administrivia

Nothing like, well, nothing to report. Heh. Let’s see. First of all, you do not want to know just how much effort went into getting this to look ok. Any of you with mad CSS skillz can roll your eyes now. But I wanted my ‘related posts’ links to look like the ‘tags’ links, and […]

What’s in YOUR wallet, er, pigeon

A classic tale of critters done wrong, right here in Texas. The American city of Texarkana suffered a slight setback to its popular annual festival this weekend, when dead pigeons started plummeting from the sky. The ex-pigeon deluge came as Texarkana, a city confusingly placed halfway across the Texas/Arkansas border, was celebrating the Quadrangle festival. […]

A sign you might live in Texas

When the weather guy says there is a “cold front” coming, he really means: “it might drop below 70 degrees before sunrise. Maybe even all the way down to 68.” Update (the next morning): it made it down to 71. Good try, cold front! Maybe next time! But the humidity dropped to only 65%, so […]