Wow…

Just… WOW…

The loony left in Austin is at it again…

Known as both the “father of Texas” and the namesake of the state’s capital, Stephen F. Austin carved out the early outlines of Texas among his many accomplishments.

He also opposed an attempt by Mexico to ban slavery in the province of Tejas and said if slaves were freed, they would turn into “vagabonds, a nuisance and a menace.”

For that reason, the city of Austin’s Equity Office suggested renaming the city in a report about existing Confederate monuments that was published this week.

Full article HERE, in My Statesman. It’s also been put up on the hill.com, HERE, and probably some other places I’m not finding. This is part of the same bunch that got two street names changed earlier, over the objections of the people that lived there.

I think this is probably the same bunch, or part of those that wanted to BAN BBQ inside the Austin city limits, because of the smoke and ‘smell’. It was ‘offensive’ to a certain group of people…

Sigh…

And as California continues to burn, and people die, the econazis are keeping a low profile, since they are part of the problem, since they sued for years over controlled burns in certain areas to ‘protect the environment’. Which actually did nothing more than let the underbrush get out of control, dry out, and provide plenty of combustibles…

And also doesn’t allow Lodgepole or Jack pines among others to drop their cones through a process called Serotiny, HERE.  And the Sequoias need fire to propagate too.

RIP Vito…

Vito crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. The kids are devastated, and I’m not real happy either, but he’s no longer in pain. He had a good couple of days with the kids up at a cabin they had rented.

In a nutshell, that was Vito… He did the same thing with Kaya when she was born. A true gentle giant at 105 lbs of Rottie, he would have done anything for those kids, and put up with more than any poor dog deserved. RIP Vito, see ya on the other side.

 

It followed me home…

So I guess I’ll keep it…

Momma’s old Agent has a little brother…

And the grips are excellent, it automatically comes up to NPOA. And it will take +P ammo, which the old Agent won’t. Not sure about the fiber optic front sight’s durability, but it sure is easy to see!!! 🙂

Now I just need to get to the range and put it in rotation, once I’m comfortable with it! AND I actually found a holster that it fits…

One of the ironies of the original Agents with the hammer shroud is that nobody actually made a set of rubber grips that fit it. The best you could do was get a set and cut them down, which I didn’t want to do.

Pop up…

On a quickie road trip, so no post this morning. Sorry. Go read the folks on the side bar, they’re more entertaining than I am anyway…

Oh, and the Wednesday post? Generated over 60 spams ALL from the same site in China… Interesting…

TBT…

Back in the day…

If you ran this today, it would probably be illegal in more than one state… sigh…

When boys could be boys, and girls could be girls, without worrying about what parents/others would think… And we were ‘free range’ kids! Kicked out of the house and told not to come back ’til dark, and stay out of trouble.  And we did (at least for OUR version of staying out of trouble)…

And it was a whole $4!!! In 2009, one of these sets, used, sold for $152.00!

Now Barbies, on the other hand… An original is worth at LEAST $8000, and one in mint condition with original box supposedly sold for over $27,000!

Posted in TBT

YGTBSM!!!

Clapper, Brennan, Comey, Rice, et al…

The left is blowing up about these people ‘possibly’ losing their clearances… My question is, why in the hell do they STILL have one?

When you retire from the military, or get out of a position with government that requires a clearance, if you are a peon, you IMMEDIATELY are terminated from all access. You don’t get to keep them, even if you’re going back to work the next week. You have to start all over with your ‘new’ organization, and be sponsored all over, with all new requests for access that may or may not be granted. And wait up to six months… Or longer…

Do not pass go, do not collect $200, etc…

But these ‘senior’ people supposedly get to keep their clearances as a ‘courtesy’???

In what rational world does that make sense? How come ‘they’ get to keep theirs and we don’t? We actually DID things that produced ‘things’ for the government. But you retire, you’re no longer ‘important’ to the organizations.

As far as I’m concerned, they should be terminated immediately, just like the rest of us. It’s that whole goose/gander thingie…

Sigh… I need to go back to the Doc and get my BP meds upgraded…

TGM- Generations…

Okay, getting closer. Right at 22000 words, so it’s officially a novella. It’s going out for final reads today, and Tina is hard at it on the cover-

This isn’t the final cover, but I want to show y’all the amount of work she puts in ‘trying’ to convert my ideas into something that you the customer can actually appreciate…

This is the 8th iteration, and this particular one is F, so the 7th change of  ‘something’, either colors, size, or position on the cover. I’m SO thankful she is patient with me, and is willing to continue working we me!!!

Dog daze…

If you’re southern, you’ve heard of the Dog Days of Summer…

Although that’s not the original meaning, for southerners, that’s when the dog goes, “Hell no, I’m not going outside…”

That was pretty much Obi all day. He would come over an paw at me, I’d take him to the back door, open it, and he’d get about half way out, then turn around and bolt right back in. He’d go back and flop down where the fan was blowing on him… Lather, rinse, repeat four or five times.

Then he finally came over and started doing his ‘I gotta go’ dance. I got up and did the drill again, and this time he actually went out, ran straight to ‘his’ spot, peed, and immediately raced back inside. Sigh…

Now the ‘rest’ of the story is that the original meaning was related to Sirrus and it’s position in the sky, as reported HERE, by NatGeo.

Talked to a friend in DC yesterday afternoon, and they’d gotten four inches of rain, with more predicted for the rest of the week. He was grumbling something about gills… 🙂

Wherever you may be, stay safe this week! Stay out of the heat, or stay away from the flooding!

I’m gonna go find an ice machine and climb in… Prediction is that we ‘might’ get one day below 100 sometime this week. Not betting on it!

