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Stress Therapy

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Along with my crochet and embroidery, I have discovered that coloring with markers really helps bring my stress level down. When my eyes are too tired for embroidery, I pick up my book and open my large container of markers and go to town until the urge to slap somebody severely subsides.

BTW – Sharpie brand markers don’t leave “brush strokes,” unlike the cheaper school kid markers. Sometimes you want the strokes to show, other times not. I’m learning….

Now I get to send these to Sunshine. I like sending her stuff in the mail. When I was little, I remember how excited I was to receive anything in the mail, like the big folks.

PS: The colors didn’t scan in nearly as vividly as they are on paper. /sigh

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  1. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    like the big folks

    Even bills? 🙂

  2. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    John Boehner’s a jackass.

  3. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Little Sister’s last few days before becoming a mamma again. What a great woman she is. She married a really good man too. Oh, and she has stellar parents.

    http://yimleej.blogspot.com/2015/08/wrens-big-night.html

  4. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Even the unedited videos are “heavily edited”. Who knew?

    http://www.progressivestoday.com/crazyplanned-parenthood-tells-congress-unedited-versions-of-baby-selling-videos-were-heavily-edited/

  5. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Wake up slackers, it’s the weekend!
    Mornin’ Gang

  6. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Tedtam says:
    AUGUST 28, 2015 AT 10:05 PM
    Sarge, this is for you.

    I almost sent that VW Bus tent to you—and thought about one for myself. Then I thought abought all the other things I could do with $600.

    Darren says:
    AUGUST 28, 2015 AT 11:03 PM
    This is for Sarge. You can even surfboard in them. Whoohoo!!!

    http://www.selkbagusa.com/

    This was Sarge many years ago:

    http://www.hammacher.com/Product/86239?source=cj&PID=7703513&cm_mmc=CJ-_-4436694-_-7703513-_-Hammacher+Product+Catalog&utm_source=Affiliate&utm_medium=CPA&utm_campaign=CJ

    🙂

    Wrong pic.

    This one.

  7. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Restoring American Exceptionalism.
    President Obama has dangerously surrendered the nation’s global leadership, but it can be ours again—if we choose his successor wisely. By Dick Cheney and
    Liz Cheney

    In 1983, as the U.S. confronted the threat posed by the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan explained America’s unique responsibility. “It is up to us in our time,” he said, “to choose, and choose wisely, between the hard but necessary task of preserving peace and freedom, and the temptation to ignore our duty and blindly hope for the best while the enemies of freedom grow stronger day by day.” It was up to us then—as it is now—because we are the exceptional nation. America has guaranteed freedom, security and peace for a larger share of humanity than any other nation in all of history. There is no other like us. There never has been.

    Born of the revolutionary ideal that we are “endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights,” we were, first, an example to the world of freedom’s possibilities. During World War II, we became freedom’s defender, at the end of the Cold War, the world’s sole superpower. We did not seek the position. It is ours because of our ideals and our power, and the power of our ideals. As British historian Andrew Roberts has observed, “In the debate over whether America was born great, achieved greatness or had greatness thrust upon her, the only possible conclusion must be: all three.”

  8. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I know Erick Erickson “no longer enjoys any credibility” here, but I think it’s a bit premature to write him off as an “Establishment Republican” simply because he recognizes a charlatan:

    The repeated betrayals of Republican leaders have led to the rise of Donald Trump. The petulance of the party’s congressional leaders who have spent more energy fighting conservative attempts to hold them to their word than fighting Barack Obama now have to fight to wrest control from Trump. Trump, at least presently, is immune from establishment attacks because the party leaders have lost all their credibility. A party that will not stand up to stop tax payer funds going to an organization that pulls whole children out of freezers to sell as scrap is not a party with the moral clarity to tell Donald Trump he is fired.

    But there is more to this than meets the eye. More and more polling shows the biggest group of voters who hate the Republican Party are the Republicans’ own conservative voters. In growing numbers they have driven down the popularity ratings of Congress. Instead of trying to recover popularity with their base, the Republicans have convinced the Chamber of Commerce to spend millions of dollars defeating conservative Republican “troublemakers” in the 2016 primary cycle. Why join the base when the GOP thinks it can beat its base?

