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Unidentified

The conspiracy crowd said it was a UFO, and others said a secret NASA project gone bad; the Government wasn’t saying anything. One of the local conservative talk show hosts claimed it was Hillary after testifying about the lost e-mail server, Benghazi, and the questionable foreign funding for the Clinton foundation . . .

By |April 13th, 2015|Categories: Politics, Texas|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Unidentified

The Art of War

On the flight from Houston to London, Jim had re-read Sun Tzu’s classic treatise The Art of War (“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer”), but he was pretty sure that the cannon at the Tower of London was not the art Sun Tzu was talking about . . .

By |April 9th, 2015|Categories: China, Texas, World Travel Sites|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on The Art of War

Murderer of Flowers

Gaylord was guilty, his wife screamed at him. In fact he was guilty of mass murder of all of those wildflowers that had sprung up when the longer-than-usual spring rainy period made it impossible to get the mower out to cut the grass. The flowers had used the lull to stage a coup–and now they were paying for it. Gaylord the flower murderer said he was sorry . . .

By |April 5th, 2015|Categories: Flowers, Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on Murderer of Flowers

Texas Open Carry Law

While waiting for the Governor’s signature for the new Texas Open Carry Law, some thought the bill was a little vague not only on the open carry concept itself, but on what you could carry openly. Some of the less conservative groups thought that the gun show crowd might be pushing the envelope just a little . . .

By |April 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bizarre, Lawyers, Politics, Texas|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Texas Open Carry Law

My Guy

It was springtime and love was in the air. As Lucinda basked in the sun (and her boyfriend’s love), she couldn’t help but to burst out singing the old Mary Wells song,”My Guy.”

Never Give Up

Texans are stubborn–or maybe just determined–even the Texas sun. For instance, the weather man on TV said it would be cloudy all day with no chance of seeing the sun, but he’s once again made to eat his prediction and prognostications when, at the last moment, the unrelenting sun snatched victory from the jaws of defeat . . .

By |March 31st, 2015|Categories: sunsets & rainbows, Texas|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Never Give Up