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At the Japanese Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas. Continue reading →
I just upgraded the WordPress TwentyTen theme on my weblog. It was no big deal because I am using a child theme. If you modify your themes to make it perfect to your taste, you should use a child theme to preserve your tweaks… Continue reading →
Sometime ago I found that my sight wasn’t XHTML valid. The problem was that YouTube video embed code is not XHTML valid… Continue reading →
An uplifting video from Darrell Scott. Continue reading →
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Opponents of Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigrants have a weak argument—the potential for abuse. Every power held by government has the potential for abuse. Taxation, the present power to detain and arrest, even traffic laws could potentially be abused by some bureaucrat or enforcement officer. Should we, therefore, strip government of all power? Do you want to live in anarchy? Continue reading →
Dylan wouldn’t be shackled to the expectations of the adoring throngs. He progressed as an artist to the chagrin of his folk-loving fans. He used to divide his concerts into two sections. First, he would play the old songs while accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Then, he would switch to electric guitar and sing his rock songs. The audience would cheer during the folk set and boo during the rock set… Continue reading →
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When the eternal past converges with the eternal future, this moment in time, what will I—or you contribute to this grand marathon of life? Continue reading →
Today, I see a lot of people who, I suspect, are contriving the verisimilitude of conscience. ‘We’re so sorry we didn’t remove that priest after he violated a child.’ ‘We are so sorry about all that oil in the gulf.’ Saying your sorry doesn’t make it so. Lets not allow ourselves to be fooled by public displays of contrition. We need results not apologies. Continue reading →
I used to spend two weeks every summer with them. The days, as today, were oppressively hot, but I spent them playing in the shade of fruit trees in their backyard. I loved going into town with grandad. He would get a haircut or buy some building supplies for a project or he would take granny to her weekly beauty shop appointment or take her to buy canning supplies. Continue reading →
Tragic deaths were in the news and on my mind this week. The death of a utility worker south of Fort Worth who drilled into a natural gas pipeline triggered this item. This was just the latest in a string of tragedies, in which everyday people go to work to support their families and don’t return. There was also the bulldozer operator who hit a gas pipeline and the eleven oil rig workers who died in the gulf… Continue reading →
Back to the President’s visit now: does a president really have to show up on the beaches of the gulf to prove that he is doing everything in the government’s power to clean up the massive oil spill… Continue reading →
The point is corporate guys are smarter than government guys. Congress beats up on corporations and we are the ones who get hurt…. Continue reading →
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What is fifty feet high, 22 feet wide, one foot thick and made of brushed aluminum, weighing 24,000 pounds? Man With Briefcase. Mr. Borofsky has repeated the briefcase man theme many times, but none are more impressive than his giant sculpture installed at Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas. Continue reading →
Addiction therapy always has the goal of arming the addict with the tools to abstain from the addictive substance. Do you really think that therapists are working to get these addicts
to abstain from sex? I don’t think so. What would be the goal, then. To get them to abstain from adultery… Continue reading →
Oil rig workers blame a methane gas bubble for the explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, this according to the Associated Press. Of course, methane gas can be a clean and efficient source of energy as Texans well know. In the wrong place, however, say in an oil pipeline, methane can be a disaster… Continue reading →
Of course, you don’t have to be a seasoned professional to see that the Dallas Mavericks are psychologically damaged. It all stems from their collapse to the Miami Heat and the NBA officials in game three of the NBA Finals a few seasons back. The Mavericks dominated the Heat for two games and the first half of game three. It looked like they could sweep Miami… Continue reading →
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The 47 foot tall icon of Canyon Texas is in danger of destruction. We need to save the original Big Texan.
Ten Bucks from everyone is all it takes. For that we all get a nice new park and a restored Tex Randall… Continue reading →
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Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of cortisol, the body’s stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia…Cortisol is produced by the body under physical or psychological stress and has been linked to heart disease… Continue reading →
Back to Conan; if I had his $32 million and he had a feather up his butt, we’d both be tickled. Continue reading →