    This then is why the Republican Party as we know it is coming to an end with only one way to avoid the splits that doomed the Whigs. When, not if, Donald Trump fades away, the party leaders will conclude they beat him and the crazy base. They will, like the Bourbons of France, learn nothing and forget nothing. Instead of realizing their broken promises and failures of leadership led to the rise of men like Donald Trump, they will conclude his decline means they need keep no promises.

    The only way to save the GOP is for it to elect an outsider as its Presidential nominee who can lead the party in a fight against the President and the moral evils of the age. The party, as a hollow instrument to be controlled for ballot access will live on. But 2016 will be the moment many define as when the party left them instead of them leaving the party.

  9. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Morning, everyone. I’m refreshing my memory on the defects of the hackberry tree. I see now it was foolish to ask Shannon if his were cut down for lumber.

    The wood of hackberry has never been used to any large extent due to its softness and an almost immediate propensity to rot when in contact with the elements.

    — http://forestry.about.com/od/hardwoods/ss/hackberry.htm

  10. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Aw sheesh, another one of these #blacklivesmatter style of police attack, and this one too close to home. I thought Texas, and Houston, were better than this.
    http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/us/texas-sheriffs-deputy-shot-gas-station/index.html

  11. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    RIP Deputy Goforth. Another thug cold blooded murder.
    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEPUTY_SHOT_HOUSTON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-29-06-33-34

    PS – you beat me to it by that much.

  12. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #10, 11: I’m sure the LSM will be climbing all over each other to call this a hate crime, right?

    /sarc off

  13. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Sheriff has a suspect. However, he must be innocent, because his mother says he dindu nuffin.
    http://abc13.com/news/suspect-arrested-in-deadly-ambush-on-deputy/961336/

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Watching “Inherit the Wind”. I have to fold laundry, then go see Mom. Barf Kitty is doing much better- she’s not crying weakly anymore, and she actually ate some food during the night.

    Dodged that bullet. I thought I might have to make a rough decision today.

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oh, and I did 40 minutes on the treadmill, walking quickly and not taking it slowly like I have been.

    The hip is still attached, so I guess I’m getting better.

  16. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    This then is why the Republican Party as we know it is coming to an end with only one way to avoid the splits that doomed the Whigs. When, not if, Donald Trump fades away, the party leaders will conclude they beat him and the crazy base.

    We all know Trump will fade away but if the GOP are successful in keeping him off the ballot in some of the states as they are trying to do, his supporters will see it as having been rigged. Stupid on their part. They is skeared if you axe me.

  17. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Mh42, fats, & especially bone –
    I drive by that gas station often. A couple of time yesterday even. It’s a coupla miles from the hogan here in beautiful (?) unincorporated NW Harris County.

    Bone – how far is it from you?

  18. phil Avatar
    phil

    We all know Trump will fade away

    Not me

  19. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Actually had to argue on FB with my sister-in-law, who said that Shariah law was the same as Republican beliefs.

    Really? I mean, really?

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    We can thank Trump for one thing.

  21. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    BREAKING!!!! FORMER POTENTIAL CATEGORY SIX VERY WEAK TROPICAL STORM ERIKA MAY STILL WREAK HAVOC ON FLORIDA!!!! MAYBE!!!!

  22. phil Avatar
    phil

    Word on the street is Ted Cruz was a bit miffed about a question he received from ‘it’s all about Me-gan’ on her The OutFoxed File show a few days ago. He kind of thought it was a question a liberal journOlist would ask.

    Come on Ted.

    If you can’t stand the tough questions now, how are you going to handle questions from Candy the Creature Crowley?

    OutFoxed News.
    We Report and Me-gan Decided, We’ll perpetually bash Trump and sometimes Cruz.

    Speaking of Outfoxed News, I think O’Reilly should change the name of his show to The Unlucky Charm Factor because he’s not so magically a phony.

  23. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About the OC Pix, can you put up a bigger one?
    #21,Hamous, I was hoping that it would peter out, my wife is heading to Fort Lauderdale in the morning and is waiting on a call this afternoon to find out if the Gub’ment buildings will be open on Monday.

  24. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    If you click on the pic, then click on it again, it gets a little bigger.

  25. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Or…I could just make it bigger.

  26. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17
    The suspect who dindu nuffin was taken in Crystal Lake in Copperfield, is that close to either of you? Bones, Pyro?

  27. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Flooding is no good, but I read somewhere this morning that Flarda does need rain.

  28. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Hammy beat me to it – I was busy resizing my image.

    Seriously, these colors look so faded compared to the original. Next time, I’ll take a pic with my camera instead of using my scanner.

