Archive for 'Texana'
Portrait of the American and Israeli soldier
Posted: March 15th, 2010 under Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Texana, The War, Troops.
Tags: honor, portrait of the American and Israeli soldier
Comments: 2
Ready for Comfort
Let’s see, I plan to make stuffed salmon tonight for me, Mrs. Charm and her mother, who is descending from Fort Worth this afternoon to stay with Mr. Boy for the weekend. This being Thursday, he gets his favorite macaroni and cheese. For grandma I still have to change the bedsheets and tidy up the [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under Mr. Boy, Mrs. Charm, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate.
Tags: Angora goats, Comfort, Freethinkers, Jimmy Doolittle, Texas, Tokyo Raiders
Comments: 3
Poker instead of recess
Scott will like this one. PC rules the public school day in most ways, except here recently when a rainy morning canceled recess for Mr. B.’s class. Instead, they played games at their tables and one friend taught him and another kid how to play poker.
Texas Holdem, to be exact. He said the teacher thought [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under Mr. Boy, Scribbles, Texana.
Tags: poker instead of recess, shut up and deal, Texas Holdem
Comments: 4
Dinosaur extinction
Delighted to see a new confirmation of the postulated dinosaur-killing effect of the meteor (or comet) that splashed into Chicxulub on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula millions of years ago. University of Texas geophysicists, who have helped map the ocean floors, did quite a bit of work on the remains of the crater—all hidden today by water [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under Science/Engineering, South of the Border, Space, Texana.
Tags: Chicxulub, dinosaur-killer, Texas geophysics
Comments: 5
Bluebonnet bonanza
This is a snap from last year by friend Chris White who lives out near Washington-on-the-Brazos, It’s a small preview of what’s expected in a week or so along most Texas highways. Winter’s slosh and splash, after several years of dusty drought, is expected to raise anew our beloved blue bonanza.
Posted: March 7th, 2010 under Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate.
Tags: bluebonnets 2009, bluebonnets 2010
Comments: 2
Winter to linger, flood chances increase
Rainfall has been above normal across Central Texas since Jan. 1, according to the National Weather Service. That’s expected to continue, with a consequent risk of significant flooding, especially on area rivers and lakes.
Forecast rain & storms today through Monday will only add to the problem.
Meanwhile, LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose says one of the coldest [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2010 under Blogosphere, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate.
Tags: cold winter, cool spring, flooding, wet year
Comments: 1
The Alamo falls
“On this day in 1836, the chapel of San Antonio de Valero Mission,
under siege for thirteen days by the Mexican army under General Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna, was subjected to an early morning assault. After
a fierce battle, lasting for perhaps some 90 minutes, the defenses
of the Alamo were overrun and all [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2010 under South of the Border, Texana.
Tags: Alamo, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, San Antonio de Valero Mission
Comments: none
LBJ: stranger than fiction
Seems old Lyndon Baines broke some laws for other than personal gain and one fellow is out to see him declared righteous for it, at least in Israel. LBJ, we hardly knew ye. Nor did your granddaughter, but she’s on the right path.
Posted: March 6th, 2010 under Blogosphere, Israel, Scribbles, Texana.
Tags: A Righteous Gentile, Holocaust, LBJ
Comments: 5
The Vin Fizz
I always liked this story of the first airplane to fly cross-country. In 1911. It’s a Wright EX pusher. It landed on its eighty-four day trip somewhere north of Austin, drawing a big crowd, as it did everywhere. Vin Fiz was a soft drink that fared worse than flying did, obviously. Ever heard of it? [...]
Posted: March 4th, 2010 under Science/Engineering, Scribbles, Texana.
Tags: Cal Rodgers, first cross-country flight, Vin Fiz, Wright EX pusher
Comments: none
Sending a message to D.C.
Born a tenant farmer, graduated an Aggie, flew C-130s in the AF, and now headed for an unprecedented third consecutive term as governor (much to the disgust and dismay of liberals everywhere), Rick Perry rides again. Only the Obama-loving legacy media was surprised last night when Perry (friend of the Tea Partiers and Sarah Palin) [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under Obamalot, Texana.
Tags: Debra Medina, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Rick Perry
Comments: 2







