Pepto...This Is How Ya Do It!

 

So...Remember how I told youguys in the last post that the guys and I were meeting for lunch today at the Mexican food restaurant? Well that happened, but this post is about the rest of the story (with apologies to Paul Harvey). I had the fajita beef and chicken nachos. Pop quiz...What always goes with nachos? Yep...jalopenos. I like jalopenos. Lots of them. 

Fast forward to this evening about 7:30. I was visited by the ghost of jalopenos past. Worst case of heartburn I have had in quite awhile! It's now 10 o'clock and it isn't going away. I made a quick trip to the local Dollar General for a bottle of soothing pink liquid fire quincher.  Before I even left the DG parking lot I downed a dose! (No sense waiting around!) It should be noted that I do not take my Pepto in the manner of the average person. I don't fool around with those little plastic cups like they bring you your meds in the hospital in. No sir. I turned that bottle up and swigged my dose that way! 

I first learned this method as a kid when I saw my dad do it like that. I figured that what was good for him would work for me! Unfortunately, here we are three hours later and the molten volcanic lava that is flowing from my throat to my gastric area has not subsided!

Any suggestions would be appreciated. By the way, I have already poured a 20 ounce Dr Pepper over the flames to no avail. To quote that raven in the old Edgar Allen Poe story, "Never more!" Never again will I eat that many peppers! I should have known better! At my age I should have known better! But I love my jalopenos! I guess I also love my pain free nights. Torn between two loves...  What's a man to do?

It's Tuesday!!

 

It's Tuesday! That means one thing...it's the day to meet the guys from church for lunch at 11 o'clock! It started as a simple "Hey lets meet for lunch one day." Now it has evolved into a ritual. Each Tuesday about 6 or 7 of us get together for a meal and some breeze shooting at a designated location.We decide on Sunday morning where the site will be and then spread the word. There is usually no need to worry if someone might not like the kind of food served at the site because we all like ANY kind of food!

Today will be Mexican food! Mariochi's in Greenville, TX. Most weeks we meet at The Rib Crib in Greenville but like to switch it up from time to time. We are on a first name basis with the servers at Rib Crib and they even know our orders when they see us come in the front door. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Some days we meet at Chili's or a hole-in-the-wall called Glenda's. Glenda's has great home style food at a decent price!

If you are in Greenville sometime on a Tuesday at 11 o'clock, stop by and say howdy or maybe join us!

"Pardon Me Mr President"

In the last few weeks leading up to the final exit of Joe Biden we saw him handing out pardons like candy. It started with his criminal offspring Hunter Biden. After that it was a flurry of pardons and sentence commutations with a spattering of get out of jail free cards mixed in. Today, on the last half day of his Presidency, Joe preemptively pardoned a large group of his family members. Preemptively. That's a nice word for "before they could get arrested for being the crooks they are."

Now the question that looms large over their collective heads is this: If you are not guilty of anything, why do you need a pardon? Let's recall for a second the fact that Sleepy Joe had set up several business accounts in the names of family members. Remember that? Therefore it is no big jump to connect these family members with bribes from foreign countries and other entities made to "The Big Guy". Does the term "money laundering" ring a bell? 

What is Joe and crew afraid of? Why do they need pardons? Keep your eyes open and your ear to the ground folks. We have not heard the end of this stuff.

Good Clean Fun

 Great time tonight on my "date" with my wife! We went to see comedian Jeff Allen at the Greenville Municipal Auditorium. He was funny! Not just funny, but he was "clean"! No curse words needed to deliver a zinger of a punchline. He kept it lively and entertaining the whole hour and a half. I highly recommend seeing him if you get the chance!

Why do today's comedians think they have to curse and be crude in order to be funny? They don't, ya know. Jeff Allen has been doing his shows for years and does not feel the need for profanity or picking the "low hanging fruit" of vulgarity. It was refreshing to listen to a comedian who entertains without offensive language or referrences. Nice job Mr. Allen!

Do The Cowboys Need Deion?

 

So the all powerful Jerry Jones has reached out to "Coach Prime" at Colorado, eh? 

