THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

I haven’t taken the logo off the sidebar, but I’ll get around to it. Sooner than I will waste time writing another 140-character Tweet. What a nothing. This sums it up as well as anything can: "As a blogging, Facebooking, texting American who values the explosion of democratic user-generated Internet content and its contribution to [...]

"For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts. Temperatures were below normal in eight of the nation’s nine climate regions, and of the nine, five were much below normal. [...]

Always time for another photo of the official Tall Ship of Texas, the Elissa, under topsails in the Bolivar Roads off Galveston. Sweet sailin’.

Perfect. Just what we need to keep an eye on the little buggers Saturday night. Now all we have to do is draw more than the usual three or four. Takes numbers to get confident for mischief, you know. Via Instapundit.

Perfect. Just what we need to keep an eye on the little buggers Saturday night. Now all we have to do is draw more than the usual three or four. Takes numbers to get confident for mischief, you know. Via Instapundit.

The film camera lens was destroyed (the photographer was several miles away), but the shot was worth it I think you’ll agree. This 2007 night launch of the 23-story rocket with strapon boosters, at the Air Force station at Cape Canaveral, was for a missile-warning satellite. Something Mahmoud-the-Mad might want to keep in mind. To [...]

Rasmussen finds Congress critters least respected of all. With their recent behavior, that’s no surprise. Favorable Ratings for Professions   Fav Unfav Rating Small Business Owners 94% 3% +91 People Who Start Own Business 92% 5% +87 Pastors and Religious Leaders 70% 22% +48 Bankers 48% 49% -1 Journalists 43% 54% -11 Lawyers 42% 54% [...]

"The bad news is that North Korea can hit the U.S. with nukes. The good news is that they can only hit San Francisco and Seattle." Via Premier Betty.

"The bad news is that North Korea can hit the U.S. with nukes. The good news is that they can only hit San Francisco and Seattle." Via Premier Betty.

"Just Say No," the Tea Party crowd chanted at him in South Austin yesterday. He’s a lot more used to chants of "No Justice, No Peace," which is his preferred kind of crowd. But he seemed to be a good sport about it. Not running away, not hiding in his car. I don’t agree with [...]