- It was foggy out there this morning. Before 7:00 there was a van upside down along 287 at around 407.
- Former TCU and NFL great Sammy Baugh has passed away. I presume he was great because that's what everyone is saying - he was 94 - who knows. (He lived in Roby which, after looking it up, is was out by Abilene. Then I got distracted because Google Street View had been to Roby.) Edit: OK, I'm an idiot. It's "Rotan" not "Roby". And for the life of me I have no idea where "Roby" came from.
- I hate waking up hot because I had the heater up too high.
- Caroline Kennedy wants the Senate seat that will be vacated by Hillary. I think Kennedy is personality challenged and, after reading her "constitutioanl law book" a few years back, not that bright. It was like "Con Law for Dummies."
- Great idea for TV: There needs to be an alternative channel for every sporting event that does nothing but zoom in on people in the crowd.
- I use too much salt. I'm not sure why salt is bad for you, but I use too much of it anyway.
- Carbonated soft drinks burn my mouth. It's really painful.
- HBO is running a documentary on the integration of college football. Sheesh, there's all this footage from the 1960s (which isn't that long ago) where we were a Redneck Nation. Some video from Ole Miss showed a mascot which was a Rebel General in full battle gear, a full sized confederate flag unrolled on the field, and the band spelling out "Dixie."
- The weirdest thing about the Price Is Right video below is Drew Carey's lifeless reaction.
- Another day, another Mindy McCready suicide attempt.
- I woke up in the middle of the night and saw some movie awards show on TV. I thought it was VH1 or MTV. Then I saw the graphic for the winner in a category that involved an unmentionable body part. It was then I realized it was The Adult Video Movie Awards. (Hey, it was Cinemax or Showtime.)
- Not that I watched the aforementioned awards show, but one of the entertainment routines involved very scantily clad women dancing only to be surrounded by other dancers wearing jackets that had "FBI" on the back of them. The singer was ranting about censorship. Pretty good schtick.
- Crazy dream last night: I was trying to defend myself by trying to load a gun with mushrooms. (I have no idea.)
- "Watership Down" is a cool title. I've never read the book, but it's a cool name. Kind of like "Clockwork Orange."
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48 comments:
Load a Gun w/Shrooms...I have been lauching my Ass off....You need some serious help Dude.....
Why is the guy behind the girls in the photo wearing a sweater in the pool?
In early sixties your Baylor would not allow black ministerial students on campus until after dark, but soon discovered other SWC school were playing blacks on their football teams, so they followed suit.
Football trumps the Bible, or at least the way they were reading it back then.
Does it say something about a demonination? Guess their ban on gays will fall when a wealthy gay donor writes the check.
"Crazy dream last night: I was trying to defend myself by trying to load a gun with mushrooms."
Salad (six) shooter?
"Former TCU and NFL great Sammy Baugh has passed away. I presume he was great because that's what everyone is saying..."
Not a fan of football history, are we? They called him "Slingin' Sammy" because he popularized the forward pass in the '30s-40s. In one game in '43, he threw 4 TD passes, AND intercepted 4 passes. Still holds the record for best punting average in a season. Arguably, the most versatile all-around player. EVER! Read the articles in the S-T today (and he lived in Rotan)
"I use too much salt. I'm not sure why salt is bad for you, but I use too much of it anyway."
You shouldn't be putting salt on your food at all. Try to wean yourself off it. It leads to hypertension.
A long time ago, a friend of mine used to heavily salt everything he ate. Whenever somebody would say "Eeew, you're putting too much salt on that", he would start to scrape it off and say "Sorry, I didn't realize YOU were gonna eat this!" Funny
"Carbonated soft drinks burn my mouth. It's really painful."
I didn't know Grandpa Simpson wrote this blog! But seriously, have that looked at
Drew Carey's lifeless expression comes as a result of the show coming to a screaching halt for 45 minutes so the producers of said show and Carey could discuss the idea of the man cheating. I think Carey was ready to get the hell out of Dodge at the point that they started rolling tape again. Triggerman
Barry, you need to give Kennedy a break. At least she has spent some time in New York state and not so much in Arkansas. She also doesn't have Bill's baggage to pull along...at least as far as we know. And we well know, she is at least intelligent enough to be a Senator (we have rather poor comedian seeking the office in another state).
I heard that a comfortable sleeping temp is 65
The top picture above would normally be just ok -- if not for the horribly distracting amount of BACK HAIR on the man at the bar behind those, um, girls... I bet their faces look like a trainwreck without those sunglasses on.
