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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Random Stuff

Random Stuff

Sarah Palin’s Attack on the Media: Pandering Nonsense or Sour Grapes?

You decide. My favorite quote from her speech yesterday, as she handed power over to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell: “Democracy depends on you, and that...

Boozing With President Obama

President Barack Obama screwed up royally by saying those Cambridge cops “acted stupidly” when arresting black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. The prez wasn't...

TCU Coach Patterson Named AP Coach of the Year

It seems TCU is finally getting a little national respect. Today, head football coach Gary Patterson was named AP coach of the year. Brian...

Teenage Wasteland

Texas has some great food traditions: barbecue, Tex-Mex, massive portions. But there’s one food tradition here, at least that I’ve run into, that really,...

Brazil 3, USA 2

For a while there, we had the mighty Brazilians on the ropes. It was fun while it lasted, wasn't it? Just like the last...

Whatever Will Grunt Will Grunt

An MSN article today mentions five life lessons that come up most among people aged 65 to 104: 1. The simple things matter most. 2. Humor...

Tipping Over

After enjoying a nice dinner recently at an area restaurant – and a little too much of the creature – I, perhaps possessed by...

Graffiti Punks May Get Green Light

A favorite shortcut of mine when traveling from the Stockyards to the Near East Side involves taking some back roads that lead to an...

Alliance Air Show

Few things are as thrilling as watching aviation acrobats perform their routines in the skies. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are the star attraction...