Posts Tagged ‘Old 97s’

With Your Big Brains, and Your ‘Know How’ April 10, 2007 No Comments

Diggin’ thru my old college SHIT, I found a nice paper that one of my favorite CS teachers gave us back in the day as a class, which further influences my disdain for academia. Here it goes ….. Things you Didn’t Learn in SchoolBy Bill Gates For college graduates, here is a list of things [...]

Telephones Make Strangers Out of Lovers, Whisky Makes the Strangers All Look Good April 7, 2007 No Comments

Tonight the Beast and I made track to Moulton town to meet up with Manuelabor. Always nice hanging out with Manuel. It was pointed out that his name is ‘Manuel,’ not Man-Well, as I’ve been pronouncing it all these years. I will also make a broad-general comment that this area is TOXIC for nightlife, absolutely [...]

a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage is worth a bird on a telephone wire April 1, 2007 No Comments

Daniel Fric of Shiner, one of the first friends I remember having back in elementary school, you know, the kinda childhood friendships that makes you gravitate to the same crafts table or what have you back in the day. Today was his day in the spotlight as he got married in Sweet Home Texas, and [...]

Some Day Somebody’s Gonna Ask You, A Question That You Should Say Yes To December 30, 2006 No Comments

Today was the wedding where Manuelabor and the Lacinator got married. Two very special people, a very special event, and I was felt honored to partake in the day. Let’s just call Manuelabor ‘the iceman,’ Mr. He wasn’t nervous at all. The Diz and I headed up Friday, and stayed thru Sunday at The LaSalle [...]

Rain’s Gonna Come In Fair Sized Drips, We’re Gonna Go to Heaven Wearin Paper Hat Ships October 15, 2006 No Comments

Sometimes I don’t think my hometown deserves a festival like this, and sometimes I think this festival deserves my town. First of all, getting a lineup of sissies, a bunch of alt-rock has-beens, a Hodge podge of country artists, for the performers, a proper lashing out / and vice versa from the religious zealots of [...]

Just Like California to Make a Fool of Me, Steal the Sideshow, Burn the Disco, Slide into the Sea February 13, 2006 6 Comments

One of those things, while I’m sitting here in Austin, Rolando from Los Angeles is always making new friends. He’s a bartender for posh parties and meets celebrities all the time. Last Wednesday he was the bartender for Kayne West’s Grammy party. He was mingling with the likes of, and pardon me if i misspell [...]

Mama tried to raise me Better, but her pleading, I Denied February 6, 2006 1 Comment

Mummy’s birthday party was ruined due to a bad case of the gout, therefore making it hard for her to move about. It finally dawned on us to grab the rolling chair out of our store and push her around in that, but nevertheless the party was cancelled. Mom is very practical, not really hard [...]

It Takes a Worried Man, You Know, to Sing a Worried Song January 30, 2006 2 Comments

Once upon a time there lived an OX, a beast, a butterfly, a queen bee and a dog. While Queen Bee works, the OX and the beast attend to the overhead of life. We make not just a target run, but a Greatland Target run. Here, the list of items to pick up at target, [...]

She Was a Thin Girl but she had Substance January 21, 2006 2 Comments

Blogging, just brilliant, thanks friends for reading these sentiments, it makes me feel special. I sat down for a beer with this college roommate, who never gets out, the other who still parties like its 99, literally, and my nephew and other compadres. Little did I know I was fodder for conversation at Boehm Ford, [...]

It’s not Funny like on TV and it’s not Smart Like it is in Books January 17, 2006 No Comments

A state of the union address Monday morning 4:15. There’s some strange irony that we don’t have to work today because of Martin Luther King Day, Thursday we don’t work because of Confederate Heroes Day. What can you say about the guy fired from Google for blogging about the company? I don’t know the details, [...]