  29. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    That OC pic is too big, now
    🙂

  30. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bones has mentioned living in Copperfield.

  31. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    That OC pic is too big, now

    At least it’s not another in the Tranny series.

  32. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Naw. He’s in Glorious Copperfield, a subdivision of Utopia.

  33. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Just goes to show you – any song can be a bluegrass song.

  34. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Local Fox is saying Didnindu Nuffin’s mom is who turned her son in. Somebody’s wrong in the news I can’t believe it.

    God Bless the family of Deputy Darren Goforth and those who knew him.

  35. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Case in point.

  36. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #25 Hamous, Thanks.

  37. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #34 tom
    Last night they brought in the dude whose mother said he was at home as “a person of interest”. Sounds like the suspect is a different dude.

  38. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #33

    I like it! Makes me want to break out the Yoohoo!

  39. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #37

    Ah

  40. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    Another one for the unlikely bluegrass chronicles.

  41. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    If there’s one bunch of so called leaders and activists in America out of touch with their constituency, it’s the Latino crowd.

    Peggy Noonan:

    Something is going on, some tectonic plates are moving in interesting ways. My friend Cesar works the deli counter at my neighborhood grocery store. He is Dominican, an immigrant, early 50s, and listens most mornings to a local Hispanic radio station, La Mega, on 97.9 FM. Their morning show is the popular “El Vacilón de la Mañana,” and after the first GOP debate, Cesar told me, they opened the lines to call-ins, asking listeners (mostly Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican) for their impressions. More than half called in to say they were for Mr. Trump. Their praise, Cesar told me a few weeks ago, dumbfounded the hosts. I later spoke to one of them, who identified himself as D.J. New Era. He backed Cesar’s story. “We were very surprised,” at the Trump support, he said. Why? “It’s a Latin-based market!”

    “He’s the man,” Cesar said of Mr. Trump. This week I went by and Cesar told me that after Mr. Trump threw Univision’s well-known anchor and immigration activist, Jorge Ramos, out of an Iowa news conference on Tuesday evening, the “El Vacilón” hosts again threw open the phone lines the following morning and were again surprised that the majority of callers backed not Mr. Ramos but Mr. Trump. Cesar, who I should probably note sees me, I sense, as a very nice establishment person who needs to get with the new reality, was delighted.

  42. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Someone needs to remind me again what a blessing it is to take care of one’s elderly parent.

    ‘Cuz after my much shortened and upsetting visit with Mom today, I’m in dire need of such reminding.

  43. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Watching Pearland TX VS Lewisberry Pa in the Little League World Series!
    This is it!!!

  44. phil Avatar
    phil

    I like the o/c pic.

  45. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I figgered it would be a nice change from the usual craziness.

  46. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Pearland’s doing well!

    I grew up in Pearland, so my roots are showing.

  47. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I do indeed live in Glorious Copperfield, that would be the Southcreek Sub-Division. The Chevron station in question is about 4 miles or so from my house. I pass it every tuesday when I go out to Tomball for the Old Folks Bible Study. I almost never stop there because the fuel is very expensive, at least 10-20 cents per gallon more than the Chevron at Telge and 290 about 2 miles away.
    I just drove past the shooting incident Chevron and they were putting the flags at half mast and there were several news crews there.

  48. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    so my roots are showing.

    Better get out the Clairol bottle. . . . .

    /ducks and hauls azz like ST lernt us.. . .

  49. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Pearland lost. So sad.

  50. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I was trying to fix something here at the house and almost turned myself into a sitcom cliche.

    Superglue.

    ’nuff said

  51. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sarge #6;

    Is that a a recent picture or one from your childhood? 🙂

  52. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Someone needs to clue Big Brent in that it’s pronounced “bison”.

    Not “bizon”.

  53. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Another group of criminal, thug, murderous-intent, idjits decide to use social media to help ensure thier convictions.

    HEADLINE: Police: Men Hunted Victim In Midtown Sacramento On Periscope

    Periscope, apparently, is another social media platform.

  54. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous ;

    Erickson is right in that article. The phenomena which is The Donald is owed at least in huge part to the Republican leadership’s constant attack against its conservative base. While Democrats have been thoroughly embracing its fundamentalist base, Republicans have been attacking theirs.