Might be the right idea…

Well, Texas summer is in ‘full’ bloom, if you will. A week of over 100, with a couple of days over 110, and not a drop of rain. I’ve officially given up on the yard, deciding it’s not worth $100 a month in water bills to ‘maybe’ save it, much less have to get out and mow it! Saw this video and couldn’t resist…

Not saying the pup didn’t have the right idea… knowwhatimean? 🙂

In other news, BZ had me on the radio with him Thursday night. If you’re truly bored, you can go HERE, and listen. I come on about 15 minutes in, for the next 45 minutes. Thanks to BZ for putting up with my yapping!!! 🙂

Good questions…

-What if my dog only brings back the ball because he thinks I like throwing it?
-If poison is past its expiry date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?
-Which letter is silent in the word “Scent”, the S or the C?
-Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn’t it be called double V? (like the French do)
-Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and it just takes 75-100 years to fully work.
-Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.
-The word “swims” upside-down is still “swims”.
-Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, scissors is just as hard as trying to win.
-100 years ago, everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars.
-Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
-Your future self is watching you right now through your memories
-If you replace “W” with “T” in “What, Where and When” you get the answer to each of them.
-Many animals probably need glasses, but nobody knows it.
-If you rip a hole in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than there were before.
-Why doesn’t McDonald’s sell hotdogs?
-At a movie theatre which arm rest is yours? 
-What is Satan’s last name?
-Why do doctors leave the room when you change? They’re going to see you naked anyway. 
-Where does the toe tag go on a dead person if they don’t have toes?
-Why is there a disclaimer on the Allstate Auto Insurance commercials that says “Not available in all states”? 
-If a person dies and then springs back to life, do they get their money back for the coffin?
-Do they bury people with their braces on? 
-How far east can you go before you’re heading west?
-How does a Real Estate company sell its office without causing confusion? 
-Why do people think that swaying their arm back and forth would change the direction of a bowling ball?
-Why is it that everyone driving faster than you is considered an idiot and everyone driving slower than you is a moron? 
-If a kid refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?
-Is it rude for a deaf person to sign with their mouth full of food? 
-Why is the Lone Ranger called ‘Lone’ if he always has his friend Tonto with him?
-When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?
-Are eyebrows considered facial hair?
-Is there a time limit on fortune cookie predictions? 
-Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
-Is the word “dictionary” in the dictionary?
-Why is it that on a phone or calculator, the number five has a little dot on it?
-Can you have square crop circles?
-If ghosts can walk through walls and glide down stairs, why don’t they fall through the floor?
-Is it legal to travel down a road in reverse, as long as your following the direction of the traffic?
-Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?
-What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?
-If a doctor suddenly had a heart attack while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient?
-Why aren’t drapes double sided so it looks nice on the inside and outside of your home?
-Why is it that when we “skate on thin ice”, we can “get in hot water”?
-If laughter is the best medicine, who’s the idiot who said they ‘died laughing’? 
-If money doesn’t grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
-Why are the little Styrofoam pieces called peanuts?
-Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don’t lay eggs.
-Do Siamese twins pay for one ticket or two tickets when they go see a movie?
-Why does caregiver and caretaker mean the same thing?
-Do bald restaurant workers have to wear a hairnet?
-Do prison buses have emergency exits?

Breathe… 🙂

-Do astronauts change their clocks when they move over different time zones in space?
-When lightning strikes the ocean why don’t all the fish die?
-If a guy that was about to die in the electric chair had a heart attack would they try save him?
-Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
-Why do we sing “Rock a bye baby” to lull a baby to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle on the ground?
-If parents say”Never take candy from strangers” then why do we celebrate Halloween?
-Do the minutes on the movie boxes include the previews, credits, and special features, or just the movie itself?
-Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
-If Mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?
-Why do people never say “it’s only a game” when they’re winning?
-Why is it called a funny bone, when if you hit it, it’s not funny at all?
-Do you yawn in your sleep?
-Do glow-in-the-dark objects stop glowing when somebody turns the lights on?
-How come lemon washing up liquid contains real lemons, but lemon juice contains artificial flavourings.
-Do you wake up or open your eyes first?
-Did Noah have woodpeckers on the ark? If he did, where did he keep them?
-Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor but book publishers aren’t afraid to have a Chapter 11?
-How do you handcuff a one-armed man?
-If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it?
-In some books, why do they have blank pages at the very end?
-Why can’t donuts be square?
-What happens to an irresistible force when it hits an immovable object?
-If there’s a speed of sound and a speed of light, is there a speed of smell?
-Do the security guards at airports have to go through airport security when they get to work?
-Why are all of the Harry Potter spells in Latin if they’re English?
-Are children who act in rated ‘R’ movies allowed to see them?
-What would happen to the sea’s water level if every boat in the World was taken out of the water at the same time?
-Do the English people eat English muffins, or are they just called muffins? 
-How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t grow in it?
-Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?
-Why do people say “heads up” when you should duck?
-Why does triangularly cut bread taste better than square bread?
-If one man says”it was an uphill battle” and another says”it went downhill from there” how could they both be having troubles?
-Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
-Why is it that no matter what colour bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
-When sign makers go on strike, who makes their signs? 
-Why does someone believe you when you say “there are more than four billion stars”, but check when you say the paint is wet?
-Can you cry under water? 
-If you blew a bubble in space, would it ever pop?
-Why do they put holes in crackers?
-What do people in China call their good plates?
-Why do they call him Donkey Kong if he is not a donkey?
-Do stuttering people stutter when they’re thinking to themselves?
-If you put a chameleon in a room full of mirrors, what colour would it turn?
-Why do we press the start button to turn off the computer?