Feast Day of St. Victor of Marseille Patron saint of feet? Something like that. Saturday night was Billy Bob’s, the “largest honky-tonk in the world,,” according to the hype. Personally, I just think it’s an okay place to see music performed. The local folks always added a much-appreciated dose of color. The headliner was [url=www.michaelmartinmurphey.com]Michael … Feast Day of St. Victor of Marseille
Trains. I was trying to figure out why the train was showing up as “full,” when a whole youth group got on in Ft. Worth. Another mystery solved. The most exciting portion of the ride: First Baptist Colleyville. Two of the keepers, or herders, were seated next to me. Curious, one of the kids was … Trains
Swag. I clicked through on something which lead to something which then lead to something else which then, finally, got around to [url=http://www.cafeshops.com/astrofish]the ubiquitous Cafe Press outfit. They still owe me a couple of bucks. That link to link to link travel, I had to dig back through the browser’s cache to find it – … Swag
[url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578050847/fishinguideto-20][i]The River Why[/i] was recommended by a regular reader, and for the life of me, I can’t remember who. Maybe more than one, for all I know. I ordered it, one late night, off Amazon, and the book sat in my “to read” stack for many months. Might have been there for over a year. … Books
Lists of thing I want to do before I croak? I was inspired by reading another [url=http://www.fluxdebouche.com/b2/index.php?m=200307#97]local writer’s version, and some of the items on the list, I’ve already checked off. What dreams do I have these days? It also goes back to a question posed by my father, last time I saw him in … Lists
[url=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/1995658]Hurricane [url=http://www.hawaii.edu/News/localweather/atl.latest.gif]Claudette hadn’t made landfall by the time I scooted out the door. But upon one glance, I ditched the shades as there was no sun to speak of. Gray, foreboding clouds obviously off shoots of that twirling mass of wet weather covered the sky. Cool! Then I got to thinking about it, means more … Tuesday Trifecta
Possible splash page images, culled from hard drive. Backboard for the pinball game “Xenon,” which, at one time, adorned my front room, in another time, in another place. Ides of July Mobile phone [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/31723.html]toss? Wait, I think I’ve used that idea [url=http://www.astrofish.net/20archive/4.2.2001.htm]before. So anyway, I dropped by the downtown post office, and on my way … Test patterns
Bastille Day. Other stuff, too. When the French overthrew a totalitarian government. Which has nothing to do with an item from the bookshelf: [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802135854/fishinguideto-20][i]Stone Junction[/i] by Jim Dodge. “Magical realism” was just working its way into my literary vocabulary about the time I read this one the first time. It’s got a 1990 copyright stamp; … Bastille Day.
I worked at a charity event, couple of months ago. I showed up, sweated in the afternoon sun, and carried on as best I could – there were actually two of us – and I was moderately worried about my associate’s frail nature in the searing Texas sun. I also collected a paycheck for my … Charity
