I may have never been to war but I’ve been through the gates of Hell and back. For some reason I agreed to go to Grapevine Mills Mall with WifeGeeding and the kids on tax-free weekend. I’ve never been much for shopping on tax-free weekend, saving about eight bucks for every hundred bucks spent isn’t worth dealing with all the crowds, and back to school sales will still be going on anyways.
The mall had a dark maze attraction in a store that I’m sure a lot of teens have got “lost” in.
There aren’t a bunch of “good” restaurants in my hometown of Mineral Wells, but El Paseo was been a favorite. SisterGeeding was missing a bit of our hometown and while we decided not to make the whole drive, we drove to the Keller location. On the way back we drove through the backroads of Westlake and Southlake an amazing house that was one part Disney castle and one part Wayne Manor. Trulia had quite an interesting description for that ZIP code that told me I was in the wrong neighborhood: The average list price for ZIP code 76092 is $934,340.
I took a look at the bbq smokers at our local Academy and while walking down a main aisle that was packed heavily and high with display items a little girl ran across which wasn’t out of the norm. But what was out of the norm was an old blonde woman who darted directly in front almost causing a collision. She came so close to running into me at such a fast rate of speed I was startled, let out a loud “AHHHH”, and put my hands up right against my chest with palms facing out to protect me and to show that I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone. Oddly the woman turned grabbed both of my wrists tightly and just started to laugh, and you can tell from this woman’s voice she’s been smoking since kindergarten. I gave her this weird look but she keep holding on to my wrists tighter and tighter. I asked her to let go but she couldn’t hear me through her laughter, I asked again, and she still didn’t let go. Finally, I yelled “LET. GO. OF. ME.” and she finally succomed but fell to the ground laughing and apologizing.
A somewhat interesting video from ‘CBS This Morning’ of how well water around Fort Worth is drying up. It costs about ten grand to drill and install a pump, and some folks are buying water storage units.
One of my favorite ‘The X-Files’ episodes aired last night and stopped down to watch it – “Clyde Bruckman’s FInal Repose”. That’s the one with the old man from ‘Everyone Loves Raymond’ and the “autoerotic asphyxiation” kills me everytime.
John Oliver actually did some ’60 Minutes’ type of investigation regarding pay day loan operations in Texas on last night’s ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’.
You know, the lady in the Academy was just giving you the appropriate redneck apology. She meant no harm, and wasn't laughing at you directly, just the whole situation. My favorite thing about rednecks is that they have fun. Almost anywhere or anytime, usually in some very dangerous ways, they can have fun and they are not ashamed to do so loudly and publicly.
I can see why you reacted the way you did though. But in the future, get outside with some hillbillies where guns, beer, fire, fishing equipment, and motorized vehicles are all present. You will have a great time… if you live. If you hear "Hey man, hold my beer and watch this", hold the beer and watch, but do it while peeking around a large tree, or a building of at least brick. Cinder block is preferred. I'd say go to Cedar Creek Lake and your chances of finding the right conditions are higher than in the N. DFW area. Problem there is finding a building sturdy enough to hide behind. Do not hide behind a mobile home–they're probably making meth in there.
The bigger issue is whether or not you got a smoker.
Great sound advice and it's much appreciated, but I'm pretty accustomed to rednecks. After all, I grew up in Mineral Wells and went to college in Abilene and my in-laws live in the small East Texas town of Lindale.
From the sound of it, she had been smoking something alright.
The "old guy" from ELR? You mean The Monster in Young Frankenstein and Lazlo in Where the Buffalo Roam, a/k/a the late, great Peter Boyle.
If you look again, there was a CBS watermark on the video. It may have actually been a 60 Minutes story. The first couple shows were a bit shaky, but LWT has found it's stride.
I'm really enjoying John Oliver's show: Last Week Tonight. He's probed and reported on several invisible-but-controversial issues. I wouldn't say he's "fair and balanced", but he's insightful and informative. Topics like:
* The death penalty
* Prison
* Income equality
* Nuclear bombs (a must-see)
He also conducted a very entertaining interview with Stephen Hawking 🙂
My favorite episode is Post-Modern Prometheus. (The black and white Frankenstein one.) Well, it's tied with The Unnatrual (the one about the black ballplayer in Roswell).
I am baby-stepping into being a "minimalist" and I am debating getting rid of my X-files DVDs. All of the episodes are available in HD on Netflix, and have been for years. I started getting the DVDs once they came out, at $100 a season. They're 4:3.
You know, the lady in the Academy was just giving you the appropriate redneck apology. She meant no harm, and wasn't laughing at you directly, just the whole situation. My favorite thing about rednecks is that they have fun. Almost anywhere or anytime, usually in some very dangerous ways, they can have fun and they are not ashamed to do so loudly and publicly.
I can see why you reacted the way you did though. But in the future, get outside with some hillbillies where guns, beer, fire, fishing equipment, and motorized vehicles are all present. You will have a great time… if you live. If you hear "Hey man, hold my beer and watch this", hold the beer and watch, but do it while peeking around a large tree, or a building of at least brick. Cinder block is preferred. I'd say go to Cedar Creek Lake and your chances of finding the right conditions are higher than in the N. DFW area. Problem there is finding a building sturdy enough to hide behind. Do not hide behind a mobile home–they're probably making meth in there.
The bigger issue is whether or not you got a smoker.
Great sound advice and it's much appreciated, but I'm pretty accustomed to rednecks. After all, I grew up in Mineral Wells and went to college in Abilene and my in-laws live in the small East Texas town of Lindale.
From the sound of it, she had been smoking something alright.
The "old guy" from ELR? You mean The Monster in Young Frankenstein and Lazlo in Where the Buffalo Roam, a/k/a the late, great Peter Boyle.
If you look again, there was a CBS watermark on the video. It may have actually been a 60 Minutes story. The first couple shows were a bit shaky, but LWT has found it's stride.
I'm really enjoying John Oliver's show: Last Week Tonight. He's probed and reported on several invisible-but-controversial issues. I wouldn't say he's "fair and balanced", but he's insightful and informative. Topics like:
* The death penalty
* Prison
* Income equality
* Nuclear bombs (a must-see)
He also conducted a very entertaining interview with Stephen Hawking 🙂
My favorite episode is Post-Modern Prometheus. (The black and white Frankenstein one.) Well, it's tied with The Unnatrual (the one about the black ballplayer in Roswell).
I am baby-stepping into being a "minimalist" and I am debating getting rid of my X-files DVDs. All of the episodes are available in HD on Netflix, and have been for years. I started getting the DVDs once they came out, at $100 a season. They're 4:3.
I can't bring myself to get rid of them.