Category Archives: Texana

Coolest July in a while

Posted on July 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Coolest July in a while

Strictly unscientific. No statistics herein to prove it. But July is almost over and we have yet to hit a hundred degrees. Usually, well, the last few years, we’d have done that by now. Still time, of course, but so far it hovers in the low nineties.

Comments Off on Coolest July in a while

Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Scribbles, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , ,

Worst attorneys general. Not Texas.

Posted on July 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Worst attorneys general. Not Texas.

Whew. We avoided this list. Oklahoma did not, nor California. Unsurprisingly the Vietnam War veteran wannabe Blumenthal made it. No surprise there.

Via Dustbury.

Comments Off on Worst attorneys general. Not Texas.

Posted in Scribbles, Texana

Tagged ,

The I had no idea department

Posted on July 22, 2010 | Comments Off on The I had no idea department

stacks_new_fugio_reverseReading a new non-fiction book on the slave trade, I came across the interesting assertion that shillings and pence were still in general use in the South in 1838, because the only American coins were these fugios, or Franklin cents. The thirteen rings are cool, but I love “Mind Your Business.”

Comments Off on The I had no idea department

Posted in Library, Texana

Tagged , , ,

Elissa in drydock

Posted on July 19, 2010 | Comments Off on Elissa in drydock

Elissa-night-shotWhen it comes to boats, the work and the expense never ends. Especially when the boat is more than a century old and needs a whopping bottom job.

Comments Off on Elissa in drydock

Posted in Sailing, Scribbles, Texana

Tagged , ,

Those Rangers, sigh

Posted on July 14, 2010 | Comments Off on Those Rangers, sigh

The Rangers, as the saying goes, always fall apart by the All-Star break. But being auctioned off due to bankruptcy is a new twist.

Via TFG.

Comments Off on Those Rangers, sigh

Posted in Scribbles, Texana

Tagged , ,

Krause Springs

Posted on July 14, 2010 | Comments Off on Krause Springs

krause4-9-10Beautiful pic of the springs natural bathing pool, below the camping area. Almost Certainly looks photoshopped. Made in April by Ellen Yeates.

Comments Off on Krause Springs

Posted in Scribbles, Texana

Tagged , ,

Day 83: The Gulf Coast Held Hostage

Posted on July 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Day 83: The Gulf Coast Held Hostage

To a cut-no-slack federal bureaucracy overseen by a feckless president who’d rather golf, have “date nights” and throw White House parties. Whom Big Media has allowed to say nothing about the oil spill since June 22. What, isn’t New Orleans at risk, too? Isn’t that Big Media’s favorite place? Oh, that was just when Bush was president. Yeah. He isn’t now so it’s okay that federal response is stuck on stupid.

Via Instapundit.

Comments Off on Day 83: The Gulf Coast Held Hostage

Posted in Blogosphere, Obamalot, Science/Engineering, Texana

Tagged , , , ,