Posted in home on Feb 23rd, 2010
When you think of snow and Texas, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a bunch of cowpokes scrambling around on frozen rodes trying to get home from work at 2 in the afternoon. That’s problematic, but it isn’t THE problem.
The problem is: Snow is wet.
Many Texans (myself among them) just don’t have [...]
Posted in home on Dec 16th, 2009
Although originally started in Illinois, there are more Dairy Queen’s in Texas than in any other state. In fact, DQ has a special menu for Texas stores featuring items like the Hunger-buster and the Belt-buster.
When stepping into a DQ, there are only two things you need to be aware of:
The Dude
DQ has a bunch of [...]
Posted in home on Dec 4th, 2009
A bunch of food related stuff cropped up recently:
This is chili weather. My wife taught me that it’s good with sour cream.
They could stick those heat tiles to the bottom of the Space Shuttle with wet Fruity Pebbles.
As I rediscover every year, Southern Comfort brand eggnog is the best. It comes in traditional and vanilla [...]
Posted in home on Sep 8th, 2009
We just got back from a long weekend in the San Francisco area. While we were out, there I finished two books:
Treasure Island, which you’ve heard of, and
Dead Sleep, which you may not have.
Check them out; I really enjoyed both of them.
Posted in home on Jul 6th, 2009
This month’s Blizzard is another Girl Scout Cookie — Tagalongs. It’s not quite as good as Thin Mint, but pretty darn good.