• “You hit a what!?”

    Check out this CNN accident report on the penguin death toll on a Texas highway yesterday. The animals were being transported to Galveston while their habitat at the Indianapolis Zoo was being remodeled when the truck they were being transported in was in an accident. Originally uploaded by Semitough. “Four penguins and some exotic fish were killed in the accident,…

  • As the Alvin Crow Flies

    Alvin Crow Originally uploaded by amusitographer. I first heard Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys during the Austin Aquafest in 1989. Mi Esposa and I were either not quite married or newly married and she took me to Austin to introduce me to the Austin culture scene. Before SXSW, there was Aquafest. It was a big ole honking two week…

  • Bloggerati: Day Two – AM Report

    The sun came up hot on my second day as a redneck bloggisti. The last few remnants of Semitough’s weekly lawn watering ration were evaporating off the brown grass like vapor rising over a steaming pot. At some point there will be no benefit to the once weekly watering and I can just turn off the sprinkler system and save the money. At…

  • I have a BLOG!!

    Thanks to WordPress.com i now have a bona fide weblog. This is my first go at this sort of thing so I’m not really sure at this point what it will end up being. For now it will be random observations on life here in the big trailer park of life as I know it. Hang on and enjoy the ride!