• H2Oh my G*d is that the water bill?!?

    So we got rain this weekend. Good soaking rain. And the temperatures have dropped significantly, the string of 100+ degree days broken…perhaps for the year. So I’m feeling pretty good about it. Until yesterday when the water bill came. Now let me back up just a bit. We’ve been under Stage 3 water restrictions all summer. The rainfall deficit is…

  • Two Ton Tuesday

    Was looking for a subject for a Tuesday post and came across this great video over at Youtube (which at this point does not support WordPress). The video was filmed at Gruene Hall (pronounced “Green”), Texas’ oldest dance hall which I mentioned in last week’s Thursday Thirteen. The band is called “Two Tons of Steel” and they have a great Buck Owens,…

  • Weekend Wrapup

    Another weekend in the suburban jungle. Sometimes the most difficult thing about the guerrilla lifestyle is the boredom. This time of year we’ve survived the whole back to school battle with the associated skirmishes to get the little guerrillas clothed, feet properly adorned with the latest Shox, school supplies bought, rebought, and then bought again. I’m not sure why they…

  • Operation Mag-Neato

    The Mighty Dumb-Vee Originally uploaded by Iowahawk Blog. For those of you looking for another way to support our troops in Iraq, the legendary Iowahawk has a great way to do so. Doc Lee blogs from Iraq and is commander of the Mighty Dumb-Vee pictured above. Send your goofy, funny, or excess refrigerator magnets. Details and addresses can be found on…