Cynthia has now added home made risotto to her cooking repertoire.
She is amused by the response to the pork chop post. I pointed out that this is no less weird than the fact that several people have actually linked to the beer butt chicken post.
There’s no obvious rhyme or reason to what will and will not get a response around here.
This is oh-so-funny in that tired and predictable way…
I found a program called TVUPlayer. The trial version lets you watch ESPN for free.
That means I get to watch the Ghana vs. Brazil match! Woo-hoo!
Snapping a few random pictures at the Light Rock Express show at The Big Top produced this rather interesting shot.
It looks as though someone let the Löwenbräu genie out of the bottle…
Either that or Gene, the drummer for Molly and the Ringwalds and William S. Graham, Manager of the Light Rock Express, are smoking from a Löwenbräu hookah of some sort.
And what’s that glowing orb above Bill’s head?
Could it be the ghost of Shoeshine Charlie himself?
As I have mentioned before, I have quite the fascination with snakes. I have owned them and I consider myself quite knowledgeable on the subject and even considered pursuing a career in herpetology once upon a time.
Cynthia, on the other hand, has an understandable fear of snakes. She will watch in horror as that Australian nut job “The Crocodile Hunter” pulls the tail of of a Mamba or some other poisonous snake in one of his cable shows.
I recently learned of the Houston Zoo’s Walk on the Wild Side Tour – Texas Snakes event from my friend Wyndi and commented on how cool that might be to attend. Wyndi asked if I would be joining her and her sister as she had made reservations. I kind of dismissed the notion and said I would mention it to Cynthia but I did not expect that she would want to put herself in a position to be around snakes in any capacity.
Imagine my surprise when Cynthia expressed an interest in attending the event.
I went online and made the reservations. The event was this past Saturday and Cynthia had a blast. The transformation from fear to fascination was remarkable. She even held a snake for the first time in her life and didn’t freak out one bit.
I doubt we’re any closer to being able to keep a snake in the house, but Cynthia has come a long way and does not exhibit the same repulsion she did previously and that’s pretty remarkable in my book.
Headed over to the Stag’s Head last Saturday night to see a light version of The El Orbits featuring David Beebe, Jim Henkel and a new young drummer who is just out of high school and doing a musical internship with David. He’s quite remarkable and I suspect he’s destined for great things, musically.
After that Jim and I went across the street and hung out at the 59 Diner eating chicken fried steak and speculating on the nature of the universe. We talked for a quite awhile before heading back over to the Stag’s Head to catch Houston’s only B-52’s cover band, The Aqua Velva.
By this time the bar was pretty full and Jim was pretty tired so we both said our goodbyes and prepared to hit the road.
Snapped a few pics of the band but is is the only one I liked:
This should tide over the David Beebe fans who skim my web site after Google searching him.
Yum!
It’s time to start thinking about our hurricane supplies.
Found these on sale at the H.E.B.
You gotta admit, thems a nice pair of jugs.