Wednesday, February 07, 2018 – Parading Onward Through the Fog
It was so foggy here yesterday I was unable to find the keyboard.
Thought for the day. Sometimes in a parade when you are in the front of a large number of people coming up behind you, they are chasing you.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 – Yesterday – A Day to Remember – Eclectic Tuesday or A Little Something for Everyone.
What I have been told my brain looks like.
What a day to remember. Were you able to see the eclipse? I actually went outside at 1:11 CST with my two paper plates and saw the moon partially block the sun in my little shadow. I plan to be alive in 2024 when the next solar eclipse passes over Texas.
They, whoever, “they are,” say a total eclipse brings super powers. I have not selected my super power yet because I cannot decide what I want my super power to be. That changing water into wine sounds like it would a useful skill and very popular at parties, but a cloak of invisibility has potential. Right now I will settle for a Texas Aggie quarterback with superpowers.
It was the first day back to school for Bryan ISD. Apparently all went smoothly save for the usual number of students still on the school bus at 6:00 PM with parental units in an uproar at the bus barn.
Events were going well until the POTUS spoke. I kept remembering Fish Cheer from Woodstock. No I was not there.
Come on all you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. Got himself in a terrible jam, way over yonder in Afghanistan.
Historically speaking, Afghanistan is a Black Hole in the history of the world. The geography is such that no country in history has been able to achieve a victory. To even mention Pakistan is like bringing gasoline to a bonfire – an Indian one. Good luck with this, Donald John.
I have some questions. Why was it necessary to make the Afghanistan speech at Fort Myers? The Secret Service is already out of money and can’t make payroll. Do you plan to give your salary to them or continue to charge them? How about those 700 plus government officials recently kicked out of Russia? Can your savings on that payroll be transferred to the Secret Service?
What else? I forgot to mention another new award I plan to give on my Monday After Saturday College Football Awards. This is the Dreadlocks Award. Fake News Sports reports that athletes with dreadlocks run 2.6 seconds faster than athletes that do not sport dreadlocks.
Did you read HWIT last week about the finalists for fried foods at the Texas State Fair? Texas Monthly published photos of them. Here is the Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger. 
You can click on the link to view the other so called foods. http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/agony-ecstasy-state-fair-food-finalists/
The article is pretty funny. I am sorry – Fried chicken Noodle Soup on a Stick and Pinot Noir Popcorn and tamale filled donuts are just wrong.
The Gulf Coast Fish Bowl looks like something I made in the third grade and gave my Mother for Mother’s Day. It has a straw in it. It could be brown salt water.
If you do go The State Fair of Texas and take your grandchildren, please send your photos of one of these dishes- preferably including a selfie. Remember to say Hi to Big Tex. This means you Mr. and Mrs. Tedder.
Posted in College Football, Education, humor
Tagged Afganastan, College Football; Texas Aggies, Donald Trump, Texas State Fair
Thursday, August 10, 2017 – Fire and Fury and The Merry Little Minuet
“For man’s been endowed with a mushroom shaped cloud…”
I am a Baby Boomer – One of those people whose birth falls between 1945 and 1950. We are the first generation to live under the threat of nuclear annihilation and the balancing act of nuclear proliferation.
In 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoe on the podium at The United Nations and screamed “We will bury you.” I was eleven years old and I was scared.
1962 –United States’ President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader, Khrushchev take us to the brink of nuclear war over the missiles in Cuba. I was thirteen years old and scared.
1967 – My friends went to Vietnam. I was eighteen years old and scared.
1968 – We, the People, said enough of oppressions and there riots in the streets across America. I was nineteen and scared.
1968 – I voted for the first time in the U S Presidential election. I never voted that way again. I got scared.
2017 – Today the POTUS tweets threats of nuclear war to North Korea at 3:00 AM. I am sixty-eight years old and I am not scared to say it, “Get this idiot impeached and removed.” Repeal and replace this disaster. If not …
“For we know for certain that some lovely day, someone will set the spark off and we will all be blown away.”
The Kingston Trio singing Tom Lehrer’s The Merry Little Minuet.
Posted in Education, humor, Misc., Native Texan, Politics
Tagged atomic bomb, Donald Trump, humor, impeach and remove, North Korea, satire, The Kingston Trio, The Merry Little Minuet, Tom Lehrer
Thursday, August 3, 2017 – The Miller’s Tale
Dear Mr. Stephen Miller,
This is a photograph of my great grandfather and the origin of the Duffey line – J.W. Duffey. He was probably about 40 years old in the photograph.
According to the proposed immigration rules, he would not be allowed to enter the United States today. He was only 12 years of age when he and his two brothers and mother and father came to America in 1848. He had no skills and did not speak English. He was 12!
His family – aka MY family – came to America from Ireland – County Cork to be precise. It seems in 1848 there was this agricultural blight called The Potato Famine. Perhaps you have heard of it. There was literally no food and hundreds of thousands starved to death. The British government’s policy was “Let the Irish starve.”
