Category: Ocurrencias

  • Decision: A&M

    12th Man – Student SectionOriginally uploaded by SemitoughWhat started out as a post about the game, which the Aggies won 38-7, ended up something completely different thanks to The Princess. Only one week into her senior year, after visiting several campuses around the state, after much hand wringing over GPA, SAT & ACT scores…..she decided. It’s not like it should…

  • Friday Night Lights

    Big night here on the Texas prairie. High school football is back. The local gridders had their home opener at the newly renovated Clark Stadium versus the Skeeters of Mesquite. Ironically, The Princess missed the first home football game of her senior year because she had to work. She was much chagrined to find that Mom, Dad and Little Brother…

  • Indescribably Delicious

    This story has it all. Dangerous products from China, trailer parks, Walmart, flip flops and googleweb results presented as evidence. Bonus? It comes to us from the mighty metropolis of Gun Barrel City, TX. Double bonus? Video complete with rashy feet goodness. Further adding to the fun factoring, GBC is the town Semitough called home for over a decade. Seeing…

  • Saved By The Bell

    School finally started this week for the wee ones. Princess kicked off her yearlong public school farewell tour as a senior and Budman became an almost-big fish at the Middle School as a 7th grader. “But Semitough” you say. “Doesn’t school start much earlier down there deep-in-the-heart’o?” Not any more. The Texas Legislature, in their infinite wisdom has decided that…