Firsteees

Just another reason to own a 34ft fifth wheel. Of course the tax write off is good too.

Bed Bugs don’t get around me. I choose very “Kerfullee” where I let myself lay down.

Has anyone else noticed a pattern here:

What does,

7/10, candy

and

7/10, male loneliness

and

7/11, sheep

and

7/12, dirty hands

and

7/12, erected posts

and

7/13, bed bugs

all have in common?

We open the envelope and the answer is:

What a great pic!

Happy Friday the 13th. everyone!

ROBOCOP jr. has arrived:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/‘Smile%2C+you’re+on+camera!’+Police+to+get+’head-cams’/article.do

sorry above link did not copy well, try this one for the story:

http://www.talkintexas.com/robocopjr.html

Just off camera there are two Katrina cockroaches pointing tiny guns at him….

OK I get this letter from the Waller county appraisal district about my new tax value after protesting the taxes.

It has all sorts of things on how to arbitrate.

I called the appraisal district and said what is this for because i was satisfied with the amount you lowered my appraisal by. She said they had to do this.

Then I asked a bad question “how much will my taxes be?” you would have thought i asked her for sax. she said they don’t have that yet and i said well the legislature just passed the old timers tax package - give me the bill number that contains the formula I’ll figure it out! that really set her off.

these people do not think you have a right about anything regarding your property taxes. She said she know who i am and that i was a pain in the butt!

she told me to call my state senator or congressman to let him figure out my taxes - oh what service these folks provide us lowly taxpayers.

Didn’t sleep well. Made the mistake of reading this thread’s pic’s article before bed… Felt creepy, crawly phantom bugs all night. Jeez thanks Squawkster…

Good thing was it made me get up early and fire off another letter to my congressman.

When I was little, my real mom would say to me….Night night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. ……. I am conditioned.

Liz

Just think, if Tom Delay were still your congressman, you could have called him up to come spray your house for bed bugs.

11# When I was little, at my grandparent’s in the big old feather beds they had for all us youngin’ cousins on the 2nd floor (and there were a bunch of us), they really had bed bugs. Don’t recall ever seeing one or being bitten, but do remember my Aunt Opal catching a few and sending them to bug heaven on the old gas stove. (She said it was the only way to kill them.) Dang, that tough old country woman could catch bed bugs, kill chickens, threaten to kill all of us and she scared the beejeebers outta me!

“But improved hygiene and the widespread use of pesticides…”

Importing third worlders and their bad hygiene combined with tree hugging bans on effective pesticides. hmmm….. I wonder why there’s an infestation?

#14 - Ron Paul. Oh, and Halliburton.

Faster

Didn’t you see the now mandatory phrase “and rising global temperatures” which must be inserted into every sentence written concerning even the tiniest problem on earth ? In fact, the computers of editors at dailies around the world will permit no article to be printed without that phrase.

Ron Paul.
Halliburton.

and today’s additions:

New World Order.
Katrina.
KKKarl Rove.

Feel free to add to the list when they aren’t watching.

texpat
You mean, the Astros suck this year because of “rising global temperatures”?

My car won’t start because of “rising global temperatures”?

That idiot kid at the drive through left out my french fries because of “rising global temperatures”?

I’ve gained 20 lbs because of “rising global temperatures”?

Dang.. I think I’ll use that!
“Sorry ma’am, you’re shirt order isn’t ready because of “rising global temperatures”.

“Trooper, I was speeding because of “rising global temperatures”!

Honey, that lipstick on my collar is a direct result of “rising global temperatures”!

They are always watching.

And what it is the cause of rising global temperatures?

100,000 Midgets with Bic lighters?

Hamous Says:
July 13th, 2007 at 7:42 am
And what it is the cause of rising global temperatures?

Ron Paul
Buscho
and Halliburton

Bushco
Dick Cheney

#20 - bovine Flatulence NATCH!

Ron Paul
Buscho
and Halliburton

And since they weigh the same as a duck, they must be…

Oh, who is this that is so wise in the ways of science?

Ron Paul turned me into a newt!

Dadmanly has an interesting post this morning:

http://dadmanly.blogspot.com/2007/07/wishful-thinking-and-just-wishes.html

Among other things, he discusses the last few years of reporting by the Associated Press, particularly on Iraq, He draws from an article by Jules Crittenden. Lots of links in the post, highly recommended.

He posts this from Crittenden’s article I(links in the post):

Here’s one from the AP yesterday about a contested village north of Baquba. The story is all about failure. The failure to control this village. The failure of Iraqi forces to provide follow-on security in areas U.S. troops have cleared. It tells us, “Fleeing insurgents appear to be trying to capture more territory farther north in Diyala, where Iraqi security forces are fewer.”