    As fir Erickson and his credibility, the problem I see is how polarizing people are becoming. Say or do one thing and pronouncements of betrayal and retaliation via the pulling support to the point of career anihilation has become more and more common. I understand if it’s part of a backlash, and I think a lot of it is, against the beforementioned attacks on the Conservative base but beyond that I see no point. People at times will say or do something wrong or at least considered wrong. I do not agree with a few things George Will has recently said. Ditto that and more regarding Peggy Noonan. But I have not written them off. It’ll happen. They express something wrong, others express what they think is correct. That’s the world we live in.

    When Sarah Palin was runing for vice president, she was under attack even from those onthe John McCain team. I read about a blogger who vowed to root out those behind these attacks. That blogger’s name was Eric Erickson. I cheered him because I liked Sarah Palin, a lot more than I did John McCain. Some things never change. Nothing really big came out of Erickson’s efforts somfar as I can remember but I appreciated his call to root out the culprits. Recently Erickson has, and in my estimation appropriately so, been under driticism for his attacks on the Palin family. He issued a weak apology and Sarah Palin did not accept it fully. She even responded in a way which Erickson, I think, will think hard before attacking her or anyone in her family again. That’s that so far as I’m concerned. Move on. I know
    I’ve said and done things in the past which I regret but we move on. I am not a fan pe se of Erickson but I think he’s written some really good stuff and will continue to do so.

  55. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The well-deserved target of much genuine conservative derision, Lindsey Grahamnesty, ain’t doing so well in his quest to be POTUS.
    The big question is: will he be the first one to drop out? Will it be Jimmy Dick, seeing as how he is out of money?

  56. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #41;

    Like Romney before him, Donald Trump is attacked by Hispanics
    I know as racist and, when coming from young Hispanics, express a “fear” that Trump will throw them out of the country. These young Hispanics ovviously get their fear from their parents who get it from Univision and the like. I think these people would be shocked of how much Latino support Trump has and that he is NOT a racist.

  57. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamou, texpat, et al;

    I forgot to mention that John Boehner’s a jackass.

  58. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bonecrusher;

    Graham’s running for president? I had forgotten. I’ve also forgotten that Rick Perry and Mike Huckaby are running too. 🙂

    And, John Boehner’s a jackass.

  59. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #29;

    Just hit the delete button on the o/c pic. 🙂

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It became obvious this afternoon that there were 2 different suspects with 2 different mothers, so I decided to wait for an announcement.

  61. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    And here it is: “Shannon J. Miles is charged with capital murder. The motive is unclear. A handgun has been recovered and tests show it matches the weapon used in the killing, Hickman said.”
    http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/29/us/texas-sheriffs-deputy-shot-gas-station/

  62. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    And a little more info
    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/suspect-arrested-killing-texas-sheriffs-deputy-darren-h-goforth-n418286

  63. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Close calls and “OH CRAP!” moments.

  64. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And Boehner’s a jackwiss.

  65. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The Deputy Goforth execution was the lead story on the national news (CBS).

  66. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I found some shrimp during my freezer defrosting. Given my stressful visit with Mom today, I think I’m going to treat myself.

    Hubby’s out of town, so he won’t be getting any.

    While the cat’s away, the shrimp will pay.

  67. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Also lead story on NBC.

  68. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    All these years I thought Guantanamo was on the west end of Cuba.
    Man I feel stupid.
    But at least I’m not a jackass like John Boehner.

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Since the chef has developed a gout problem, we don’t get shrimp around here anymore.
    Eat some for me.

  70. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Will do. 😀

  71. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oh, and Boehner’s a jackwiss.

  72. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #s 64, 71;

    That’a girl. 🙂

  73. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    But at least I’m not a jackass like John Boehner.

    I don’t think you’re even remotely close, Shannon. 🙂

  74. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    It would be really neat if they really did find St. Stephen’s tomb.

    Original post: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2015/08/biblical-archaeologys-top-ten-discoveries-of-2014.html

    Direct article link: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/december-web-only/biblical-archaeologys-top-ten-discoveries-of-2014.html

  75. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, and John Boehner’s a jackass.

  76. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I’m betting this killer’s motive will turn out to be similar to the lowlife who shot the TV reporter and cameraman. Felt sorry for himself, lately been encouraged by the Obama zeitgeist to think that it’s understandable if blacks go berserk and shoot policemen and any whites they don’t like.

  77. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Did any of the news stories call the shooting a hate crime? No, didn’t think so.

  78. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I find these amusing.

