Archive for August 2022
Princess Diana
It was a Saturday evening on August 30, 1997 (early Sunday morning, August 31 in France), when I saw on TV that Princess Diana was in a bad car accident in Paris. I watched CNN’s coverage for a few hours. Back then, the internet was in the early stages, and I wasn’t connected so CNN…
Read MoreThe Handout Thing
Handouts have been getting play these days. You know, the college loan relief thing versus the PPP loans that were forgiven. Here is the definition of handout I found online: something given free to a needy person or organization Here are accompanying synonyms: Aid, benefit, financial support, gift of money, subsidies, and payments. Here is…
Read MoreCommander Moonikin Campos
From the take the money and run department. Commentary has probably had two brief conversations with local activist Quanell X in all these years. In the beginning, I thought he was doing his activism thing for free. Then I learned that some folks pay him to help their cause, predicament, or injustice. Hey, a fella…
Read MoreGOP Nutjobs
Commentary can easily say that I know more about elections than most folks. Not all, but most. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why GOP nutjobs want to see mail ballots. Is it just to be intimidating? I keep telling folks that Texas’s elections are guided by our state’s election code. The…
Read More2023 Astros Schedule
The Chron E-Board has a take on the State Comptroller stepping into it on Harris County budgeting for law enforcement here: Harris County defunding police? Texas comptroller can’t add [Editorial] (houstonchronicle.com). Thank you, GOP dummies. I would rather have Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo taking on that arsehole Gov. Greg Abbott and dummy State Comptroller…
Read MoreDumb, Dumb GOP Move
This move doesn’t surprise Commentary. GOP statewide elected officials have excelled at running state government into the ground. Now they want to try their brand in Harris County. I kind of thought Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar was a tad smarter than the rest. I was clearly wrong. See this from the Chron: Texas Comptroller Glenn…
Read MoreEl Chivo (Dinner)
At my Dad’s 99th birthday celebration, there were a lot of family members in attendance. My Dad also got a number of gifts. One gift was a couple of photos. One photo is of my Dad when he was a child with his family. I had never seen that photo before. The other photo he…
Read MoreCelebrated 99
My Dad will be celebrating his first triple digit birthday in 364 days. We are already having planning discussions for his huge birthday celebration. Over 80 of his friends and family showed up yesterday in Baytown. We had a mariachi band and my Dad sang along to most of the tunes. Good food and a…
Read MoreVictoria’s Secret
My Dad will be celebrating his final double-digit birthday in a couple of days in Baytown. _____ It looks like Beto will be up in a few media markets next week with Spanish language ads. He will also be doing Spanish language digital ads. Good. _____ Remember when a lot of folks were making fun…
Read MoreTweet Worked
Yesterday, at a Harris County press conference, County Judge Lina Hidalgo let loose so to speak and had some choice words for The Dean, her GOP opponent, and others. Some news outlets put it out as quick as they could. I first saw it when Channel 13 news tweeted this: ABC13Houston ‘IT IS A LIE!’…
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