THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

My Israeli friend “Snoopy the Goon” (he prefers anonymity on the Web) has written a nice review of my Civil War historical battle novel and posted it on his blog with links to the Amazon sales page and the book’s new blog, “Knoxville 1863, the novel.” Thanks, Snoop. Considering that you don’t normally like military [...]

Well, it’s official. I have bought the airline tickets for my solo trip to Israel in the fall. Planning to spend about ten days with my good blog- and Skype-friend STG who has offered to show me around. I’m looking forward to the visit, though not the trip itself. Indeed, it brings to mind these [...]

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

The post-Groundhog Day edition. Lots to choose from, including three of my own. But my favorite is: How many rocket attacks are there in a cease fire? Although the link seems to be broken. Hope it will be fixed soon.

Wonder why the, ahem, security bureaucracy failed to stop the PantyBomber from boarding the jet? Despite his own father’s advance warning? Other than for the usual reasons of its own ineptitude. Well, No Good Boyo has the explanation. Imagine you are an FBI agent on the receiving end of this: "Hello, I am a senior [...]

Rare reader and good Israeli friend Snoopy-the-Goon is at an early-to-rise, late-to-finish photography bootcamp in Arizona this week where the above shot originated. One of his grown children lives in the vicinity. Have fun, STG.

Let’s face it, even for dedicated Jihadists, there’s a right way and a wrong way to martyrdom. Humor from The Whited Sepulchre. Via Simply Jews. UPDATE: Unfortunately, after today’s events at Fort Hood, this is no longer particularly funny. My bad.

Life in the shallow end of the gene pool gets more entertaining by the minute: from the burglar pair who drew their masks on their faces with black markers to the clown who was captured on burglar cam getting into the liquor store (with only a few broken bones) but then being unable to get [...]

I think you will agree that this is a very funny YouTube video. But if you don’t, well then, move along to the next item. Everything is OK. I’m glad it was made in Britain. I don’t think this would go unpunished in a Texas city. There’d be very little chance, for instance, of the [...]

The Jewish/Israeli blog carnival Vanity of Vanities is up. Never better, I say modestly, as it has two entries of my own.