    Boehner, not so much.

    ‘cuz he’s a jackwiss.

  79. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #69 Shannon

    Eat some for me.

    Just so ya’ know, the shrimp was delicious, and there was plenty for all of us to have some. As a matter of fact, I may have some for breakfast.

    Because I can.

    And Boehner’s a jackwiss. He doesn’t get any. Shrimp. I don’t know about anything else.

  80. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    These are amusing, also.

    But not Boehner. Because, well, you know.

  81. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    BMITCH McConnell izza terd nozzle.

  82. phil Avatar
    phil

    Did any of the news stories call the shooting a hate crime?

    Does a seal eat a shark?

    I’m sure up next in the Ministers of pRegressive Mainstream Propaganda bag of tricks is to label the execution workplace violence.

  83. phil Avatar
    phil

    Now back to my stress therapy and the o/c pic.

    It has me on a psychedelic binge and I like it.

  84. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    HEY, did y’all know that Boehner was a JackAss?
    Well, I really enjoyed watching Pearland in the Little League final and hated that they lost, but dang they did good to get as far as they did. Being that the worst player on any team was great, I was hoping that Lewisberry’s error in the 2 nd would decide the game, but it didn’t. I will say that Ryan Farmer is one Hell of a pitcher!

  85. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I just spoke with a sheriff and he advises the perp has confessed and that he has an extensive arrest record and is mentally ill. He prolly won’t get the big dirty spike.

  86. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I had a video chat with my daughter and granddaughters earlier. I like to growl “I’m a-gonna get you!” at Sunshine. I think it’s funny that she runs away when I do that.

    I love being a grandma.

  87. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    At our last vet visit, the vet told me not to put a flea collar on Barf Kitty. He said her system could probably be strained by the toxins. I’ve noticed a few fleas on her since. I looked up info for making a spray for her using essential oils. There was one for lavendar and citrus, another using primarily rosemary.

    I tea tree oil, orange, lemon, and eucalyptus. I made a spray using a few drops of the eucalyptus and the lemon. Surprisingly, she let me mist her while I was petting her and rubbing through her sparse fur. She’s completely calm now.

  88. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Karma. It’s a wiss.

  89. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #88: Way back when, before marriage, I had a deer lease. The cabin tended to attract field mice. I found that shooting the mice before I threw them in the fire worked better. I used a 22 pistol firing long rifles; I never missed but it was loud.

  90. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Shannon’s not a jackass?

  91. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon’s not a jackass?

    Not by the John Boehner standard. 😉

  92. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    If tried and found guilty, capital punishment all the way.


    http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/08/29/gunman-still-at-large-after-execution-style-killing-of-tx-sheriffs-deputy-video/

  93. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    But not Boehner. Because, well, you know.

    🙂

  94. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #92 Darren: See my #85. The perp is in custody and has confessed.

  95. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Sounds like a lot of people gathered for a vigil.

  96. phil Avatar
    phil

    More stress therapy.

  97. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Ballistics completed on murdered Harris Co. deputy in less than 24 hours. 9 people killed in Waco and ballistics still pending 4 months later. The odor arising from this Waco situation is really getting strong.

  98. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bonecrusher #94;

    Yes. Being mentally ill would be an exception. My post was based on the assumption of being mentally capable to make rational decisions. Thanks for pointing out your post to me.

  99. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    It’s officially Sunday. Time to dedicate the day to the Lord (or, more to the Lord, as I haven’t quite seemed to have perfected that). So, one last time…John Boehner’s a jackass.

  100. phil Avatar
    phil

    100

    As good as if not better than the original.

  101. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    ZZ Ward has really nice legs. From her videos I expected her to vamp on-stage with a sultry attitude. Other than a lot of leg the outfit would not have parents leaving the room. She plays a mean harmonica and played it a lot. That I did not know she did. There were two opening acts which meant there was at least one really obnoxious drunk when ZZ played. The second opening act was Marc Scibilia. They really rocked the audience. Three guitars and a drummer. The guy on bass was awesome. Their stuff on youtube sucks compared to what they played live. Look for better stuff from this act.

    The crowd was small, the balcony was closed for not enough tickets sold to need it. The audience that was there knew most of her songs and she got it. ZZ moved into the crowd for a final encore. She performed some of her new songs. I like her trending into blues rock. The early songs of her’s she performed tonight sounded more hip hop. Her on-stage persona is more Joey Cook or Hailey Reinhart. I expected a Marilyn Monroe who could really sing. And sing this lady does. Hopefully she will come back to Houston at a venue that does not charge 8$ for a 12oz domestic beer in a can.

