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Random Thursday: Thanksgiving Edition

Black and white photo of wild turkeys on a misty morning in Luckenbach, Texas

I hope you’re feeling especially blessed this Thanksgiving Day (in the good old USofA, anyway), and that this post doesn’t spoil that feeling. JK…it’s pretty upbeat, other than a sad story about green beans.

Published Thursday, 23 November 2023, 13:04
Categorized as Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Sports (Pro/College/HS)... Tagged food, football, Thanksgiving

Random Thursday

Photo: Geese flying in formation
More than 100 geese flying in formation

Non-functioning tats; baseball stats; a buck stands pat; and, uh, other things for which I’m out of rhymes.

Published Thursday, 16 November 2023, 15:08
Categorized as Around the Web, Cars, Music, Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged baseball, bluegrass, cars, deer, lists, tattoos, Texas Rangers

Clueless Drivers

AI-generated image of a Buick stopped in the middle of the street
Not the actual Buick described below...as far as you know.

“Clueless” is a mild description for one particular driver (and many others in our vicinity).

Published Monday, 23 October 2023, 16:19
Categorized as Horseshoe Bay, Society & Culture Tagged bad drivers

Random Thursday

Photo: Cabrillo landscape, San Diego, CA
Cabrillo landscape, San Diego, CA

A&M excels; drought spells; wildlife swells; ugly cars don’t sell. (Yes, I’m unjustifiably proud of that.)

Published Thursday, 7 September 2023, 11:06
Categorized as Cars, Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Weather, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Trapping Tagged armadillos, drought, Lamborghini, porcupines, Texas A&M

2,000 Days of Mediocrity

Graphic: Common phrases in Spanish and English

Five continuous years of daily Spanish lessons have taught me how much I don’t know.

Published Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 16:55
Categorized as Education, Society & Culture Tagged Duolingo, education, ESL, languages

Random…Whatever

Black and white photo of full moon viewed through leafless trees

Just a few DayQuil-inspired ramblings involving frog side-eyes and uncaring blind fish, etc.

Published Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 20:08
Categorized as Random Thursday, Social Media, Society & Culture, Wildlife - Amphibians

Esta como montando una bicicleta*

Black and white photo: adult Latino students in a classroom

After a long hiatus, we found ourselves in front of an ESL class, with an unexpected challenge.

Published Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 8:17
Categorized as Society & Culture Tagged english as a second language, ESL

Phished & P***ed

Phishing scam graphic

In which I realize once again that I was put on this earth as a cautionary tale.

Published Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 16:24
Categorized as Law, Society & Culture Tagged fraud, phishing, scam

Random Thursday: The Non-Wildlife Edition

Boffo Blog Header

Despite being ravaged by COVID, I’ve crafted an amazingly engaging post. Although that might be the fever talking.

Published Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:22
Categorized as Medicine, Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Texas Hill Country

Dear Adobe: Your Ageism Is Showing

One of the minor annoyances of modern life is the insistence of every restaurant, hotel, retail store, physician, and service company of pleading for one’s feedback via an online survey following even the most inconsequential dealings. I tend to ignore most of them, but every now and then one comes across my inbox that’s intriguing… Continue reading Dear Adobe: Your Ageism Is Showing

Published Friday, 10 June 2022, 13:06
Categorized as Society & Culture

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