The earliest known photograph of downtown Houston in 1856 at 300 Main Street.
And this circa 1866 photo with brick buildings to replace the original wooden buildings after they burned.
300 Main Street, Houston, in late 2013
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I watched two episodes of Star Trek Stange New Worlds which covers the exploits of Captain Pike about 10 years before Kirk assumes command of the Enterprise. I switched back to the Packers game and I’m afraid Adee is going to be disappointed in the outcome. Of course as I type this the Packers made an interception, but they are… Read more »
Squawk thanks! I learnt me somethin’ today.
Is there a way to fire something into a bot net to destroy it? Or implant something in it to destroy it at a given time?
#52 – Thanks for the reminder. Problem is the blur, not the size of the print. Got to get some glasses to adjust the focl point on my retina which will hopefully solve the problem. Been with bad eyes for so long my brain is still learning how to process all the new, bright images coming in living color too.… Read more »
I wonder why anyone would waste their time and resources to attack a site like this.
GJT
We been somebody for some time now. At least once a day we get probed 40-60 times.
Heck, it’s been so long since I posted an OC, I couldn’t even schedule an automated early morning post for yesterday.
I had the date and time correct, but for some reason it wouldn’t Schedule correctly.
So, I woke up at 3:30am and posted it Live – before Super Dave got up.
A bot attack? Us? Does that mean we somebody now?
Damn.
I shoulduh knowed it. It, the log, says Shanghai Shannon firewall blocked for trying to put his things where they do not belong.
That was me. Just mess’n with ya.
Everybody okay? Did ya feel Hambone move? We survived a 40 point bot attack poking prodding to see if there were any openings to insert his stuff into our stuff.
55 TexMo,
Still 26F but now there’s more snow added to the mix tonight. I get cold just watching that. Definitely winter in Wisconsin, with all the festivities of Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Years worked on with great energy.
Titans at Green Bay… it’s 26F up there… Brrrr!
My 80 y.o. Neighbor sent out the following, which has some points of interest in it. I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it. How Long Do We Have About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler,… Read more »
Krasner, the Philadelphia DA and Soros bootlicker, has been impeached by the Pennsylvania House. It now goes to the state Senate. Pennsylvania’s Republican-led House impeached Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday, further advancing their effort to remove him from office in response to the city’s gun violence problem. The 107-85 vote was largely along party lines following a fiery debate. The… Read more »
This is little Mikey Bloomberg’s stupid nonsense: According to the story, there were nine killings at Philadelphia gas stations during all of 2021 and 2022 – nine homicides in nearly two years. However, citywide over the same time period there were 1,021 murders – 562 during 2021 and 459 in 2022. To be clear, gas station murders made up less… Read more »
#51 EG
Well, I read your notes about what you ate today, and it took me a while to figure out what that “sliced matter” was that you put on your cheeseburger.
Hey Gordo do you know that in most web browsers you can hold down the CTRL key and use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out of a web page? It can mess up the formatting of some web pages but at least the text will be bigger and you wouldn’t have to strain your eyes to read text on the… Read more »
Saw a nice buck parading around out back here a little bit ago. They are really getting active and territorial and quite a few seem to think moving cars are does. Reports this morning at coffee that they are fighting out in the remote areas. Wound up not cooking any pies or anything this afternoon, but did fix my regular… Read more »
#49 mharper42 – it’s been that kind of day around here, as well… well… except for the kitty
I had a wonderful afternoon nap with kitty Tyler, and an extra quilt on the bed to keep us toasty warm. Based on my big yawns, I’m still half asleep even though I’ve done several outside chores since I got up.
I’ve been trying to get affirmed by the IRS so I can access some past years’ data for the CPA. Supposedly, the phone app should have been able to take pictures of my two forms of ID and approve me. Nope. Then, I was up late last night trying to scan in and upload copies of my ID to the… Read more »
The whole Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Crypto story in 99 seconds.
Watch here.
HT: Instapundit
We have had three deer grazing and lounging under a tree in our front pasture since early this morning. Seems the eating is as good there as is the bedding the grass makes. It was a cold 42 this morning with a little wind, and Mother Earth was warmer than that. It seems the local deer (six regulars) find our… Read more »
So far I’ve avoided starting on the sugary desserts. Tomorrow I’ll probably have to get started for sure. Maybe we can keep this blog tapped down for a couple of days after all.
