Probably still would have a crush on her if I met her in person.
Read what Wiki says about her.
(I must be attracted to Scot women; I've also got a crush on Sheena Easton )
I remember going to the movies with my sisters to see To Sir With Love. To heck with Sidney Poitier's memorable performance; I was looking at Lulu in her mini-skirt.
I've also got this version of "Shout" by her in my mp3 jukebox. She was 15 when she sang this and it became a hit.
July 11, 2008
I Love(d) Lulu
July 10, 2008
Direct Daniella
Direct supermodel Daniella Sarahyba in this Taco Bell interactive website "photoshoot".
Choose what you would have Daniella do and at what location.
(the choices are limited, and no, she won't do that)
She's a gorgeous young woman. (this was the first I have heard of her)
I took her out on the pier, but she didn't last long and started bitching about the wind. I took several shots with her hair in her face , with her eyes closed and even a couple with her back turned. Believe me, these are the best of the lot.
I kept hoping this parrot would bite her; it tried, but...
Seems that I'm not good at real photography OR at this type.
' 62 T-Bird
From the July 04 car show in the United parking lot, Pampa, Texas.
Very clean, inside and out.
Wonder how many speeding tickets this car has had in its lifetime?
Not my fav. T-Bird, but I like it.
I thought something looked odd when I was on the other side, but I didn't realize until I was on the driver's side that the steering wheel was at an odd angle.
EDIT: This car placed first in show.
July 9, 2008
Needed to Ketchup on the Quizzes
You Are Hot Sauce |
 You are the life of any party, because you're so good at bringing people out of their shell. You have a knack for helping people happily embrace their true selves. You are ambitious, driven, and fearless. You love taking risks. Your taste in food is 100% adventurous. You're up for sampling any exotic cuisine or someone's kitchen experiments. You live for trying new things, and you get sick of eating the same food (even if it's very delicious). |
' 68 Chevelle SS
From the July 04 car show in the United parking lot, Pampa Texas.
Click any pic for larger resolution.
July 8, 2008
' 67 Pontiac GTO
From the July 04 car show in the United parking lot, Pampa, Texas.
( guess I was leaning a bit on that one )
July 7, 2008
Chucky's Back!
That thing startles me every time I've seen it and to be honest?
It creeps me out.
From the July 04 car show in the United parking lot, Pampa, Texas.
New Titles for the Aging
From the 
archives:
Some of the artists of the '60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging Baby-Boomers. They include:
Herman's Hermits---Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker.
Ringo Starr---I Get By With a Little Help from Depends.
The Bee Gees---How Can You Mend a Broken Hip?
Bobby Darin---Splish Splash, I Was Havin' a Flash.
Roberta Flack---The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face.
Johnny Nash---I Can't See Clearly Now.
Paul Simon---Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver.
The Commodores---Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom.
Marvin Gaye---Heard It Through the Grape Nuts.
Procol Harem---A Whiter Shade of Hair.
Leo Sayer---You Make Me Feel Like Napping.
The Temptations---Papa's Got a Kidney Stone.
Abba---Denture Queen.
Tony Orlando---Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if You Hear Me Fall.
Helen Reddy---I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore.
Leslie Gore---It's My Procedure, and I'll Cry if I Want To.
Willie Nelson---On the Commode Again.
July 6, 2008
Whatever it is, it's yellow.
I don't know what to caption this.
I keep thinking
"Hooray, I don't have to wear this yellow jock strap any longer!".
July 5, 2008
' 56 T-Bird
From yesterday's (July04) car show in the United parking lot.
I really liked this car; it wasn't trailered in, but driven and was very clean.
I never wanted a Caddy. One of these would do just fine.
I really enjoy looking at the specific details of a car, especially on these older ones.
The outside of the car looks as stylish as anything built today, but the interior is definitely '50's tech. It too was neat and clean, just dated.
It caught my eye right off the bat, and I had trouble getting photos as it was one of the most popular vehicles in the small show.
The owner said there wasn't any particular story behind it; he saw it and bought it because his wife liked it. He said he had been offered 40k for it, and I don't blame him for turning it down.
July 4, 2008
July 3, 2008
Burnin' the Bricks Part XIII
Some cool auto artwork from the June 14, 2008 "Burnin' the Bricks" car show in Pampa:
I believe I wouldn't tailgate this guy.
July 1, 2008
June 30, 2008
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
Noticed a hit on this, came to this post and saw the vid had been taken down. I found another, so enjoy! (while you can!)
1955 Texas Literary Map
Click on map for much larger view:
From the Library of Congress website.
You can d/l the large version (8+mb / .jp2)
(bottom left link)
I'm the same age as this map.
June 29, 2008
June 28, 2008
Hwy 282
Let's pretend: Instead of a Toyota pickup, imagine it's a '67 Fairlane. Imagine it's a long time ago, young and carefree and quite a bit careless with more horsepower than good sense.
Here's the 8 mile + route I rode or drove to school for 12 years.
(bottom right corner to top left from home/first pavement to Miami)
After I got my own car, the trip would look like the following video, but instead of 55 miles per hour at the most, it would be...well, more than that. A lot more, if the car could go that fast and the coast was clear and weather permitting. I took almost the exact same corners back then because...I had to. Thank the good Lord for not letting me kill someone and also for keeping my own young/dumb butt safe.
