Posted on August 28, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
There hasn’t been much activity on this site for awhile, I mean on my part as far as writing anything new. I’ve had a break from work, which rather than energize me, somewhat put me in a state of lethargy (deservedly so or not), a slovenliness, which, among other things, folded itself into a kind [...]
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Posted on August 19, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
This topic hasn’t been one I’ve written much about before, but when I see them on TV, I just wonder what country I am living in. How did so many get so crazy and so uninformed that they will say anything, especially the completely disrespectful slogans and images about the President.
Even though many Americans [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
(Yes, it’s 2:15 AM, and luckily, tomorrow starts my vacation, and I will only have to wake up to take Annie out to do her business, and then I can crash again if I want. But someone posted a comment to one of my old posts, and responding to took enough time and effort [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
For a kid, my grandma’s house wasn’t the most fun place to visit, especially if you went there almost every day. It was pleasant enough on summertime evenings, when the grown-ups sat on the front porch and we kids sat on the “stoop” or ran down into the ravine (which wasn’t really a ravine, but [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
This is not my usual type of post, but I couldn’t resist passing this along. It’s one of those stories that makes you think, “Now has that ever happened before?”
Here in Houston, when someone is arrested they are usually taken to the Houston Municipal Jail, and then if they are not let loose or [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2009 by Trip to the Outhouse
An interesting surprise from tonight’s Rachel Maddow Show is a new poll out from Gallup, which is based on people from each state and their political party identification. I’m not going to paraphrase or quote, because if you’re really interested in the relatively short article explaining the poll and its results, just click over [...]
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