammit. 🙂

gtotracker42
gtotracker42
April 3, 2011 5:46 pm

Here is one for Dude. Ought to his cup of ..tea. I stopped for a tour of the brewery last week. They had this on tap but I did not get to try it.
http://texasbeer.blogspot.com/2011/03/shiner-ruby-redbird.html

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 5:37 pm

#140 Dude
(First time I’ve been to Google today and it has an ice cream theme on its logo.) It was Twisted Tea radio commercials where I heard the concept. Looks like it may be more of a home-brew idea and not so much store-bought. Saw some Hard Lemonade recipes too.

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:32 pm

I figure Lindsay Graham drinks fruit flavored beer.

Fruit-flavored beer shouldn’t be confused with sugar in the tank. Not at all the same thing.
🙂

Adee
April 3, 2011 5:32 pm

Kinda mugly and overcast all day out here on the north bank of the Barzos at Richmond with just a fleeting hint of sunlight breaking through late this morning. At least that’s confined the temp to the upper 70s. Breezy all day as more pollen and live oak blossoms fly about further coating everything. The back yard looks like a… Read more »

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:31 pm

I just wouldn’t consider it a breakfast beer.

Oh yeah, fair enough. I guess the acidity might be a bit much in the am. My favorite I’ve ever had early was Weihenstephan Lager in Fredericksburg, TX. Probably a location situation there though as much as the beer itself.

Shannon
Admin
April 3, 2011 5:30 pm

I figure Lindsay Graham drinks fruit flavored beer.

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:29 pm

Well, I guess hard iced tea is different from Long Island. Sounds interesting, but as close as I’ve ever gotten to that hard tea is a few batches of mead I’ve made. I do love me some mead from time to time.

Hamous
April 3, 2011 5:26 pm

I really don’t know why fruit-flavored beers get dissed as they do.

I can drink the occasional Lindeman’s Framboise. I just wouldn’t consider it a breakfast beer.

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:21 pm

hard iced tea

I’ve not heard that term, but I have had a few Long Island Iced Teas. Not sure if that’s the same thing or not. Either way, Long Island Iced Tea is nothing at all like beer and the only real resemblance it bears to actual iced tea is its color.

mharper42
mharper42
April 3, 2011 5:16 pm

Has anyone ever had a “hard iced tea” and if so, is it any good? Does it taste like ice tea or like beer or just taste awful?

Dooood
April 3, 2011 5:09 pm

I really don’t know why fruit-flavored beers get dissed as they do. The Belgians have been doing them quite well for many years. Then again, these are the same people who put mayo on their french fries, or pommes frittes, or whatever fancy name they give ’em over there. At least Pierre Celis had the good sense to come to… Read more »