I never cut the blind corners though, even though the vid looks like it on some. I could see if anything was coming.
Earn entries in our upcoming "Free Gas for a Month" contest by naming the songs played and picked through during this ride. (you'll also have to imagine them being on an eight-track tape player if you wanna get authentic with the time)
Excuse the shoddy camera work; this was my second attempt at this. Excuse the singing at the end, sheesh. I also meant to drive into the school parking lot, but there was a little boy and his bike right at the entrance.
He waved, and I wish I had turned the camera on him and ended the movie right there.
Do not attempt this at home.
June 27, 2008
The Short Bus
This is a small bus that belongs to a nearby church.
Let's go back in time, ten years ago: I hadn't been online for long; I didn't even have a computer but would use the ones at the library. I was in a chatroom and got into an argument with someone (I don't remember who and don't even remember what we were arguing about) and I had "bested" him with some facts, which he promptly denounced, and then called me retarded.
Now, that's something I don't like to be called. It's as an offensive term to me as the "n-word" would be to black folks. I don't think I'M retarded, but I know several "mentally challenged" people, and while they might not be as intelligent as are most people, they're more fun to be around.
I went to school with a guy named Gary; actually, I believe both of my older sisters had Gary in the same grade I did. I don't know for sure, but I think Gary stayed in the same grade for about ten years. That's the way things were done back then, especially in our independent school district. We didn't take any federal money and weren't bound by most federal rules and guidelines.
I don't know why Gary quit going to school; perhaps it was because the school did start to take federal aid and couldn't provide the "appropriate" education for him.
Gary was a lot of fun; older than the rest of us, he was also stronger and never tired of giving us piggyback rides and could push us nearly to the sky in the playground swings. Gary would sometimes "read" along with us in class, but usually spent his time coloring.
Gary was, like nearly all the other "retarded" people I know who are socially functional, a sweet "boy"...and still is, because I ran into him a few weeks back at the grocery store. He remembered me AND my name (and it'd been 25 years since I'd seen him. I know many people who can't recall a name a day later. Hmmm, who's the retarded one?) Gary nearly broke my ribs hugging on me and invited me to come visit him at the group home where he resides.
Back to the chatroom argument:
The guy went on: "Bet u rode the short bus."
I had a feeling I was being insulted, but I sure didn't know the slur. I replied:
"Well, yeah, I did ride short busses back and forth to school."
Nothing from my antagonist for a few seconds, then:
"I KNEW IT!"
I ignored him and went on:
"Actually, I remember only one short bus, and it was short because it was a van. My first "bus" to school was an old "woody" station wagon, driven by a classmate's mother. Another classmate's mom drove the school route for a few years; at first we drove their family car, then they bought a nearly-new station wagon."
I'm sure the school district didn't pay much, but it was probably enough to make a car payment and pay for gas, probably plus a bit more.
It was after I had left the chat when I looked up "short bus" and found it was a slur against someone, the same as "retarded". Since my school was tiny and didn't have any special-needs kids other than Gary, I never had found out that in larger schools a "short bus" was used to take those kids back and forth to school.
I still laugh at that guy thinking he was really insulting me, making me furious, only to have me be honest and admit I HAD rode the "short bus" to school
(even our single "big bus" wasn't all that large; didn't need to be, what with us playing eight-man football. The girls and boys both rode the bus to basketball games, even having quite a few empty seats.)
Not that my story was so interesting, sorry to make you read through all of it, but I really like this bus. I bet it gets fairly good gas mileage, and a guy could fix it up and live in it. Have to put a bed, some cabinet space and kitchen, and esp. a shower and a bathroom.
Then I could dump my sewage tank on the front lawns of all those people who like to call others "retarded".
"Funny" thing; when looking for the definition of "short bus" I found this statement, so true.
"Arguing on the Internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. You might win, but you're still retarded."
That guy might've been right, I might very well be "retarded".
Takes one to know one, huh?
Several years ago I had a woman tell me I was "emotionally immature" and "sexually frustrated".
Could've been the other way 'round, just can't remember.
June 26, 2008
1970 Miami Warriors
(click for larger view)
Coach would always tell us: "Practice like you play, men."
We did. We photographed the same way, too.
Welcome to all visiting who have found this post via AOL or Google search.
You *may* be interested in video of the '71 Regional Championship game.
Coach would always tell us: "Practice like you play, men."
We did. We photographed the same way, too.
Welcome to all visiting who have found this post via AOL or Google search.
You *may* be interested in video of the '71 Regional Championship game.
Competing Cowboys Cut Costs by Carpooling
The online Reno Gazette-Journal reports that many rodeo cowboys are carpooling in order to beat the high gasoline prices.
It will be easy to tell the ones who do not carpool vs. the ones who do.
The ones who don't carpool will have hats like this:
The ones who have to carpool? They'll look like this:
June 25, 2008
Big Black Bull
Not a great photo, but couldn't let the alliteration go by.
Took several of him after this one; he was starting to flex his muscles and at first I thought he was just showing off for the camera. Instead, he soon dropped "something" to show me what he thought of me and my photos.
At least he's honest, huh?
I'll spare you those photos.
South of Miami, Texas
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