Scattershooting while attempting to deal with the psychic fallout from the realization that Toni Basil is 67 years old. Who says Facebook is a waste of time? I just learned a new word by looking at it: zygodactyl. What’s it mean? Well, maybe you should be using Facebook, too. No, wait…that just takes up your… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Friday Edition
Restoring the historical archives
When I redesigned and “re-purposed” the Fire Ant Gazette in mid-2009, I deleted all posts dating back to inception – November, 2002. While I don’t remember the exact number of articles I’d posted during that seven year period, I think it was around 3,800, and I felt that most of them would not be missed.… Continue reading Restoring the historical archives
No Love For West Texas, State or Federal
The Midland Reporter Telegram reports that funding for new highway projects in West Texas will be non-existent for the next three years, and that per capita transportation spending for our region ranks next to last (only the Wichita Falls region ranks lower). And adding insult to injury, most of the post offices on the list… Continue reading No Love For West Texas, State or Federal
Remembering LaLanne and “Trimnastics”
The web is abuzz today about the passing of Jack LaLanne at age 96. The guy was the human equivalent of the Energizer bunny, and he’s probably doing jumping jacks in his specially-modified jumpsuit (slits for angel wings, right?) as I type this. In memory of the world’s first “fitness guru,” here’s a YouTube video… Continue reading Remembering LaLanne and “Trimnastics”
Fire Ant Sighting
It’s been a while since we had a Fire Ant sighting, possibly due to the fact that only eight people actually own Genuine Fire Ant Gazette Merchandise, and most of them never go anywhere. But this sighting is perhaps from the most exotic location yet: Mali, West Africa. That’s my pal Gene, who’s been on… Continue reading Fire Ant Sighting
Movie Night at La Casa
We were still fighting colds last night and we used that as an excuse to brew some Keurig coffee (Donut Shop Decaf for her; Caribou regular for me) and stream a couple of movies (Netflix via Apple TV, if you care about things like that. And you should. The technical details are crucial to the… Continue reading Movie Night at La Casa
Random Thursday – The Friday Edition
Yesterday was sort of a lost day. Debbie had her LASIK “touch up” surgery – it went well, according to the doctor – and we were both fighting colds, so once we got her home we just crashed. That’s my excuse for this late Random Thursday post. The Ballroom Dance Society is using recorded music… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Friday Edition
Santana in Las Vegas
I made my first visit to Las Vegas last week, and I don’t plan on returning anytime soon. The exception would be if someone offers us tickets to see another performance by Santana at the Hard Rock Hotel, which was the high point of our trip. The show is called Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through… Continue reading Santana in Las Vegas
Random Thursday – The Truncated Edition
Gotta lotta stuff about to happen, so here are just a few things that caught my eye lately: The 33.3 Art Show features the re-imagination by 33 designers (plus one child, hence the .3) of various album covers from back when vinyl king. Most of the designers are from the American Heartland – Iowa and… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Truncated Edition
Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.
I no longer pay much attention to this blog’s visitor stats. When I first started the Gazette, I had a free Site Meter account and monitored it regularly, but that was back in the salad days when blogs were the only social media outlet (and when I actually worked harder at it). When I redesigned/relaunched… Continue reading Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.