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Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Well, we’ve closed out the books on another year with the Baby Boomer herd continuing to thin. We have a new president soon taking over and promising to solve all our problems on Day 1, and I’ve got one he could help me with: how to fold up properly a form fitting bedsheet. 01/09/2025 03:22 PM
Rodent health
Rodent health
Say, do you have rats at home? I’m talking about critters with fuzzy ears and whiskers who slither around the house after dark, pick up crumbs, and eat from the dog’s bowl. If they live with you, this information can provide them a higher quality life. 01/09/2025 03:22 PM
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. 01/09/2025 03:22 PM
Pressing on toward the goal…
Pressing on toward the goal…
Katy and I really enjoyed our Christmas break. We enjoyed a few days at Disney World and then resting some at home. 01/09/2025 03:22 PM
Learning for mistakes?
Learning for mistakes?
Well, we’ve closed out the books on another year with the baby boomer herd continuing to thin. We have a new president soon taking over and promising to solve all our problems on day one and I’ve got one he could help me with: how to fold up properly a prefolded bedsheet. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
Making the most of the new year
Making the most of the new year
Katy and I really enjoyed our Christmas break. It was a much needed break. School starts back up next week for the kiddos after Christmas break. Everyone is ready to get back into a routine. However, before we know it, it is going to be spring break and then summer time. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
Cold weather activities
Cold weather activities
I just talked to an old friend who told me it is very cold in his town. He wonders what he can do for fun in icy conditions. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles. 01/02/2025 09:19 AM
New Year celebrations
New Year celebrations
When did people begin to host New Year parties? Ancient Egyptians celebrated New Year when the Nile River overflowed, usually in June. Then someone suggested, “If we change New Year to January, we won’t drown coming home from the party.” Early Romans named their celebration for Janus, a deity with two faces. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Can’t take the Cotton Gin out of the boy
Can’t take the Cotton Gin out of the boy
Thorston Veblen wrote a book back at the end of the gilded age called “Theory of the Leisure Class,” about those who were wallowing in wealth so great they struggled at finding places to spend it. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Have a blessed new year!
Have a blessed new year!
I pray that you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed the time with your family and friends. I pray your year is coming to a good end. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Gov. Greg Abbott said last Thursday the state is initiating a billboard campaign across Central America and border cities in northern Mexico to discourage migrants from attempting to enter Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 12/26/2024 11:29 AM
Have a Merry Christmas!
Have a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas with your family and friends. This is my favorite time of the year. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
The words of America’s greatest president came to mind when I read the tiresome Letter to the Editor last week: “Better to be thought a fool by being silent than to remove all doubt by speaking [writing].” If I had very little understanding of 14th century Chinese society (I have none.), it would be foolish to presume in writing that what I wrote about it would be taken seriously. The Letter in question is just such an example - too full of vague and erroneous “facts” that make Kamala Harris’s word-salad nonsense seem clear. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Holiday traditions
Holiday traditions
One of my favorite stories is “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. How many other tales feature a miser, four ghosts, tombstones, and a goose? Actually, before I read this story I thought it was about somebody named Carol. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid
Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported. The public health insurance program provides coverage for people or families with limited income, as well as pregnant women and people with disabilities. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
Scalded dog or best of life?
Scalded dog or best of life?
To paraphrase an old movie, the United States is no country for old men. However, the entire population is ageing, and we want to make sure no immigrants come into the country, yet we expect someone to make life for us as smooth as banana pudding. We forget what a privilege it is to grow old. The aches, pains, and bruises, physical and otherwise: those checks eventually come due for us all. The question is are we going to approach it like a scalded dog or like Robert Browning told his future wife, “come and grow old with me as the best of life is yet to be” We also have now generations of young people raised on Iphones and social feeds that tell you how gloomy it is outside so don’t bother to go check for yourself. They think old people can’t possibly know anything as the computer knows all. I remember when I was a kid and men at the Cotton Gin store talked about debt and the depression. Later I recalled bankers in the years after 2001 saying they didn’t need to be regulated because the balanced derivative market was self regulating. After 2007, they blew up the world and the federal reserve had to print dollars by the trillions to avoid a collapse that would have taken us back to the stone age. 12/19/2024 08:21 AM
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