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Friday, July 3, 2015 – July Fourth Eve

Friday, July 3, 2015 – July Fourth Eve

Time to get my red, white and blue on for the weekend. If you are looking for a fun time at the movies go see Inside/Out. I do not care for animation – never have since childhood – but this is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Of course I do plan to balance the intellectual, creative, symbolic, multi-level understanding and other brain stimulating attributes of that movie with Magic Mike XXL this afternoon.

Here is a puzzle for you. What is the meaning of the following list?

1. Mary

2. Sally

3. Louise

4. Gloria

Give up? It means Gloria’s fourth. Hope yours is too.

 

Thursday, July 2, 2015 – A Throw-Back Thursday Question

Thursday, July 2, 2015 – A Throw-Back Thursday Question

A Freshman knows not, and knows not that he knows not.

A Sophomore knows not, and knows that he knows not.

A Junior knows, but knows not that he knows.

But a Senior knows, and knows that he knows.

 Whose yearbook were those lines from? It was used to denote class distinctions.  I thought it was the Magnolia High School 1966 yearbook, which would be yours, Ms. Wax, but alas no.  Perhaps, the MHS Bulldog of 1965? Pat?

Maybe it was at J.L. McCullough – calling all yearbook people – Stephanie R., T. Manning. Conroe High? In The Flare?

Maybe it was not even in a yearbook and the lines are from one of those “…flashbacks they all warned us about…” (Jimmy Buffet – Meet Me in Margaritaville). Not to be confused with “we are the people our parents warned us about…” (IBID).

Nevertheless, I have used it in many speeches and presentations and I would really like to know the source. It describes so many things. I like to think of the lines now describing Life Stages.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – OU to the SEC?

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – OU to the SEC?

The OU Sooners are moving to the SEC? It’s Rumor Wednesday. OK – I made Rumor Wednesday up, but Throw Back Thursday had to start somewhere.

Well, the Sooners are leaving not anytime soon, but it does make a fun fantasy. Of course it would spell the end of the Big 12, which is pretty much dead, but has yet to be buried.

http://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com/2015/6/30/8875043/ou-headed-to-sec-rumors

So the OU Wagon, Boomer Sooner Song is not going to the SEC, but You So Yung is going to play golf.  Happy July 1.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 – The Last Day of June – Never Too Early to Talk Trash

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 – The Last Day of June – Never Too Early to Talk Trash

Now available at Academy (locally, I am sure) and online.

ag-shirt

Really? If Alabama has nothing on the Aggies, what do you call those big glass football trophies with words like NCAA, Football, National and Championship all in one sentence?

Is there a mercy rule in Division I NCAA college football? Something along the lines of 59 – 0, perhaps?

I feel like a chihuahua in a room full of great danes, but counting the days until kickoff.

Monday, June 29, 2015 – Well, Swipe My Thighs

Monday, June 29, 2015 – Well, Swipe My Thighs

Google developers announced they were teaming up with Levi’s to make jeans with conducive fibers that could be used as touch screens, allowing users to answer the phone or send a text by just swiping their thighs.

Now, don’t that give a new meaning to butt dialing?

You never saw Kirk, Picard, Janeway or either of the other two swiping their thighs to communicate.

 

 

Sunday, June 28, 2015 – Here’s What I’m Thinking – Same Sex Marriage

Sunday, June 28, 2015 – Here’s What I’m Thinking – Same Sex Marriage

Here’s What I’m Thinking about the Supreme Court’s decision regarding same sex marriage. Until you are able to argue the points of law regarding the case, including the majority opinion and the four dissenting opinions, I refuse to read your posts, your belief structure, your comments and your opinions.  Likewise, you will not hear mine.  However, being the lawyer, I coulda, shoulda been, I have read all of the opinions of the Supreme Court justices. Let me know when you have finished your readings and you are ready to debate the law, not our opinions.

PS – If short of time read Justice Scalia’s dissenting opinion for the fun of it – really? Ask a hippie? Hippie is now a legal term? Joan A?

Friday, June 26, 2015 – Snarky Friday

Friday, June 26, 2015 – Snarky Friday

What have you done for the boys and girls of Texas? Are you kidding me?

Last week Gooberner Abbott named a new chairperson to the State Board of Education who has never sent her own children to a public school. He appointed Houston Republican Donna Bahorich, a former communications director for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, to chair the Board of Education.

According to Texas Public Radio, Bahorich homeschooled her own sons before sending them to a private high school.

Just goes to show you – it ain’t what you know, but who you know. Isn’t this called the Spoils System? It was used by President William McKinley and the Republicans at the turn of the century. That would be the 1900’s where today’s group appear to be frozen in time. How much money did the new chair donate to the various campaigns?

Why don’t you just fast forward and declare vouchers for schooling? Then let the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional because it is economic segregation. That will be a time saver.

Perhaps Chairperson Bahorich can get Bristol Palin to address the board and speak on family values and no sex education classes in school.

God Bless Texas and God Bless Texas Education.

Thursday, June 25, 2015 – Tick Tock The Game is Locked

Thursday, June 25, 2015 – Tick Tock The Game is Locked

Isn’t there some rule that states “The number of political candidates for any party shall not exceed twenty-five (25.) Once that number is reached no additional candidates may enter the Presidential race unless a previously declared candidate drops out of contention.”

I thought the Governor of Louisiana, Piyush “Bobby” Jindal, had already declared his intention to seek the office of President of the United States. How many is that now for the Republicans? Thirteen? Still two for the Democrats? I have not kept up with the Whigs, the Libertarians, the Bull-Mooses, the Know-Nothings, the Irish Underground, the Gold Standard, the Progressive Party, the Populists, the United States Marijuana Party, the Pirate Party or the Peace, Love and Brotherhood Party.  I did not make up all of those political parties.

This guy is probably the smartest person in the entire state of Louisiana. He was born in Baton Rouge to immigrant parents from India. That would be “the dot type of Indian” and not “the feather type.” He has degrees from Brown University and a Masters of Letters in political science from New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He is so smart the state of Louisianan made him President of the University of Louisiana System. Then he entered politics.

He does have good hair. This could become a factor with Captain Hairspray. Perhaps they could have an Aqua-net spray off.

The great race/island concept is gaining momentum.  Let’s put all of the candidates on a deserted island. Is the moon considered an island?  Whoever can figure out how to get off of the island and make their way to Washington D.C. by Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017 gets to be the President.

Keep your voter registration card current.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 – How Many Uniforms Do You Need?

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 – How Many Uniforms Do You Need?

Baylor made new additions to its jerseys options this summer that create a number of new combinations the team can use on game day. The team’s equipment manager, Jeff Barlow, explains in a that the Bears now have 120 different uniform combinations that feature six helmet options, four jerseys and five different sets of pants. If the team uses a different combo every week, it’s currently set to debut an original combo every game for the next 10 years.  Perhaps the team could change at half-time for variety.

See more at: http://yahoo.thepostgame.com/blog/style-points/201506/baylor-has-enough-football-alt-uni-combinations-last-least-10-years#sthash.TBaDIcP1.dpuf

 

 

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 – Otiose

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 – Otiose

Today I am feeling otiose.  Pronunciations – Oh-shee- ohs,  Oh-tee

Otiose came to English in the late 1700’s from the Latin otiosus, meaning “at leisure.”

It means being at leisure, idle, indolent, ineffective or futile.

Yep, that is what I am feeling today – otiose. Hope you are feeling otiose today too.