On the Patio

Friday Fishing

If a picture says a thousand words....I suppose this one is saying that it's necessary to let your top down while threading the eyes of your fishing pole. We agree. Always.

(Previously posted August 4, 2006)

Texas Pride. Bragging, or Fact?

This is a great commentary on Texas folks vs Big govt.

You might call it bragging, but if it's true, it's a fact. Texas has the reputation of having the biggest, best, and most of, everything. This is just one story you will not see on teevee news, other than our local stations. Yeah, we are proud of ourselves and our own. No brag, just fact.

Here is a true story about the Tricounty fire in Montgomery, Grimes, and Waller County that hot Texas last month.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Over at SOTW, Jim, aka, "He Who Shoots With Bullets", voices concern that there is a measure of assholery within the gun community.

That assholery being the few bad apples that ruin it for many. He quotes from one of his favorite reads, Shelley Rae of GunNuts.net, on her post here.

While I agree with her point of view, I wonder why anyone nowadays is shocked that assholery exists. It is in fact, in every part of our lives. Take a cross section of any part of society and you will have at least 10%, even less probably, representing the Nuts part of GunNuts. And yet, that small part can ruin a good thing. So, I can only think that she really does know that, and that she is just fed up with it. Now that's scary. A woman with a gun, tired of crap, and you cross her. But she chose the written word to vent. God bless her.

Jim, on the other hand, sees a solution to the assholery that Shelley writes about. Marketing to change perception. He's good that way. And he chose another of his loves besides gunnery to express that, motorcyclery.. Read how he explains just how Honda changed perceptions about their product, thereby creating a path that the world would trample to purchase their bikes.

Now my contribution, to verify and solidify that the correct marketing approach will help the cause. Enter Cheech & Chong, stoners of old, Icons of the puff. They being hired by a corporate giant General Mills, to....enlighten while entertaining, to introduce a benefit of one of their products. Think about the intended target audience.

Yeah, I'll buy them. You will, too.

Dilemma Or Honesty?

...it is difficult to believe someone is telling the truth when if we were in the same position we would lie....

I think H L Mencken uttered these words, and I am paraphrasing.

Friday Fishing

Can you see what's wrong with this photo?

First published on 02/25/2005.

Bad Bass

My local paper, the Houston Comical, reports that Bass Pro Shops is being sued for discrimination in hiring practices.

"A spokesman for Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Shops said the company had not yet reviewed the lawsuit and could not immediately comment."

Shocking. Shocking that a company, any business, would target who they wanted to hire to run their business. Really? No.

 

Rule Number 8

Number 8
         Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you think he's not horny, make him a sandwich.

One Night Stand

So who cares? So What.

Clinton/Lewinsky. Kennedy/Monroe. Clinton/Streisand. Harry/Bess. Harry/Sally. Obama/Us. Ron Jeremy/Your Daughter. Behar/?.

So Sarah got her some. Big deal. So what. Or Glen Rice got some. She will not be, is not, a candidate for POTUS. Media just enjoy slinging some mud.

Abusing a Corpse

Personally, I don't have a problem carrying around a dead person. My first marriage lasted 29 years, the second 21 months. But then marriage is like owning  a boat, isn't it? The happiest 2 days are when you buy it/marry, and when you sell it/divorce.

But these two gents actually did the "Weekend At Bernies" thing.

Authorities say they abused the corpse. They should claim their actions as a religious rite. They would get away with it. Look at their faces...they're only guilty of looking strange.

College Football Final Scores

College football! Thank Gawd it's back!

There were some upsets and surprises.

Here are the scores of yesterdays games....

So Proud!

Astros. Lastros.

So the Astros have +-99 losses. Not as bad as the Pirates, around 106 losses?

Maybe they are playing in the wrong league?

They call this freaky Friday?

More like the crying game.
Maybe the 'stros can draft Ru Paul, to pitch?
Maybe Agador Spartacus could hit .400?

I suppose Drayton McLane allowed it though.

The Longest Nerve

Do you know what it is?
It's the nerve that connects your eyeball to your anus.
This is why a lot of people have such a shitty outlook about things.

Think I'm kidding?

Reach down there to your nethers and pull a hair out close to your asshole.
Hold it up and take a real close look at it and see if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye.

Speaking Of Monkeys....

Finally!

I hope this guy runs for POTUS in 2012!

Looks like he has the equipment that is lacking and is much needed in Washington!

Monkeys On The Loose Go Bananas?

Just seems stupid on some level. Ok, so you have a wildlife sanctuary for exotic animals, a haven for those animals that some idiot thought would make a great pet..until the beasts matured and became too hard to handle. Or too expensive. Or the local authorities found out and ordered you to give them up.

So, enter the sanctuary. Then enter the recent wildfires.

Now read this.

This is how it begins, people.

We Need Rain

We need rain. Texas has been in a drought since October 2010, the driest since 1895 when keeping records for this kind of stuff began. And there is no let up in sight. The situation here in Texas is beyond critical. At one point in August, Houston recorded 20 straight days of 100+ degree days without rain. It is to the point that a lot of us are wanting rain at the cost of bearing up under a tropical depression, even a hurricane.

Some family and friends...

A View From Above In Galveston

My view from 16 floors up on Galveston beach. Note the ugly and dirty brown water Galveston is known for? I don't think so.

Well, Here I am Again

I suppose I have retired more times from this blog than Brett Farve has from the NFL. I have indeed taken a sabatical, or two. So, I am un-retiring, again. Like old #4, I am trying it, this blog thing, maybe one more time.

I never really thought I had 'fans' of this site that could not wait to read my next typed thought. But I do have a blog-roll that I'll have to go through just to see who is still there. I'm sure that the great social network facebook has changed the daily patterns and reading habits of many. I do have a fb page, filled with old high school friends and what family will still accept me.

My dog Zino, former dog....he found a hole under the fence and ran away....also has a facebook page. He smokes cigars, takes dumps on your yard, "LIKES" George Thorogood's 'Bad to the Bone' song, and consequently has over 1,300 friends.

Some things have changed, some for the better. When I started this blog in August 2004, I had help from Jim at www.smokeonthewater.typepad.com, and Rob Smith at www.Gutrumbles.com. Jim has been in hibernation as I have. Rob, sadly has moved on to a painless and peaceful realm.

So, if you come here and read this, thanks. I will be writing some, hopefully on a regular basis. I would enjoy your comments if what I write hits a nerve with you.