Category: Texas

  • semitough

    Schadenfreude

    Schadenfreude is a German word that is generally defined as “taking pleasure from someone else’s misfortune”. Having endured the Miami debacle and the associated snickering every time I wore an Aggie cap or tshirt outside the house for the past 13 days, I must admit to a bit of schadenfreude this weekend. Colorado 27 Oklahoma 24 Does Bob Stoops hate…

  • semitough

    Friday Night Blight

    Week two of the high school football season has come and gone. Our local hometown heroes won their second straight versus a moderately talented Rowlett Eagle team 35-6. I’ll only make one football related comment before moving on to juvenile commentary, the Wildcats need a punter. Mr. DoEverything, Rex Burkhead, is a marvelous running back, did yeoman’s duty at QB…

  • semitough

    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…

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    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…