• White Rain?

    Hold off on this month’s carbon offset allotment until I can figure out what this white stuff is on the radar. May need to send a dispatch up to my northern correspondent to find out which works better, table salt or kosher salt?

  • Independence Day

    Weary of broken promises from the government of Mexico, Texians engaged in an organized revolution against that government starting around October 1835. On March 2, 1836, with 200 of their countrymen beseiged by Mexican forces at the Alamo, Texian leaders gathered at Washington-On-The-Brazos, near present day Navasota, Texas to craft a Declaration of Independence. This is what they wrote: The Unanimous…

  • Spotted

    Weekends are the time for denizens of the suburban jungle to engage in the weekly hunting/gathering ritual. So it was for Esposa and myownself today. First a trip to the Costco to gather large bags of frozen chicken parts, giant cartons of various snack foods and many, many Gatorades. Next stop the local Tom Thumb where during the hunting/gathering process…

  • Cold Hard Truth

    The Weekly Standard reports that last month was one wicked cold January. Talk about your inconvenient truths.  Saw it first at AoSHQ Of course leave it to Canadians to find the upside: Photo and smokin’ cold Alexander Keith’s courtesy of northern correspondent bigdino