  102. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Good Morning !

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    101
    Glad you got to see her! Wish I had, but I figure I saved 80 bucks staying home and drinking 65¢ beer and watching the video.

  104. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Watching a mov

  105. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Watching a movie with a very young Rita Moreno in it.

  106. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Did he say Hailey Rinehart?

  107. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #102 Texpat
    That’s better than the Hillary nutcracker from a while back.

  108. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, I’ll be back at church soon to help with registration for faith formation. I did not receive an email from our DRE about the upcoming schedule (shocker – not), so I guess I get to find out this morning whether I have to restructure my classes to accommodate 1/2 hour less teaching time each week.

  109. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    And Boehner reminds me of farm animal usually used to pull or pack, or to protect livestock. Long ears, etc.

    You know what I mean.

  110. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    McConnell is the one who gives me the willies.

  111. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    If Boehner is a jackass, Mitch is usually compared to a turtle.

    Post turtle?

  112. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    😀

  113. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Heard a great quote this morning: “Immigration without assimilation is invasion.” When my grandfather arrived from Sicily, he Americanized his name and began speaking English immediately. His kids were told to speak English. They continued to eat their delicious food and personally kept their Sicilian roots, but they assimilated into the American culture quickly. I thank him for that.

  114. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Race baiting Hi Spanick reporter gets a dose of her own BS by a black dude.

  115. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We have a copy of this icon in our church. I wondered why it appeared black but had a Polish name, and now I know why.

  116. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well my bride is off to Fort Lauderdale, can you believe that the State Attorney General of Florida is paying for her to fly down and stay for two work days to testify in a hearing for a convicted Capital Murderer? From few the facts that I know, it seems like a waste of time to me. Oh and folks are coming in from California, Alaska and Florida.
    Oh and Mornin’ Gang

  117. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I might add that the “Florida” AG is much easier on the eyes than Ours.
    😀

  118. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The Great Hackberry Slaughter left a thousand little sticks laying around – potential lawnmower-powered projectiles. So, I got up early to collect them and start a future burn pile, should the burn ban ever be lifted again.
    Since I no longer excel at stoop labor there are pain killers in my future and an afternoon of watching championship golf.
    And paperwork for the paperwork monster that resides at the home office. And hauling the trash. And washing the
    dog.
    Poor old weedeater will sit lonely, untouched in the storage building. Damn I was really looking forward to that.
    Not.

  119. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Perhaps I can get that jackass Boehner to come weedeat.

  120. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The hackberry executioner had a giant Case skid loader with a grapple. Pretty impressive.

  121. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Between the skid loader, the cherry picker, and ten guys tromping around, my beautiful lawn of weeds is now a
    blackland dust bowl. Praying we have enough warm weather left for the weeds to make a come back.

  122. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tedtam, and the rest of you left-footers

    Can you explain the difference between Catholics and Orthodox when it come to icons?

  123. phil Avatar
    phil

    w-Hore House Bartender Boner is much more of a bought and paid for Cow-Ard than a Hee-Hawer.

    He’d pimp out his own daughter if he could TPA free trade her for a prize turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

    He is a disgrace to the country and his skin tone dishonors sweet potatoes everywhere.

  124. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    117 Shannon

    Why exactly did the old tightwad out there part with the money to take down those trees ? It seems to me you don’t have any shade at all anymore.

  125. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Here’s an explanation about icons I found……

    10. Icons

    The icon is an artistic depiction of Christ, the Mother of God and the Saints. God the Father cannot be painted, because He has never been seen. God the Holy Spirit has appeared as a dove and as “tongues of fire.” He may be shown in this way. God the Son became a man, and He may be painted in His human form.

    Icons are more than sacred pictures. Everything about them is theological. For example, they are always flat, flat so that we who inhabit the physical world will understand that the world of the spirit where Christ, His Mother, the angels, the saints, and the departed dwell, is a world of mystery which cannot be penetrated by our five senses.

    Customarily, Roman Catholicism has historically employed statues in its worship. The statues are life-like and three-dimensional. They seem to imitate the art of ancient Greece. Both arts are naturalistic. The Latins portray Christ, the Mother of God, the saints, even the angels, as if they were in a state of nature. This “naturalism” stems from the medieval idea that “grace perfects nature.”

