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Random Thursday: The Music Video Edition
We've scoured the vidverse to bring you some tasty tunes.

Screen capture of a concert by Katzenjammer
Scene from a Katzenjammer concert in Hamburg, Germany (2012)

We’ve elevated the concept of “randomness” to heights that rival Mt. Everest, musically-speaking.

Published Thursday, 14 December 2023, 7:23
Categorized as Music, Random Thursday Tagged Katzenjammer, Madame Radar, Madi Diaz, Mulligan Brothers, Newen Afrobeat, Seun Kuti, Shawn Mullins, The Band, The Dead South, Tokyo Groove Jyoshi

Random Thursday: The Neighborhood Nature Edition

Photo: Creek reflection

What do Hanukkah, Ducatis, deer, and ladybugs have in common? Well, nothing…that’s why it’s random.

Published Thursday, 7 December 2023, 16:38
Categorized as Random Thursday, Rides..., Texas Hill Country, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged Ducati, lady beetles, whitetail deer

Local Fall Color
The change of seasons here isn't dramatic, but it's still noticeable.

Photo: Japanese maple in red phase of foliage

We don’t get a lot of fall color, but we like what we do see.

Published Saturday, 2 December 2023, 12:14
Categorized as Plant Life, Texas Hill Country, Weather Tagged cottonwoods, fall colors, Japanese maple

Random Thursday: The December Eve Edition

Photo: Rippled clouds at sunrise in Horseshoe Bay, Texas

From pretty flowers to pretty dumb quotes, and many unrelated things in between…

Published Thursday, 30 November 2023, 12:31
Categorized as Memes..., MSM/Journalism/etc..., Plant Life, Random Thursday Tagged amaryllis, John Muir

Assessing Albert
The historic Albert Dance Hall is...interesting

Photo: Dancers at Albert Dance Hall, Texas

The historic Albert dancehall provided an unexpectedly good time. Here’s a quick recap of the evening, and the venue.

Published Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 19:51
Categorized as Dancing - Country, History, Texas, Texas Hill Country Tagged Albert, Albert Dance Hall, Bob Appel Band, Texas Dance Halls

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

Dancing In The Moonlight (Musically Speaking)

Photo: Three whitetail deer walking through our front yard in the early morning sunlight
The great autumn whitetail deer migration begins...

“Dancing In the Moonlight” is a cool song, and I can prove it.

Published Saturday, 28 October 2023, 18:29
Categorized as Music Tagged King Crimson, Seventies music

AI & the World Series

AI-generated black and white image of a rattlesnake attacking a baseball player
AI-generated image; Not to scale

Since I know nothing about baseball, I enlisted a couple of AI engines to help. I now know less than before.

Published Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 12:47
Categorized as AI, Sports Tagged AI, ChatGPT, Gencraft, Text-to-Image Generator, World Series

Some Uneducated Observations About Baseball

Steampunk-styled image of Texas Rangers baseball players
[AI-generated image via DreamStudio]

Wherein I weigh in on some of the important cultural implications of baseball stuff, without any qualifications whatsoever for doing so.

Published Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 13:35
Categorized as Just Plain Silly, Sports Tagged baseball, Ghostbusters, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, World Series

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