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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: April 2012
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Oh, The Places You'll Go.In Texas! If you're in a dour mood or disagreeable disposition, try these towns on for size:. 1 Smiley, Texas (. The Poultry Capital of the World. 2 Happy, Texas (. The Town Without A Frown. 3 Paradise, Texas (. 4, Rainbow, Texas (. See You At the End of the Rainbow. 5 Sweet Home, Texas (. See y'all out on the trail! Posted by Rodolfo de Leon. Town Without A Frown. Saturday, April 21, 2012. Heavens to Betsy, no! 28, wa...
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: The Texas Three Kick Rule
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The Texas Three Kick Rule. A big-city, California, lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell into this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it.". Now, it's my turn! Remember, folks. That'...
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: I've Been Everywhere, Man (Texas-Style)
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Saturday, April 7, 2012. I've Been Everywhere, Man (Texas-Style). Posted by Rodolfo de Leon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oh, The Places Youll Go.In Texas! Empty Handed, Gassed Up and Down For the Count. The Texas Three Kick Rule. Ive Been Everywhere, Man (Texas-Style). Some Texas Sayings, Part 1. Travel theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: Some Texas Sayings, Part 1
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Saturday, April 7, 2012. Some Texas Sayings, Part 1. What we got right here is a few sayings from the Lone Star State. They're heard elsewhere too, I'm sure, but Texas perfected 'em. Enjoy! He's riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels. Ie, A very lucky person). Big as all hell and half of Texas. Ie, Texas size, aka Really Big! All hat and no cattle. A b ig talker, pretentious). Or even "Could you please repeat that? Sometimes this phrase is expanded to "Do wut now?
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: Empty Handed, Gassed Up & Down For the Count
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Saturday, April 21, 2012. Empty Handed, Gassed Up and Down For the Count. In Port Arthur, Texas [Southeast Texas]. Say you want to ply your trade as a thief, but your target area is in the economic toilet. Do you take your talents to the ritzier part of town? Heavens to Betsy, no! Only milksops give up easily. No, no, no. The financial state of your neighborhood highlights the conundrum you face in your entrepreneurial calling. What is a petty thief to do? Stolen vehi...
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: Oh, The Places You'll Go...In Texas!
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Oh, The Places You'll Go.In Texas! If you're in a dour mood or disagreeable disposition, try these towns on for size:. 1 Smiley, Texas (. The Poultry Capital of the World. 2 Happy, Texas (. The Town Without A Frown. 3 Paradise, Texas (. 4, Rainbow, Texas (. See You At the End of the Rainbow. 5 Sweet Home, Texas (. See y'all out on the trail! Posted by Rodolfo de Leon. Town Without A Frown. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado. Surely you’ve heard tell of Pecos Bill. He was a cowboy down in Texas. He was about the bravest cowboy that ever lived. Once, Bill used two rattlesnakes as a lasso. And then there was the time Bill shot all the stars out of the sky—all of ’em except the Lone Star, that is. Now everyone in the West knows that Pecos Bill could ride anything. No bronco could throw him. No sir! Posted by Rodolfo de Leon.
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Texas Tall Tales & Lone Star Lore: February 2012
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Texas Tall Tales and Lone Star Lore. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Giving A New Meaning to Cat Scratch Fever. 7 Texas women arrested in brawl over 1 man. Posted: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:49 am. JACKSONVILLE (AP) — An alleged brawl in East Texas over the affections of one man has led to the arrest of seven women. Investigators say the arrests happened Sunday after reports of a fight at a truck stop. Nobody was hurt. Oden says some of the women are related. Posted by Rodolfo de Leon. The truth of the matte...
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Mack White: 2006-07-02
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Friday, July 07, 2006. US War Dept. Comic (1942). My good friend Ethan Persoff has just added a new comic to his on-line gallery of propaganda comics. This one, drawn by the renowned comic strip artist Milton Caniff, is a prime example of wartime demonization/dehumanization of the enemy. It's so much easier to kill people when you don't regard them as people: How to Spot a Jap. Posted by Mack White at 3:25 PM. Ken Lay’s Disappearance: Coincidence Theorists Having a Field Day. Is this so far fetched?
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