Just noticed this when linking to the Texas Monthly website; it's part of their top header graphic.
Beyond MY expectations? Let's survey: just what have I come to expect from Mexico? Discounting a flood of illegal aliens, err... "undocumented Americans", I've come to expect corruption at the highest levels of govt. to the lowest, a "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" attitude towards mutual co-operation concerning our border and dirt weed that probably isn't worth smoking, much less smuggling.
(EDIT: Come to think of it after reading what I wrote, that could describe this govt. in two of the three)
Oh yeah, and a good source of illegal and ozone-destroying Freon for older cars that haven't been converted. (and I've read Freon has surpassed marijuana as the number one smuggled item, discounting illegal aliens, of course)
I've never visited boo-way-no Meh-he-co, but I would expect that if I DID visit one of the sleezy border towns, I would expect to wake up with a tequila hangover, an empty wallet and no wristwatch, a tattoo of a senorita on my chest and God-Forbid, a burning sensation when I ....
June 30, 2007
Maybe beyond YOURS...
I lost a day
I thought today was Friday until a little while ago when I checked my computer's clock and calendar.
Easy mistake, I suppose, until one considers I was goofing around with my Day/Date images thing for several hours.
"They" say time flies when you're having fun.
It goes pretty fast when you're just goofin' off, too.
Best and Worst Legislators
Reported by: Micah Taylor
Friday, Jun 22, 2007 @04:11pm
(Note: Inserted links below are my own, also be aware of Wiki Warning)
AMARILLO -- Texas Monthly magazine came out Friday, and a couple of our local legislators are in it.
It's called Best and Worst Legislators of 2007.
Representative Warren Chisum of Pampa is on the worst list. The writer says Chisum got in a position of power and did not set a good example. Chisum says the article is one man's opinion, and he's confident with his performance.
Over on the best list -- Amarillo Representative John Smithee made honorable mention.
There's also an article in there about Palo Duro Canyon.
Eagle News
No, not the football team in Philadelphia. The only way they're going to be mentioned in here is if...when...Dallas stomps 'em twice this next year. I refuse to link to their website and will probably never even mention the Liberty Bell.
Yes, that's how badly....
I'm talking about the Bald Eagle, that iconic symbol of America. It seems as though the proud bird has been taken off the endangered species list. I am so happy for that.
They don't taste as good as spotted owl, but....
Pahrump!
I followed a link on my Panhandle news feed on the side and saw an article about the Fourth is a Fourth is a Fourth and decided to read it. ( couldn't pass up the alliteration, u c )
Pahrump was where the website was based, the town in Nevada. I knew I had heard that word before, but I was thinkin' it was like a father's admonishment at the turn of the last century. "You want to wear something less than 14 petticoats and a hem that will show your ankles? I forbid it! Pahrump!" (although I think I'm getting that mixed up with "Hurrumph!")
And I'm talking about LAST century, not this one. Anyway....
I wondered why the feed indexed a Nevada town (or that muttered, mild, massively mature mad mumble) then saw McLean being mentioned and this nice little paragraph about the Panhandle:
Just a minor personal discovery, but did you know that in the last few years, the Great Plains have shifted west several hundred miles?
Well, that is what it seemed like the other week when I was gone east on vacation. In the past, when I was a mere visitor to the Southwest, I would reach central Oklahoma and think, "Wow, the great wide open."
But now I've been out here, overall, for nearly two years without a break, and driving through the Texas Panhandle, quite a mental turnaround took place. I was hardly past Amarillo when I began noticing more green -- deep green grass up the knees of cattle, tall trees in woodlines and residential areas around, say, McLean. And long before I hit the Sooner State, I felt back amidst the foliage. By the point I passed by Henryetta, the plains were a memory.
I'm wondering if his "mental turnaround" was for the better, or for the worse? Only a Panhandler would concede to either way.