I suppose the family decided not to go to the continent of Europe. Almost every country was embroiled in revolutions and rebellions of people trying to persecute and oppress groups of people they didn’t like and other groups called The Resistance. For example, that Otto von Bismark guy was strutting around scaring France and then he united a bunch of little states in what would become Germany. Troubled times. So the next option was America. People immigrated there because it offered FREEDOM. Perhaps you have heard of it too, Mr. Miller.
However, J.W. Duffey would become a blacksmith and serve in The War Between the States in such a capacity, achieving the rank of Sgt. He would receive an honorable discharge from the Confederate Army. He used those smithy skills to build the railroads of Alabama and Mississippi before settling in Louisiana where he ran a livery stable. Just below his name on his headstone it reads “Born in Ireland.”
GGGrandfather would marry and raise several children, one of whom became my grandfather. Both of GGrandfather’s children, one of whom became my father graduated from high school, when only 8% of the entire US population did. My father would graduate from Miss Lynn’s Business College and become a bookkeeper.
Then came the rest of J. W. Duffey’s heirs four and five generations later. We all graduated from college – good ones too! We became doctors, lawyers, social workers, business owners, business leaders, accountants, teachers, mothers, fathers, civic leaders and a couple of the heirs even like horses and that blacksmith stuff.
Mr. Miller, I would hate to think what would have happened in 1848 if that12 year boy and his family were not allowed to come to America.
Enough about my family coming to America, Mr. Miller. How about your family? Please know I signed you up withAncestry.com. so you can determine how, when and why your family arrived in America. Miller? I betting the name is English as in white, male and protestant. Your ancestors probably said “Let the Irish starve.”
Statue of Liberty, 1986. Photo by me.
Sincerely yours,
The proud heir of an Irish immigrant.
PS – Mr. Miller if you wear a pink bow tie, you really will look like Pee Wee Herman.
Posted in Education, humor, Misc., Politics
Tagged 1848 Revolutions, Donald Trump, England, history, Immigration, Irish, Statue of Liberty, Stephen Miller, The Potato Famine, White House Press Room
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 – What a Dump? Beyond the Forest
Let’s play Jeopardy! The categories are:
Movie and History Trivia, The United States Constitution, Impeach and Remove, Golf Etiquette and finally Dumb Ass Statements by the POTUS.
I’ll take Movie and History trivia for $1000, please Alex.
A Daily Double!
Let’s make it true Daily Double and risk it all.
The answer is:
Beyond the Forest
Answer: From what movie is the line ‘what a dump’?
Correct: This line is spoken by Rosa Moline (played by Bette Davis) in the film Beyond the Forest, directed by King Vidor (1949).
Next question: For the jeopardy of the country, the answer is:
Donald Trump
Answer: Who said the same line and called The White House a dump?
That is correct.
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Too bad the DJT’s Presidency did not come with a warning like Beyond the Forest did.
The movie Beyond the Forest comes with a warning in the first few seconds: “This is the story of evil. Evil is headstrong, is puffed up.”
Posted in humor, Native Texan, Politics
Tagged Bette Davis, Beyond the Forest, Donald Trump, politics, What a dump
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 – Without Cognitive Content
Good Morning, Class,
Our vocabulary word for today is “anoesis.” It is a noun that means a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content. See also, White House Communications Office.
USS Trump Administration
Thursday, July 27, 2017 – Songs to Impeach the President
Good morning listeners. Welcome to station HWIT. Today our Here’s What I’m Thinking program is entitled songs to impeach the President. We, the people, begin with Jim Morrison and The Doors and end with a video of the great Freddie Mercury prophetically playing the POTUS 45. I would like to dedicate the video all LGBT people and especially to the transgender people who defend my freedoms on a daily basis.
I do not care about your gender or your sexual orientation as long as you can fly the damn airplane. Photo by me.
Ready? Let’s all skate and sing along. Don’t forget – Keep your voter registration card current.
Strange Days – The Doors – Strange days have found us…
Who’s Sorry Now? – Connie Francis –
Who’s sorry now? Who’s Sorry Now? Whose heart is aching for breaking each vow? Who’s sad and blue? Who’s crying too? Just like I cried over you. Right to the end…
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival –
Through the worm hole Moon – photo by me in the front yard.
I see a bad moon rising; I see trouble on the way…
With a special dedication to The Mooch and the WH Communications Office let’ sing along with Cab Calloway and Minnie the Moocher.
Folks, here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher He is a red-hot hoochie-coocher; He was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale;
Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Whoa-a-a-a-ah (whoa-a-a-a-ah) Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee) He-e-e-e-e-e-e-y (he-e-e-e-e-e-e-y)
Be Prepared – Tom Leher
Be prepared! That’s the Boy Scout’s marching song, Be prepared! As through life you march along. Be prepared to hold your liquor pretty well, Don’t write naughty words on walls if you can’t spell…
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights – Freddie Fender –
Wasted days and wasted nights …
Here is a song dedicated to the POTUS from Special Prosecutor, Robert Muller and his staff – Every Breath You Take – The Police –
Every move you make; every step you take, I’ll be watching you…
From the Department of Justice and Jeff Sessions we have this dedication to POTUS 45.