Use sea salt. It is natural and better for you.
I think Kennedy will do a good job. She has the name recognition, somewhat easy on the eye and no known skeletons. As far as intelligence well .... Geo W lowered the bar/standard on that one.
I may as go as far as saying she maybe our first female President of the United States somewhere down the road.
I think you should add some liberal, open minded type blogs on your approved inferior blog list. The ones you have can really bum a person out. What about Canada,eh? That's a good one.
Watership Down is an awesome book. You really should read it.
8:44..You beat me to it about Sammy Baugh. He was a Stonewal County, Texas hero, icon, and legend, for what he had accomplished. Many years ago, I lived for a while in Aspermont,Tx. (County Seat of Stonewall County) and I had the pleasure of being introduced to and talking with Sammy Baugh. A western gentleman and all around nice guy. We need more like him in this state and country of ours today. A man that children and younger adults could honestly look up to as a role model, who didn't let them, or us, down. Something that is greatly lacking today. RIP Sammy and Thank You!
To Barry...
Cut out the salt. Regardless as to whether or not salt comes from the sea or mined from caverns, salt is salt and too much is not-a-good for MOST people.
Mined salt has the EXACT nutritional value as sea salt.
Mayo Clinic
Is that Jarhead in the background with the chick at his Granbury compound?
Wondering when the Liberally Lean christmas party is this year?
9:32 am In my humble opinion & I am sure that I will now be attacked:
Barry's list of Inferior Blogs are ALL Republicans. When this Blog first started it was nice to hear from other like minded Americans. But as time has elapsed this Blog has morphed into basically a training camp for Republican Trolls.
Nobody is forcing any of you to read the blogs he has listed
Dude,
Carefull with the mushroom dreams, shoes will come flying out at you.
W.
The dude in ythe pool looks like a chiapet gone horribly wrong. I have a work for you to look up...Nair,give 'er a try!!
Drew Carrey single handedly ruined the price is right. Extreme painful to watch now.
So carbonated drinks burn your little mouth.
I suppose sunshine on your shoulders make you cry huh?
I agree collection site. I think Barry is just a closet Republican waiting for the day to come out. We are lured here from the "liberally lean" headline only to find a blog almost completely adulterated by Repubs.
Hey Collectionsite. You better back-up Mr.
I assure you, I am neither Republican or Democrat. I personally do not need anyone to tell me how to think. I learned from a very young age to master my own brain.
R & R I meant you no disrespect. You have a very entertaining and insightful Blog that I do enjoy reading.
I have found you to be a true master of your own brain and one very sharp woman for the record.
In defense of our esteemed host, he does indeed lean Liberal. He also allows debate in the comments. That seems to go against the grain of many Liberals. He seems to be getting criticized (by Liberals) for allowing dissenting opinions.
As I've said before, if BG ever asks me to quit posting, I will. It's his site. Until that time, expect Conservative opposition to your Liberal Newspeak.
Wordkyle you are a master of twisting topics of discussion an old Republican trick. At no time did anyone question open debate.
Someone made a true observation about the Blogs. I can safely say that 5 out of 8 inferior Blogs listed are all staunch Republican hate think tanks and the other 3 blogs are middle of the road at best but there is not 1 liberal Blog listed at all.
When I mentioned Republican Trolls training ground you just proved my point. But then again this is my Humble Dissenting Opinion remember.
"Morphed into a training camp for Republican trolls" was how you described BG's site. Were you referring to the blogs when you said that? From your statement I gathered that you disapproved of BG allowing the comments to so morph.
So is it BG's choice of "inferior blogs" that you are criticizing? Or are you criticizing his allowing Conservatives to voice dissenting opinions here? Or have I misunderstood the entire conversation and you are not critcizing BG at all?
Wordkyle I am not criticizing anyone or anybody.
Barry's inferior Blogs "are what they are".
His Blog has morphed into "it is what it is".
And It is an observation shared by MANY inside the community. Which I might add you and some of the others ARE NOT.
re: the picture
Man those are some really good looking bikinis, but,,,
If I had a dog with a face like that I'd shave his ass and teach him to walk backward
anyone who thinks that either "party" is without blame for the problems our country is going through needs to wake up..! all this bullshit of blame the other guy will not help the taxpayers/citizens of this country survive the coming hard times...folks better prepare for big changes. buy silver !
656 - It's an extemely skinny line between the tone of your remarks and what would be called criticism. However, you say it was not. My mistake.