In other words, to the AP, “fleeing insurgents” running away from a village they just fought to hold are doing it so they can “capture more territory,” not because our soldiers kicked the absolute feces out of them.

It doesn’t say why. Because they have been run out of Baquba, after being run out of Baghdad and Anbar. The three-week operation to clear Baquba has been highly successful, with the loss of one soldier, according to Michael Yon. Can this possibly be true? One soldier killed in three weeks of what is routinely described as bitter fighting in Baquba, fighting that has run al-Qaeda out of the much-vaunted IED-saturated stronghold where al-Qaeda was executing people in the city square. How is that not a screaming headline?

The AP also ignored Micheal Yon’s story about the massacre at Hamira, even though he offered to let them use his story and pictures for free.

Hamira ought to be the same kind of household word that the AP and the rest of the MSM made out of abu Ghraib. Go to Yon’s website and check out the last two week’s worht of postings there.

And the AP continues to ignore stories like this from Micheal Yon, which accurately describes the evil baby killing enemy some folks whould allow to take over Iraq:

The official reported that on a couple of occasions in Baqubah, al Qaeda invited to lunch families they wanted to convert to their way of thinking. In each instance, the family had a boy, he said, who was about 11 years old. As LT David Wallach interpreted the man’s words, I saw Wallach go blank and silent. He stopped interpreting for a moment. I asked Wallach, “What did he say?” Wallach said that at these luncheons, the families were sat down to eat. And then their boy was brought in with his mouth stuffed. The boy had been baked. Al Qaeda served the boy to his family.

Some folks are still having a problem with me describing our enemy (and that’s right—they are OUR enemy, no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on) as “evil baby killers.”

Maybe it’s because we don’t get the information we need from the MSM to “know our enemy” the way we should.

And now we ought to wonder why.

Squawkbox: Thanks for posting this article. I am going to the UK at the end of the month and will certainly pack my lavender spray. Of course, it will be less than 3 oz, and packed in a plastic bag, because less than 3 oz. will keep an explosive out of the plane. Maybe, I can just put the big bottle in my check in bag, because as we all know, no one ever puts anything dangerous in their check in bag either.

Ron Paul turned me into a newt!

I’ve heard you’ll get better, but we should probably burn Ron Paul anyway. Better safe than sorry I always say.

I think W should give a speech showing the carbon emissions from an RPG or a roadside bomb are responsible for “rising global temperatures”. “Insurgents” are destroying our earth and we are there to stop them!

BTW what ever happened to “depleting the ozone layer”??? I haven’t heard that one in a while…. I guess getting rid of freon cured that??

The more you guys mention Ron Paul, the more I seem to like him. Never met a Paul I didn’t like.

Caption:
TGIF!!

GWB says we cant shut the border down. hey george do you need help from citizens to stop this?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/7/12/184013.shtml?s=al&promo_code=3720-1

I hope that’s not a Muslim Praying Mantis!

Bats?? Who cares?

When threatened, praying mantids stand tall and spread their forelegs with their wings fanning out wide and mouths open. The fanning of the wings is used to make the mantis seem larger and to scare the opponent, with some species having bright colors and patterns on their hind wings and inner surfaces of their front legs for this purpose. If harassment persists, the mantis will then strike with their forelegs and attempt to pinch or bite.

Since praying mantids feed during the day, they do a considerable amount of flying by night. The night, however, is when bats feed, using ultrasonic sound waves to pinpoint their prey. The frequency of these sound waves indicates the location and distance of the bat’s prey. According to Yager and May, praying mantids are able to hear these ultrasonic sounds and when the frequency begins to increase rapidly, indicating an approaching bat, mantids will stop flying horizontally and begin a direct, high speed nose dive towards the safety of the ground. Often this descent will be preceded by an aerial loop or spin. Other times, the entire descent will consist of a downward spiral.–Wiki

Hamous

I was reading an article from the UK the other day on livestock contributions to global warming. They said, after testing, they discovered that cattle and sheep belching produced far more gases to the atmosphere than flatulence.

Now, if I came to your lab and asked you to design a test and equipment for cattle and sheep to determine which end was producing more gas, just exactly what would it look like ?

Sorry, I just can’t get these images out of my imagination. It’s a disease, I know.

I’ll try again - shucks there is only 1 link!

GWB says the government cant shut the border. Do you need the citizens to help stop this?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/7/12/184013.shtml?s=al&promo_code=3720-1

does hal allow links to posted still or does he block them?

One efficient method for destroying ozone (O³) is with heat. I worked for a company a few years back that used an O³ generator as part of an instrument that was used to determine nitrogen content in various samples. We recirculated the effluent gas (which contained O³) back through a furnace. The furnace ran at 1100° C but I think ozone will convert back to oxygen at a much lower temperature than that even. I think I remember 800° C being the required temperature, but don’t quote me on that. I’ve slept since then.