I Fought the Law and the Law Won – Bobby Fuller –
I’m breakin’ rocks in the hot sun;
I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won
I needed money ’cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won…”
And dedicated to POTUS 45 with all due respect to Freddie Mercury HWIT presents:
The Great Pretender – Freddie Mercury – Note: this is so spot on Trump it is scary.
Posted in Education, humor, Native Texan, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Freddie Mercury, impeachment, POTUS 45
Thursday, July 13, 2017 – Charmin Chatty Trump Family
Who remembers the Chatty Cathy doll manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959-1965?
There was also Chatty Baby in 1962 and Tiny Chatty Baby, Tiny Chatty Brother and Charmin’Chatty in 1963. And the last of the Chatty family was Singin’ Chatty in 1965.
The Chatty Cathy mouth did not move. But the doll did speak one of eleven phrases at random when the “chatty ring” on the neck was pulled. The ring was attached to a string connected to a simple phonograph record inside the cavity behind the doll’s abdomen. The record was driven by a metal coil wound by pulling the toy’s string. The doll had 11 phrases when it came on the market in 1960 such as “I love you”, “I hurt myself!” or “Please take me with you.” Seven more phrases such as, “Let’s play school” or “May I have a cookie?” were added to the doll’s repertoire in 1963 for a total of 18 phrases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatty_Cathy
Today we have the Charmin Chatty Trump Family, including the Chatty Cathy look alike Chatty Kellyanne and Tinny Chatty Brother, Don T. Jr. and Non-Chatty Jerod. We also have Big Chatty Tweeter.
They all have neck pull rings guaranteed to say the most outrageous phrases. New phrases have been added to the repertoire such as “There is no collusion,” “fake news” and “I did not meet with the Russians.” When the neck ring on Tinny Chatty Brother is pulled he says “I’ve got mail” and “I love it.” Big Chatty Tweeter is programmed to say “Hillary did it” and “Obama did it.” It also constantly repeats “I’ve gone to play golf.”
One needs to order the Charmin Chatty Trump Family dolls now before they are no longer available. These strings cannot be pulled forever and somebody is going to cut their chatty ring strings.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Posted in Education, humor, Misc., Native Texan, Politics
Tagged Chatty Cathy Dolls, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Kellyanne Conway
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 – Infamous Historical Statements and The Great 20th Century Philosopher
Let me reach into my bag of historical statements to find something for today’s HWIT.
“I am not a crook.” No, that is not the correct one.
“I did not have sex with that woman.” Not that one either.
“I did not collude with the Russians.” Maybe.
“I opened the email, responded ‘I love it,’ because I often meet with people I do not know and invite high ranking campaign people to my Daddy’s offices.” Hmm too long.
How about this one? “I am not a crook and I did not have email sex with the Russians.”
Reminder to Trump Administration – When you are up to your ass in alligators, you forget your initial objective was to drain the swamp.
WH Press Release for today.
“Can’t you feel em circling Honey; can’t you feel them swimming around? You got fins to left; fins to the right and you’re the only bait in town.” (FINS, Buffet, James William. July, 1979.)
Not to mention the “the big white teeth of the sharks that swim on the land!!!”
Posted in Education, humor, Misc., Native Texan, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Jimmy Buffet
Thursday, July 6, 2017 – Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer and G-20
Here’s What I’m Thinking. Get your history hat on.
The POTUS is out of the country. Our political prayer for the day is “please do not let him tweet and start a war.”
He is headed to the G-20 Summit that kicks off tomorrow in Hamburg, Germany. The Chair of the Conference is Head of State of Germany, Angela Merkel. It is a meeting to discuss world financial issues and has been going on since 1999 (Google it).
I am feeling like The Hippie Dippy Weatherman (George Carlin) “A line of thunderstorms is headed toward Japan, but so is a line of North Korean missiles, so I would not sweat the thunderstorms.” Is the emoji for this a mushroom shaped cloud over Alaska or the Secretary of Education telling children to “just get under their desks and put your hands over your heads?”
The POTUS visited Poland on his way to Germany. When That Man tweets at 3:00 AM that “His Presidency received the largest crowds ever” please remember your history.
As the 20 Heads of State gather in Germany, let us end with a history joke.
The Heads of State of Germany, The United States and Russia meet in a bar. The three are to discuss world issues and strategies to achieve them. As the evening progresses and drinking continues, the German head of state remains silent. The heads of state from the United States and Russia outline elaborate strategies. Finally, German leader is asked for input. She looks at the Russian and says, “Next time we will come in the summer.”
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, G-20, G-20 Summit, George Carlin, Hippie Dippy Weatherman, history, humor, North Korea, Putin, satire
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