Roby and Rotan are the Decatur and Bridgeport of Fisher County.
Sammy Baugh's hometown is ROTAN. That would be like some idiot sayin Barry Green was from Decatur.
There is a street named after Sammy in Rotan.
The Double Mountain Ranch is north of Rotan and south of Jayton. Nowheres near damn Roby. ROBY!!! ROBY??? In his wiki there is not even a mention of damn ROBY!
please fix it. kthxbye
HOTTY TODDY BABY!!
Nice backpedaling there, Collection. Saying "it is what it is" is football-speak for when a ballplayer can't come up with a good answer. That term should get a bullet to the head and then a cremation. As I said in a previous post, you don't have to visit the sites he has listed. BG has earned his liberal stripes
Annon at 8:01 am
1) I do not have to come up with a good answer.
2)LIBERALLY LEAN ~ From the land of the Dairy Queen ~ "A look at the news from the humble confines of Wise County". My observation is the Blog has evolved into something else.
3)There are NO Liberal Blogs listed on his Approved Blog list. And some of those Blogs listed are Republican Trolls (There is nothing wrong with that)
4) Barry is one of the last true Liberals left in the County. But as he has said himself. "He will not bite the hand that feeds him".
Hey Collection...you can make a statement...when you lose that E Harmony Pic...Dude...
Hey Anon At 9:04 Dont be a hater.
You think the Rocket Roger Clements is sitting on the edge of her bed rubbing his hands together like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons...
The current Republican party is controlled by neoconservatives which are nothing more than pro-life leftists.
Collectionsite, you are apparently spoonfed your beliefs by the MSM.
The problem with your arguments is that you are framing them as Republican vs. Democrat. I wonder if you even know the core values of liberals and [true] conservatives or if you're simply spewing the party line?
Dig a little deeper and you might find some uncomfortable truths about how ridiculous you sound when you use the term "Republican Trolls."
Not all conservatives are Republicans, in fact I'd argue [in agreement with R ad R] that most true conservatives do not align themselves with the current neocoservative Republican party.
Do some homework and let me know what you come up with.
For the record Jarhead I am as Conservative as they come so not all Democrats are far left liberals. It has always been my belief that the closer we get to a centrist ideology the better for mankind.
Most of my liberal views lean towards taking care/fighting for workers, workers rights, elderly, woman and children. Fighting for the middle class before it becomes extinct. Not everyone gets to go to TCU. Some make do with the best life they can make.
When I use the words (label) Republican Troll I define it as someone or group of people as we have here that come on the Blog and insults, intimidates others because they do not fit into the far right ideology. Not the Republican party itself. Basically cyber bullies. I don't think Barry started this Blog with these folks in mind. It would be my guess to have a humorist view of the world inside and out of Wise County. Healthy debate is good and fun and nothing is better than taking a good look at ourselves.
As I said when I first wrote on this subject that I was going to be attacked for my opinions you did not let me down.
Also on another note. If I had to go to E Harmony to find a mate/friend etc I would kill my self. Not there is anything wrong with that but it is not me.
Jarhead - it's about time you right wingers differentiate yourselves. Real "conservatives" are much easier to deal with intellectually than the non-thinking ditto-heads of the far right Republican Party. It would be much better to discuss issues rather than labels.
I support the Republican party only becaue it's the best avenue to promote what I consider Conservative principles. (One of these is that the latest fad or thought is not necessarily better than thousands of years of collected wisdom.)
I'd be very intersted to hear the various definitions you have of what constitutes a "neo-Conservative" or a "Conservative."
Salt is mostly bad for people with high B/P (or predisposed toward same).
It would be good to consider cutting back though so you can use it later in life when your taste buds start failing.
There is also a theory that sea salt is better for you- it tastes better and has an interesting texture in any case.
Read "Watership Down" if you want to be depressed about the fact that rabbits apparently have it way the hell harder than we do.
Also, don't watch the cartoon with your kids, like mine did. I had nightmares about rabbits being buried alive for months.
Collectionsite....are you married?
Read anything written by Andrew Bacevich, Bob Novak or Patrick Buchanan, some of Ron Paul's ideas and even Newt Gingrich to an extent, and Duncan Hunter ~ that's [paleo]conservatism.
Look at the Republican party as it stands now and most of the MSM pundits. That's neo-conservatism.
Thanks, Jar, for your perspective.
How was the late night AVN award show, I missed this years.
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