THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

We go back on Roosevelt Time (my Corsicana grandfather’s term for Daylight Savings Time) on Sunday, an artifact of World War II that’s never been rescinded, proving that what the bureaucracy giveth it hardly ever taketh away.
And, lo and behold, DST might even be bad for your health, as it is statistically related to increased [...]

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 [...]

Photo by Snoopy-the-Goon’s son. Taken in the Angels (Malachim) Forest.

Over Mt. Jelm and the Wyoming Infrared Observatory.

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.

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 [...]

Birth control pills? The automobile? Antibiotics? Arguably. But in this case it’s radar, and Robert Buderi does a grand job of explaining why in the 500-plus pages of his sometimes technical, occasionally confusing, but always compelling 1996 classic, which I recently reread for the third time.
Perhaps it’s most compelling if you use your microwave (whose [...]

Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmidt:
“Recent disclosures and admissions of scientific misconduct by the United Nations and advocates of the human-caused global warming hypothesis shows the fraudulent foundation of this much-ballyhooed but non-existent scientific consensus about climate.”
Welcome aboard, sir.

Started up at the rancho about twenty minutes ago. Already lots of pictures people are taking around the area. This doesn’t happen often.

Could be. After Sunday’s high in the low 80s (yep), the temp fell to 40 by midnight at the rancho. Supposed to be colder tonight and then up to an inch is in our forecast for Tuesday. And Accuweather’s Joe Bastardi says:
“By the way, this looks like the worst last week of Feb weather [...]