Random Rants and Prickly Plants

I've worked in a lot of bars in my life.  One thing I have learned... no matter how many Vodka /7"s you've had, you should alw...

This is the second bloom from my Stapelia gigantea... tomorrow might actually be more impressive, as I think the other four buds on the pla...

Wow!  How did that happen?  well, a week of it I can account for... I spent it house-sitting at a friends house in Burlesson... actually,...

well, I'm happy to report that I'm in a much better mood... I think it's primarily because the heat wave has broke.  On Sunday,...

I have not had a good day.  A flea market day at the end of the month is rarely much fun... add in that everybody has been spending all th...

It was all very confusing... I walked out of he house this morning and the first thing I noticed is that it didn't seem quite bright eno...

so yep... it actually hit 110 degrees in the Dallas Ft.Worth Metroplex today... unfortunately I missed this great historic event as I was dr...

No, really... Today the weather man was predicting 106, but the temp officially reacged 107 degrees, and the thermometer in my back yard r...

you ever had one of those days when living in a cardboard box under the highway actually sounded like it might be a good idea?  I mean, I ...