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The Week in Pictures . Powerlineblog.com
Dear People,
Sorry. I didn’t really forget about you yesterday, I just had things to do. Fondly, Marica
Cooler Corn & Cardboard Cookin’ / Let’s Play Redneck
Originally published June 17, 2012; Reformatted Two great ideas for when the lights go out, or when you just want to play like a Redneck. The first, Cooler Corn, comes via an email from Mr. Big Food’s Dad who I think gets more emails each day than Mr. Big Food (who gets a lot). The
In the Sweet By and By
There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar; For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dwelling place there. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful
Book Cartoon
Hit the link for a photo of T. Boone Picken’s amazing personal library.
Sunday Travels: Pebble Beach & Carmel, California
“Meaning & Western Civilization”
I don’t think that you can get a better sense of the sort of meaning than from what is in every bookshop in this city… . Douglas Murry via Powerline
So not real
Powerline’s The Week in Pictures. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/the-week-in-pictures-prince-of-whales-edition.php
Old but Spry
Turned around from the sink and there she was. I think she’s 14 or 15 years old, maybe more.
We’re back home at Farther Along Farm
Eleven hours drive time including gas and rest stops and a 30-minute Superior Chinese Buffet lunch stop somewhere in East Texas. Tacos on a Chinese buffet were new to me. The crappie are in the freezer. TTYL
WARNING! If you do not want to know what tasty & delicious fish look like before they are on your plate, do NOT read this post.
We caught about 50+ crappie (pronounced ‘croppy’) this morning. We are taking pounds and pounds of crappie fillets back to Mississippi. There is a fish fry in our future. It was a beautiful morning, atypical for Texas this time of year. Started off almost chilly. Met up with the guide at the local gas station
Some guys
There are fish involved.
Y yes it is
Via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures and its a good one. Stay tuned.
In Local News | 911 Calls
May 27. Possible kidnapping attempted; Lawnmower fire May 28. Two vehicles reckless driving (a.k.a. drag racing); horse loose May 29. Child custody dispute May 30. Gas spill May 31. Fire safety check June 1. Possible sick dog in house June 2. Woods fire June 3. Animal problem Those are not all. There were a few
We don’t have TV back in the den
I want to go back to the days when the internet didn’t work and you fixed it by pulling the plug and waited for 60 seconds.
What they heard back home
June 6, 1944– Tonight’s communiqué just in from D-Day invasion headquarters summarizes the news. “Allied forces,” it says, “have succeeded in their initial landings in France; and fighting continues.” Lowell Thomas was the Walter Cronkite of radio. Beginning in 1930, he broadcast twice each evening on CBS radio. It was said that his voice had
I thought I’d seen it all.
But I was wrong. Aphids on zinnias in a glass on a table in the house. And not only that! Lady bug nymphs eating aphids on zinnias in a glass on a table in the house.
“It’s like living in a cave.”
That sums up how impressed Mr. Big Food is with my superior abilities to block the sun from shining into the house in the morning when it’s 85°F at 10am, and in the late afternoon when the heat index is 100°. A cool 76° inside and the A/C has hardly been running. (It’s been a
Re-write
What does a photodynamic South-African sheep disease (Geeldikkop), navel-gazing hesychastic prayer (omphalopsychite), and Dionysian theatre altars of antique Greece (thymele) have in common? National Review, May 31 I rarely look at NRO these days, but when I do, I expect better than this. What does a photodynamic South-African sheep disease (Geeldikkop) have in common with