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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

And the meeting got going when I pulled out my +3 battle ax

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Sometimes I really miss Dungeons and Dragons. I think I'll ask for an XBox 360 and Everquest for my B-day/Christmas, so I can spend abou...
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Monday, October 30, 2006

Notes:

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I'll be watching Friday Night Lights tonight, but I won't be live blogging. I now have NBC, but I also have a fear that the thing wi...

In house

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The locksmith, who came over to re-key the doors, was an Israeli immigrant in a woefully beat-up car. He immediately started making fun of o...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

No bloggy bloggy

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Folks: Me and the wife will own a house within the next 24 hours, and the moving preparations are taking up most of our time. I won't be...
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Thursday, October 19, 2006

The Metaphorical Football League

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Lead-in music queues, camera zooms into two men seated at desk. "MFL" logo behind them on TV Screen. Announcer One: Hello and welc...
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PBS at 3 a.m.: Watching black people farm

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Stumbled across this show last night. It's like when you see something from a strange culture that doesn't translate. In this case, ...
Monday, October 16, 2006

Quick review: Thank You for Smoking

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I randomly picked this flick as a time waster for a rain day, and had a great time. Not because it's a great movie: It more or less isn...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

State Fair

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With Mer wrapping up negotiations for the house and me tired of looking for jobs, we took a break on Friday and headed for the State Fair in...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Comment response:

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To Dave: I'm not saying Lone Star Beer has no honor. I'm just saying it has no taste. Also, I realize what alma mater your wife lays...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Rain

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Here's a couple of pictures, taken during a lull in this morning's storm. Damn I'm gonna miss this place. Note: I'll probabl...
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Monday, October 09, 2006

I only think about this football season on days that end in "Y"

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Tech loses focus, game 38-21 Miami loses, again Cowboys beaten to death by Eagles United Supermarkets falls to Dave's Texaco Folks: I ha...
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Friday, October 06, 2006

Friday Night Light on bad memories

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Speaking of song lyrics, the radio station I listen to at work has been playing "The Great Joe Bob." At least it has been during t...

A small truth

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Lone Star Beer would cease to exist if it wasn't so handy for song lyrics.
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Ramble ramble ramble

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I feel like I'm going off into nowhere lately with this blog. What's with saying I'd liveblog something only to sleep through th...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Notes

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Living in sin: Me and Meredith have found a house. In Fort Worth, in the Keller School District. I’ll write more on this as I feel more and ...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Morning walk

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I haven't hiked around the farm for months. Planning for the wedding took too much of my mind, and walking around in the rough in the mi...
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WHOOOOOOO!

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This isn't a sarcastic post. That would have been "Whooop!" or some such.
Thursday, September 28, 2006

Terry Berry: Chafe Not in Peace

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Terry Berry died. Run over by a train? What the hell? How come no one lets me on to this stuff? To explain: Berry was an Abilene oddball. He...

Behold the mighty power of my picture-gadget

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That's my mailbox. It's in the shadows and blurry, but what the hell -- it was taken five minutes ago. Getting this camera thing to ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Notes

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And thusly the marriage disdt enter in to the limbo... Maybe you've noticed that the living details I usually insert have gotten a littl...
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After nine years in the Texas newspaper industry, Seagraves quit the business in 2005 and moved to Hico to "work" on his "book." He has since married, moved, had a kid and joined the Army. Life is good but he doesn't get home nearly enough.
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