    The person or persons are represented on the icon as deified. He or she is not a perfect human being, but much more: They are transfigured and glorified. They have a new and grace-filled humanity.

    Important to remember is the Latin theory of grace: It is created by God for man. Orthodoxy teaches, as we recall, that grace is uncreated, and impacts all creation. It is a mysterious extension of the Divine Nature. Orthodox iconography reflects this truth, even as Roman Catholic statues reflect its idea of grace.

    Again, icons are a necessary part of Orthodox piety. The Orthodox honor and kiss icons, a devotion which passes from the icon to the person or persons represented in them. Icons are not idols and the Orthodox do not worship them. Worship is reserved for God alone. The statues set up in Roman Catholic temples are not commonly venerated; they are visual aids and decorations.

  126. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    117 Shannon

    Why exactly did the old tightwad out there part with the money to take down those trees ? It seems to me you don’t have any shade at all anymore.

    I paid for it. $1500.

  127. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Nope. I have no shade on the South side anymore. Nor on the East.

  128. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    All hackberry trees are deserving of the death penalty.

  129. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    After the home health nurse had her brand new Buick’s roof crushed by a 6″ diameter limb, the decision was made.
    I figured 1500 was cheaper than having the house crushed.
    Or even worse.

  130. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Can you explain the difference between Catholics and Orthodox when it come to icons?

    1054 AD 😉

  131. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    129
    Oh that really helps.

  132. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Speaking of icons and statues….

    Other than a statue of Jesus, you won’t find icons and statues in a Lutheran church in this part of the country.
    You may recall that a long time ago I was involved in a war over a remodeling/building program at my church. I was stupid enough not only to accept an appointment to that first committee but to let them appoint me chair. It was the morning I was waiting (and sweating through my suit) to speak and convince a bunch of Germans to spend a million bucks on long-needed repairs and restorations that I realized how stupid I really am!
    But back to the subject at hand…
    We have this beautiful life size statue of Jesus that had been in a prominent place in the Sanctuary for (literally) a hundred years. When it was temporarily moved to annex area to facilitate the early stages of remodeling, you would have thought we were responsible for the re-cruxifiction of our Lord.

  133. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    125 Shannon

    Add a zero to that figure to get it done up here.

  134. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    132
    What’s funny is, our plan failed to pass. A second committe was formed (on which I gracefully refused to serve) and a year later they convinced the congregation to spend 1.7 million!

    So I was the sparring partner that softened them up. The next guys knocked them out.

    By the way, that note will be retired next year.
    Six years.
    Not bad for a church our size.

  135. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    By the way, that note will be retired next year.
    Six years.
    Not bad for a church our size.

    Not bad?!? That is unbelievable, how many in the congregation?

  136. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Not bad?!? That is unbelievable, how many in the congregation?

    Hardcore Average Weekend Attendance

    70- 6pm Saturday
    60- 8am Sunday
    100- 10:30am Sunday

    That’s 230.
    But the membership roster stands at about 400.

  137. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It could be 500, but I haven’t looked in a while. Like most other mainstreams, we’ve been shrinking fast over the last 15 years.

  138. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Direct Energy has had some overly aggressive sales agents in the neighborhood the last few days. I tried to be polite but ended up slamming the door in her face yesterday. Several older ladies have felt threatened and have called the company to give them a piece of their mind. I contacted them via email. And note to salespeople: don’t ever, ever call a Hipster chick “Sweetie”.

  139. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Not bad?!? That is unbelievable, how many in the congregation?

    No one can bitch and moan and whine like a buncha tight German Lutherans, but once the decision is made they will open their checkbooks and support the effort. You wouldn’t believe how much fun it is to help with the big auction at the annual church Octoberfest. Which is purportedly staged to honor this year’s new members.

  140. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Electricity vendors sending salespersons door to door.

    Where am I? What world have I been transported to?

  141. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tom Tynan regularly hammers his listeners that there is a state government-run/approved website where you can objectively compare elec. vendors and change your contract.

    Can’t remember it right now.

  142. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Electricity vendors sending salespersons door to door.

    That’s been going on for years here.

    Can’t remember it right now.

    http://www.powertochoose.org/

  143. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Love this guy. Backbone to share, hopefully with members of Congress?

    Sheriff puts the blame for cop killing on Obama.

  144. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Here’s to those Pearland boys.

