My Own Thoughts

Went and saw the movie tonight. It was only on one screen. Only shown five times. Not a fully packed theater. But it was a good movie. Made me jump several times. Made me cry once. (Not a real tear jerker. I just cry easily.) Had some sad bits. Some scary bits. Some parts that [...]

Or Being Normal, a great post written by New World Man. Being normal is figuring out what card you should put your first night out in months on. Being normal is thinking about getting a job closer to home because of gas prices but deciding you’d rather stay where you are because you like what [...]

Prop. 1: Pay with my money for railroads owned privately to move around and be developed. I’m all for railroads, except the one Houston Metro built. But why should I pay for moving railroads? I’m assuming someone wants them moved for something. But I don’t know what. Prop. 2: Marriage is one man and one [...]

The US does not have an official language. As a native English speaker and a native US citizen I am a bit distressed by this. I don’t want to end up like Switzerland, which has four official languages. Why has this come up? Well, I looked up the ballots for the Texas vote on November [...]

I haven’t seen anything about the vote this November. Then I got two emailed copies of this letter: Texas State Constitutional Marriage Amendment Ballot on Nov 8, 2005 A letter from Kelly Shackelford, of Free Market Foundation, Dallas, Texas: Dear Fellow Texans, What I’m writing you this month is different from usual. I’m concerned. As [...]

While we were leaving Houston, my brother called several times to make sure we were actually leaving. He was very upset about our folks not evacuating. Why? One of his buddies in Louisiana evacuated. He no longer has a house. But his neighbors on both sides “hunkered down.” They and their houses are gone.

An alum writes about the two words you can’t say at Bucknell. Vagina can be splattered on the wall but you can’t say these two words. (Note: the two words have nothing to do with the p- word.) I’m looking forward to Indoctrinate U with a bit of a sickening jerk of my stomach. But [...]

Being a Texan, born and bred, I smiled at this list of Top Ten Reasons Not to Mess With Texas. I laughed at #9, pondered #8 (and then agreed), thought #6 was a bit too clunky, … What are your reactions? Please remember, I’m the person who thought Blogotional’s joke was hysterical. And there’s no [...]

I was reading and found that Sen. Biden’s bishop is asking the Catholics in his diocese to pray about the pro-abortion stance our politicians are taking. The prayer can be found here. I’m not a Catholic, but I ask folks here to pray for me. I have no problem asking someone who is already over [...]

They are not going to put the International Freedom Center at the 9/11 memorial in New York. And once again I show my lack of “blogginess” by reading that, being thrilled, and then going off and doing other things and not even mentioning it here. I’ll have to work on that. If you were one [...]

It’s not actually the teaching part I’m having trouble with. My sons have been taught since they were old enough to talk, and probably before that, to listen to the message and look at what it actually means. They’re very good at dissecting information. They don’t just listen to people and agree with them. (Me, [...]

Bug out Kit, as opposed to Bug out Bag (Bob) that we’ve used at our house. Listing this in case WOC decides to disappear like Kim du Toit did. Winds of Change’s BOK This is a small, cheap day pack that we can leave in the car or at the office. It contains: Light hiking [...]

As I was not expecting Kim du Toit to disappear, I didn’t copy his list. Now I’m paranoid. Blaster’s Blog says: Here is the list that I maintain for the Bug Out Box: Blanket Safety Pins Bible Diapers Baby Wipes Baby Rice Cereal Crackers Contact Lens Soln Dried Fruit UHT Milk First Aid Kit Antihistimines [...]

Because I was relying on Kim du Toit’s page to always be up, I didn’t copy down the stuff from his grab and go. So, in case anyone else decides to dump their blog because they are needing to find different employment: Winds of Change recommends: Things to wipe, clean, and disinfect with: Qty Item [...]

New security features on money are shown. Color shifting, water marks, and new colors on the $10. (though they don’t mention that.) found via Suitably Flip who does not like the new colors.

Reading in Live Science will tell you what I already knew from watching Mythbusters. The particular episode is this one from the second season. I am amazed at how many of the Mythbusters I have not seen. I’ve seen about half of the first season. I thought I’d seen them all. BTW, the Live Science [...]

For a Marine’s take on the peace protest, and several other things, go read his blog. Howdy works in DC, so he was there. But his blog talks about other things… Coming home to “peace protestors” on his hometown’s streets, the divorce rate among combat personnel, being stuck in Kuwait. I’ve added him to my [...]

Apparently the Jihad is not new. The Barbary Coast pirates stole Christians from their homes and churches and sold them into slavery in Morroco. Read it here. And note that one of the quotes is from US Naval hero John Paul Jones.

if you are wondering why the case of identity theft of a lt. has not been reported. Sen. Schumer had two staffers who stole the SS# of the governor and ordered his credit report. Schumer has known since July since the two were suspended. But Lt. Gov. Steele was only notified last week. And the [...]

For a great analysis of the types of things the press does, go to “Anatomy of a Photograph.” There a blogger shows the San Fran Chronicle’s picture and shows you what SFC didn’t. It’s illuminating. via Right on the Left Coast