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TexTech Free

First off, my screen name. I am a Texan working in a technical field. I did NOT attend Texas Tech. I went to a real university in Texas. Born and grew up in Houston, then spent about 24 years in Austin, back to Houston, and then in Indiana, first time to live outside of Texas. Back to Austin ten years and now 26 months (as of late August, 2021) in Miami, FL. Work keeps me moving around. I am now on my way to North Carolina. While only living in three states, I have passed through or visited 35-40 of the lower 48 states. I have missed the Big Sky country (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana) and upper New England states. As should be obvious from my comments, I am a yellow dog Democrat with views on social justice based on the teachings of all the great religious teachers. I love music of most types. Not opera. I can tolerate some C&W. Have heard very little rap I can tolerate. My music is traditional Blues and 60s-70s rock. Also like classical and easy listening.

Recent Comments

  1. about 14 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    Incriminate or get him committed?

  2. about 14 hours ago on Shoe

    I can’t get steamed vegetables at restaurants these days. Oh they serve somethingk they call steamed vegetables but they are not. The vegetables are warm and wet but still basically raw. It’s like they sort of walked them past the steamer on the way to my table.

  3. about 14 hours ago on Shoe

    Didn’t they just shut down operations recently or am I thinking of another beer?

  4. about 14 hours ago on B.C.

    Vasectomy or procedure to move you to the soprano section?

  5. about 14 hours ago on For Better or For Worse

    For that to really work, both parties must commit to being totally honest with the other person in all things. My first wife (married 20 years) and I lived together for about six months before the wedding, more for convenience than anything. Not long after the wedding, she did something I found very bothersome. I asked her why she had never done it before and she said that she knew it would annoy me. It is that kind of not being totally honest that makes living together prove nothing.

  6. about 15 hours ago on The Boondocks

    And it is that “yet” that is so chilling. If the Talivangelicals get in control, no telling what sorts of things could become crimes. But it could backfire in a big way. My wife and I facilitate an online theology course. We had a couple in Denver and a woman in Lake Charles, LA who were all fairly conservative. The woman in Louisiana sent some sort of anti-gay article to the couple and did not get the response she expected. Turns out they have a gay grandchild (IIRC) and their attitude about homosexuality changed drastically.

    It would have been interesting to see what my late father (who became religiously and politically ultra-conservative in his later years) would have done about some kind of massive oppresion of homosexuals. You see, his big brother was gay. While my father may not have approved of it, my uncle was still part of our family gatherings. I think he would have felt some serious tension about keeping his beliefs while seeing his brother go to jail for something he did not choose.

    If the Theocrats gore enough of other people’s oxes, they might be in trouble. Of course this is assuming we still have some semblance of a democracy and are still having fair elections.

  7. 2 days ago on Shoe

    There was an excellent episode of Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits that was based on that premise. There was an older couple in heaven showing their vacation slides to teenagers who were in hell.

  8. 2 days ago on The Boondocks

    Not all transvestites (cross-dressers) are gay. Some straight male transvestites just like the feel of women’s clothing once in a while. Don’t ask me to explain it. Not even the professionals can explain it.

  9. 5 days ago on Shoe

    It’s not just the Presbyterians. The Episcopal Church is littered with clergy that were once lawyers. Good pay, shorter hours, and a retirement plan that is incredible. I imagine the other denominations have their share of clergy that used to be lawyers as well.

  10. 5 days ago on The Boondocks

    I think Granddad has a special belt specially made for whuppin’ the skinny behinds of smart-alecky grandsons.