  145. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    142 TT
    That’s the best video I have seen in a long time.
    Thanks for posting it.

  146. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Oh no a wimmin ref in the Teaxns game. We are doomed.

  147. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    145 GJT
    I think ElGordo just welded shut the access door to his underground shelter. From the inside.

  148. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Shannon:

    I think the only thing that really embarrasses EG is the fact that a woman was actually involved in his birth.

  149. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    One more mention how New Orleans is a pull up the boot strap city I’m hurling a beer at the TV. Well ok maybe a bottled water.

  150. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I just noticed that in commercials for the CBS news division they claim that it is “the fundamentals of journalism that drives” them.

    And the crowd faints dead away in laughter.

  151. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Some of these are really funny.

    I like the superpower “turning alcohol into regret”.

  152. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Wimmenz ref in an NFL game? Who cares (about the wimmenz or about the NFL) – that quit being an athletic event years ago and is now merely entertainment. Next they’ll have them refereeing professional wrestling if they ever rise to that level again. Remember when they decided to let wimmenz into the locker rooms to conduct pre and post game interviews – and then were criticized because the players were exposing themselves to the wimmenz by running around naked? The world has gone mad – the wimmenz just got there first.

  153. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    147 Fat Albert

    really ? that’s pretty cold…even for EG.

  154. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Isn’t Talk Like a Pirate Day coming up pretty soon? A friend was asking me about that just recently.

  155. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    September 19th I believe.

  156. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    This is neat and I’ve never heard of the Codex Sinaiticus before.

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/30/phenomenal-the-worlds-oldest-christian-bible-dating-back-to-the-4th-century-is-going-on-display/

  157. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #152 Texpat:

    Awwww. . . . (shuffles feet) I was just funning’. . . . .

    ( in a low voice) sorry EG. . . . .

  158. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #124;

    Important to remember is the Latin theory of grace: It is created by God for man. Orthodoxy teaches, as we recall, that grace is uncreated, and impacts all creation. It is a mysterious extension of the Divine Nature. Orthodox iconography reflects this truth, even as Roman Catholic statues reflect its idea of grace.

    Fascinating.

    Hamous #130;

    1054 AD

    Heh! 🙂

  159. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    fat albert #156;

    You also need to shake hands. 🙂

  160. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    My sister-in-law sent me a picture of her coloring with a group of friends in San Diego. It seems there’s a meet-up group just to color.

    Seems it’s really big in Europe, and she’s Turkish.

  161. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Here. That’s better.

    http://www.passports.com/sites/default/files/great%20schism%20BartholomewAndFrancis.jpg

    🙂

  162. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Some of my younger friends are having evenings out at painting salons. There will be several paintings on display and all the attendees do up their own version of one of them. All the supplies, including smocks to protect your clothes, are provided. From photos I’ve seen posted, it’s mostly millennial wimminz, but one has been there accompanied by her grade school son and her HPD homicide detective hubby. I think they get to take their work home with them.

  163. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I wouldn’t be very good with coloring. Somewhere in a collection of stuff my mother saved there’s a picture I colored in 1st Grade with a note from the teacher that said “Mark needs to learn to stay inside the lines.”

  164. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Don’t go to bed mad, boys and girls.

    Except at that jackass Boehner.

  165. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Hey FA, that’s no problem – I asked for it, and I can take it. But thanks anyway. And besides, my mother was a lady, not one of those other kind – just like some of the ladies on this site.

  166. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Looky here.

  167. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hello,….Psssst anyone awake?
    It’s a new week!
    Mornin’ Gang

  168. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Shannon, I saw Hailey sing that at Warehouse Live. She looked very nice in a very tight red dress. That band will be back in Houston in December at U of H. No telling who will be singing with them. Sure hope Ariana Savalas will be there. They rotate through several singers and musicians.

  169. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Like I said, she has nice legs.

  170. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Carpe Diem.

  171. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    She gots legs that go all the way up to her buttocks.

  172. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Good Monday morning, y’all. Quite the crowd marched in support of the fallen cop yesterday.

    Can we just say it out loud now? All lives matter, including cops. Those that insist that only black lives matter are racist scum; the klan with a tan if you will.

  173. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    How bad has the looting been BC?

  174. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tap, tap. This thing on?

  175. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I hope people in the area are supporting that convenience store beings how one of his gas pumps has been taken away.

  176. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    New thread is up

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