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• Irony Clad
  on May 2, 2012 in Memories Mexican Food Sheriff John Job Changes Celebrations Birthdays Irony Chorizo con Huevos Solitude Beatles
  Funny how things go in this life.As I mentioned in my last post, I have decided to hang up the shower curtain ringsSo to speak.No sooner than the decision emits from my mouth, and my current sales shoot up markedly.I am sure the folks at the factory...
• Packing
  on Apr 24, 2012 in Fundamentalism Guns Cow Chip Throwing Contest Bearing Arms Bill of Rights Texas Fear Second Amendment Oklahoma
  Had to make another swing through the Sooner State this past week.On my way to the last round-up, as it turns out to be.I am hanging up my shower curtain rings, you see.Deciding to take another vocational direction.But, before that happens, wellOklah...
• Bombast
  on Apr 13, 2012 in Reading Andrew Cline Television Punditry Opinions Idiot America Thought Processes Politics Communication
  Recently, I have experienced a change in diet.As many of you who have endured this, it can be a trying experience.Oh, and by the way, I don't mean the culinary variety.You see, of late I have not slept well.Nor certainly of adequate length.A couple o...
• Walking Distance
  on Mar 30, 2012 in Memories Life Osaka Robert Bly Moving iPod Mexican Cantinas Beverly Hillbillies Jeff Beck
  We sold our house a year ago.As we began to look for alternative housing, I received a call from an old friend.He was leaving our fair country on assignment with his company,And needed house-minders.Needless to say, Joe and I jumped at the opportunit...
• Celluloid Myth
  on Mar 5, 2012 in Dudley Do Right Rush Limbaugh Snidely Whiplash American Culture Sandra Fluke Mythology Mysogyny Nell
  I watched the Joseph Campbell interview again this weekend,Managed so well by Bill MoyersSo many years ago now.He said that - true even in the late 1980s -Americans had lost their sense of myth. Everything was so, wellLiteral.Fundamental.Absolute.The...
• Wallowing
  on Feb 16, 2012 in Hunting Wallow California Kansas Blodwyn Pig Texans Reflection Contemplation Pigs Culture Jethro Tull Chorizo con Huevos
  Once upon a time, I found myselfMarching through the icy corn stubble of Western KansasInvited, as I was, to a Texican-style pheasant huntTo engage yonder hapless fowl with the tools of the tradeNot being exactly locals, Texans tend toMake the most o...
• Out Shat
  on Feb 6, 2012 in Comanches Sweetwater Native American Culture Mobeetie Texas Texas History Travels Humor
  Don't you just love it when the underdog gets a win?When seemingly all is lost, foreverThe odds are stacked against themEveryone thinks the game is over, and suddenlyAn unsuspected blow is struckFor the little guy.I was driving through the Texas Panh...
• Flying Fish
  on Feb 3, 2012 in Friendship Sales Lint Yield Farming Cotton Culture Texas Travels
  I was on the road again yesterday,Up thar in the Texas Panhandle.Or, as they say in any other part of this state,"up yonder".Meeting with farmers, I wasOr so I intendedSince there was a meeting up thereOn the windblown flatness of that areaPanhandle,...
• Whiff
  on Jan 24, 2012 in Friendship Error Louisiana Whiff County Fairs Failure Trade Shows Funnel Cake
  There is something altogether painful about this, don't you think?Missing entirely.After giving so much effort to the process.And yet, well...The photo says so muchConveys so much feelingIn the vernacular, it's known as a "whiff".Probably related som...
• I Miss George
  on Jan 18, 2012 in Presidents Memories Leadership War George Bush George Armstrong Custer Peace Politics Battles
  Oh, come on.You have to admit it.You miss him too, don't you?I know I do.Sometimes.I mean, now that we are all deciding who among usShould take the lead this time of year.Remember when he was around?He really knew when to step up.Those around him sai...
• Liminal Latitude
  on Jan 16, 2012 in Flyover People Cheryl Unruh Kansas Hecate Flint Hills Darkness Liminality Alternate Dimensions Travel Topeka Souls
  First, click on the song above.Thomas Newman is perfect for this recollection...I am never prepared for this when it happens dear friends.Somehow, with people like us, it just appears.Just reaches out from somewhere and grabs youPulls you in.It do...
• Nocturnal Omission
  on Jan 4, 2012 in Nightmares Nathaniel Philbrick Dreams Television Kansas Books Z Z Top Saddam Hussein Michele Bachmann Politics Michael Jackson
  I haven't been sleeping very well these days.Something about the garbage in, garbage out concept, perhapsJoe threatens to buy a Tazer and keep it beside the bedSeems that I have become quite the vocal midnight rambler of lateProbably i...
• Christmas with Uncle Expat
  on Dec 29, 2011 in YouTube Texas Culture Facebook Relatives Holiday Meals Culture Christmas Conversations
  Yes, all of my children, nieces, nephews, etc. just dread this day.It doesn't happen every year, you see.For the simple reason that I am not a Texan.Last year, I decided I preferred to wear shorts to the Christmas meal,So Joe, the kids, and yours tru...
• Crabby Appleton
  on Dec 21, 2011 in Anger Depression LinkedIn Walmart Crabby Appleton Affluent Neighborhoods McDonald's Christmas Cell Phones
  It's Christmas!That's what my mother used to say in rejoinder to whateverMy brothers and I would offer in terms of hostility or negativityDuring the month of DecemberBack in the good old days of my California childhoodOh, of course, MomI will promptl...
• Tulsa Toodle-oo
  on Dec 12, 2011 in Sales Cowboys Western Culture Mennonites Tulsa Travel Oklahoma Communication
  I attended a Farm and Ranch Show this week.In Tulsa.Yes, me.In Oklahoma, just to the north of my house.You know, where I live in North Texas,Drove that direction, and set up my little sales boothRight in the building behind this guy in the picture.Wh...
• Grrrr
  on Dec 7, 2011 in Friends Social Interaction Depression Family Courage Holiday Seasons Recovery Inner Strength
  Oh, hell.There it is again.Tugging at my leg.Sometimes catching a little bit of flesh, if I let it linger.Ouch.Hey, knock it off there, Fido!Particularly at this time of year, it comes around more often.Loves those shades of red and green out there.T...
• Four Hundred
  on Nov 19, 2011 in Friendship Stories Eddie Haskell Television Wisdom Counsel Obi Wan Kenobi Mr. Miyagi Master Po Advice
  I know, hard to believe, isn't it?This is my four hundredth blog post.Not sure if it's something to celebrate, butIt is a nice round number.Blogging is sometimes a difficult art formYou never know if you are really getting it or notCertainly not - in...
• Ball Handling
  on Nov 16, 2011 in Memories Culture and Friendship Marriages
  Careful, there.You don't get very many touches, you know.And, you will have to share this with others when you get the chance.Maybe a lot of others.I recently met a man who was getting on in years.Long in the tooth, as they say.He was interested in w...
• Corporate Impervious
  on Nov 10, 2011 in Therapy Depression Careers Reality Disappointment Japanese Interviews Job Search
  Please don't call me again.Why?  Because it is too painful to talk with you anymore.It has been years now since I wore those kinds of clothes.Spoke that type of language.Flipped the remote from PowerPoint slide to slideLived in that part of the...
• Unsold
  on Nov 4, 2011 in Unemployment Halloween Unsold Products Lifestyles Human Condition Candy Personal Development
  For a precious few days, this stuff is pretty popular.Sits in the best place in the shopGets the most attentionPlentiful, colorful, attractiveSeems like this kind of exposure will go on foreverSo much camaraderie, bountifulStacks and stacks, boxes an...

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