Well as a Cowboys fan since I was 5 I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA! People say, "Look what he has done as a college coach!" OH? What exactly has he done? He never beat a team with a record above 500, He didn't win his bowl game. I mean, really? What has he done? One thing I can tell you he has done is show himself to be what he really is. Disloyal. He has been a coach four years and has been at two different colleges where he promised both teams he would be there for them. He left the first team after the first year when his sons decided to go elsewhere for the money. What about the kids who were there playing for the love of the game? He pretty much said  "you'll get over it" and left.

Then along came the job offer at Colordo. Deion and his sons were out of there like Jed Clampet and the gang! Now JJ has reached out to him about a possible position with my beloved Cowboys. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He won't stay Jerry! He has ZERO loyalty to anyone but himself! It's all about Deion. Always has been.

I don't know about anyone reading this, but I am 100% against hiring him. I wouldn't put him at assistant coach if it were up to me! We as Cowboys fans have waited for nearly 30 years to get back to the top and we are not even close yet. After the horror film this year was, we know it will be at least one more year for rebuilding. Do not add a year of Deion to that! He will stay one year and then opt out of his contract and go where his son(s) end up. Is that what we want? Is that what we need? No. Hire a real coach Jerry. One that will be loyal.

It's Here!

 

It's here! The cold weather the talking heads promised is arriving tonight! We are supposed to get snow, which every Texan over the age of 13 knows means ICE! Schools have already begun to close due to the "chance" of bad stuff. How goofy is that!?!

I am a bit perplexed because I am looking out my window at sinshine and clear skies. It's currently 35 degrees outside and doesn't feel all that bad. Temps have fallen into the very low 20's the past couple of nights so I have had all the faucets dripping to avoid the fun and games that come with frozen pipes. I hate to see what my water bill will look like this month!

That's all for now. Stay warm and bring in your pets!

Brrrrrr!!!

 

Folks...It's COLD outside and getting colder by the minute! Temps dropped by probably 15-20 degrees from the time I walked out the door headed for church until two hours later when we let out. I will state for the record that I am no fan of winter and cold weather! I hate it! I hate it even more for those who have to get out in it and work. I really hate it for my wife who walks the dog every morning before work! (The dog too.) Tomorrow will be absolutely frigid in the low 20's. I may have mentioned that I hate winter and the cold before but I want it to stay with my readers so I will say that again!

Monday morning I have an appointment with my breathing doctor. It will be cold enough to mess with my lungs. I plan to get my money's worth from her! I just got over the mess that was going around with upper respiritory problems, so won't that be nice to reaggrivate?! 

I always heard that the cold in winter kills the bugs of spring and summer, so maybe that is the silver lining. 

At any rate...Stay warm folks. Wrap your outdoor pipes. Bring in those plants. Hit Wal Mart for some long johns! Grab a box of hot chocolate mix and some chili and Freto's! See you on the other side!

What is this that I feel tonight?

 I can't quite put my finger on it. It is unusual to say the least. Tonight my mind is drawn to the death of a childhood friend many years ago. What is this? Why am I having these thoughts? I feel stuck or even facinated by the subject of this person's death.

John was about 13 if I remember correctly. (It has been about 50 years, so do not hold me to exacts as far as age, dates, and other things.)  If any of John's family members are reading this I apologize if this brings up sadness. John was a kid in our youth group at church. His family all attended there. As I recall the story, John was on a small motorcycle, probably a dirt bike, when he lost control and hit a tree. He was killed instantly. I remember that Sunday morning when they told our class at church. It seemed surreal because at 13 years old I had not dealt with death on a personal level. I remember asking my mom questions, questions that escape me right now, but I was very curious. She took me down to the funeral home where my friend was laid out. He was in a blue blazer and a tie. He didn't look right. I remember that. It still had not registered with me that he was actually dead. Forever. 

I still wonder why things like this happen to kids. He was a good kid. 

Why this is on my mind is beyond me as I write this. I just can't shake it. I wonder if it is some sort of weird "survivor's guilt" or something. 

Who knows?

This is just strange and I hope I shake it pretty soon. 

Good night to you all.