Dang Dump Cake KILT the ole blog! 🙂
I’m thinking of making a couple of buttermilk pies for the boys on T’giving. And maybe a pecan pie or two. And some dump cakes. Think I can do all that and not be tempted to start consuming all that sugar myself. I’m almost afraid to try. That evil one on my should would be telling me that there is… Read more »
#39 SuperD Re: backhanded compliments When I was one of the tech gurus downtown, I was in charge of lining up some training for some consultants while I was busy putting out fires elsewhere. I was being run ragged during the spin-up of the project. There was another guru in town, well known in the FOCUS community. I’ll call him… Read more »
Your Cat Might Not Be Ignoring You When You Speak Cats have a reputation for being aloof, but a new study has found that their relationships with their owners may be stronger than we thought. The problem is you ain’t speaking to your cat correctly. A study by French researchers that was published last month in the journal Animal Cognition… Read more »
#12 Bones
My cats do have a kitty tunnel:
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Lol SD
Sure does make you want to hit the highway, doesn’t it ? President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking Federal Air Marshals off domestic commercial flights to have them conduct welfare checks on border crossers and illegal aliens, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) said in congressional testimony on Tuesday. In July, Breitbart News exclusively reported that Biden’s DHS had… Read more »
This Gerry Monroe from Houston is sure getting a lot of exposure on the internet.
TP @ 9:36 – WHAMMO!!
THAT is the WAY to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ∧5!
Aurora is perfect for Chief Avocado. Plenty of liberals. His very polished line of BS will go down their throats like local honey.
It would be very interesting. In an odd way, I feel voters might pull the lever differently now that they know the results. :shrugs:
Okay, coffee is down and I have to process some of my stash before heading back upstairs. I’ll put on my rosary video so I can pray as I work and don’t have to worry about counting my Hail Mary prayers. The rosary rotates through the life events of Jesus. As we cycle through the prayers every day, we meditate… Read more »
List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes This is a list from Wikipedia from 1900 onward. It’s kind of fascinating to see how many or how few politicians are indicted under particular presidents. Two term presidents are going to have more obviously. However, it’s hard to avoid the fact in the Trump administration very few politicians were charged especially… Read more »
Seems ex-chief Avocado has hoodwinked another city. This time the lucky municipality is Aurora, CO.
Texpat 9:36
Absolutely! Would that it would be repeated countless times across the country.
Found this in the C&C comments:
Thanks for pointing out how Climate Change is causing Bells’ Palsy. I’m staying away from Climate Change from now on!
Good advice for everyone, IMHO.
Regarding the push for the Fed to test digital currency: The Fed is going to test a simulation to see if they can make this work, one of the goals being to speed up “settlement” time. That’s the most fraudulent explanation I’ve ever heard. As a lawyer who has helped countless clients with wire fraud problems, the LAST thing we… Read more »
This is the way to do it. The article is by NBC and they are very sad. On Tuesday evening, the Berkeley County School District in South Carolina swore in the board members who were elected last week, six of whom were endorsed by the conservative activist group Moms for Liberty. Within two hours, the school board had voted to… Read more »
We can learn from the Germans: After widespread voting problems in 2021, including long lines at polling stations, polling stations that ran out of ballots, and delays causing voters to have to wait until after closing to vote, yesterday Germany’s State Constitutional Court ordered Berlin to hold brand new elections within 90 days. Germany doesn’t use electronic machines for voting.… Read more »
And another “unexpected” effect from the jab due to unknown causes: Jab-championeering Dutch politician Nilufer Gündogan somehow caught Bells’ Palsy, which I’ve heard is really going around these days. She probably should have worn her mask harder, or maybe with more layers or something. Ms. Gündogan blames “stress” for her sudden and unexpected disease. Yes, masking harder probably would have… Read more »
And who killed those Ukrainians via missile? Zelensky has been proclaiming Russian guilt, but… After an investigation, NATO’s Jan Stoltenberg told reporters, “Our preliminary analysis suggests that the incident was likely caused by Ukrainian air defence missiles fired to defend Ukrainian territory against Russian cruise missile attacks.” Stoltenberg emphasized NATO had “no evidence it was launched by Russia.” Furthermore, U.S.… Read more »
#23 – I remember, as a child, asking my Mama why people said that (the “strange bedfellows” quip)… She said “because it’s so very VERY true” – that was not terribly long after JFK was assassinated and we were living thru proof that LBJ was likely one of the best examples (tho’ I did NOT understand it at the time)…… Read more »
Then Childers reports the narrative changing on Ukraine. Maybe because the money is drying up and folks don’t want to get caught with their political pants down? Milley just told the world the Ukrainians aren’t going to win the war on the ground and may not even get their land back. Sure, he said not “anytime soon,” but what he… Read more »