We have two problems, Syria & Iran are killing our troops in Iraq and we have global warming, one solution will solve both.

Drop about 30 of our famous Made in The USA nukes into both countries that would stop them from killing our troops, create some peace in the region, and the large mushroom cloud over both Syria & Iran will block out the sun and cool global temperatures.

HAL only blocks links coming from Waller County. It’s because the average IQ there is below any acceptable threshhold. Get out now, dj25k, while you still can.

Texpat, it has probably been done. When I was a kid, in what was then the outskirts of Gainesville, the University of Florida had an agricultural research facility on Archer Road. They had cows with surgically implanted see-thru doors on their sides. It was really cool to see. If we begged long enough Dad would pull over and let us get a closer look, although we could never open ‘em up. It’s probably not up there with the dreaded “scotch tape on a cat’s paws” on the animal cruelty scale but I’m sure PETA, had they existed then, would have been horrified. Wonder if they’re still there?

And what it is the cause of rising global temperatures?

Why, Michael Moore’s flatulence, of course!

#35 Shannon

Change a few words and you could be describing modern day aerial combat. Very cool article.

“The bad guys have us locked on radar - evade now ! Dive, dive, dive !

40 texpat us folks in Waller county cant rite reel well. but we can do base 16 arithmetic fine.

we have to do that to get computers debugged. they are mainly based on hexadecimal math.

#41 Ham

I remember them doing that at TAMU, too. It’s just that when I read that article, I got this hilarious Rube Goldberg image in my mind.

#28 - Sarge I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to call anyone a ‘baby killer’ - when they’re known to serve a stuffed and baked 11 yr old son to his OWN family for lunch!

Reach in, grab a ribeye. Cool.

Elizabeth
#10

Didn’t sleep well. Made the mistake of reading this thread’s pic’s article before bed… Felt creepy, crawly phantom bugs all night. Jeez thanks Squawkster…

I can’t catch a break. I get griped at for clown pictures, hear complaints about man boob pictures, dodge spears because of tattooed people with sharpies in their nose.

All this week I have endeavored to post pictures that do more than shock. I have tried to raise the bar of tact and tastefulness of the OC pictures. Now I catch hell for the associated stories with said pics.

What is a
Moderator
Handyman
and all round nice guy supposed to do?

/End Whiny Beotch of Blogdom moment

Muhawahahaha welcome to the weekend. Weekend open comments pic will herald in a new era fear and loathing of OC pics.

/Nahhhh not really.

Hamous

One year, Shannon had a fairly young Brahma bull drop dead in the pasture for no obvious reason. We put on our CSI/ME hats and went out with surgical gloves, scalpels, specimen bags and did a field autopsy on him. We removed the liver, kidneys, pancreas and some other organs, bagged and labeled them, put them in an Igloo cooler and shipped it off to A&M for analysis. It was very interesting. I had butchered cattle before, but this was entirely different.

chickenmom
#29

Squawkbox: Thanks for posting this article.

You are very welcome and the pleasure is mine.

I heard on Edd’s show this morning that the Texas Supreme Court confirmed CLOUT’s right to file that lawsuit…I’m surprised LST hasn’t mentioned it yet…

#41 Oh Gawd Hamous - they did that at the vet school at Texas A & M years ago and might still . It looked like trash can lids attached to their sides that could be removed and I did (regrettably) look inside one time on a private tour. (There were also many other “mutant” animals being studied.)
Any dreams of becoming a veterinarian were gone after that… No wonder you can hunt and lop off hunks of meat and guts and not be grossed out…

#50 Squawkster - I’m still here aint I?

The correct term for them (cow windows) is “rumen fistula”.

No wonder you can hunt and lop off hunks of meat and guts and not be grossed out

I owe that to being exposed to hog butchering at a very young age. After they killed the hogs, then dipped them in a big cast iron bathtub full of scalding water, it was the young’uns job to pull all the hair off the hog. Ahhh, memories.

Dang! Now I’m gonna have to make me some cracklin’ cornbread this weekend.

I read yesterday that a local combat soldier was awarded, posthumously, his American citizenship. He came here from Morocco and enlisted in the Army. Since he could speak Arabic, he was an interpreter for an advance recon patrol unit when a sniper shot him. He was the 100th illegal alien enlistee to be killed in Iraq and granted US citizenship.

I posted my grilled salmon recipe late last night for anyone who might be interested. You can use Chilean Sea Bass or Red Snapper also.

http://www.headshaker.com/?p=301#comment-35308

Elizabeth

I am glad you are still here.

Now Serge’….. nope won’t go there.

/Bad Squawkie, bad Squawkie. Now get back to earning “OBSCENE PROFITS”.

Just don’t call me “Ducky”.

No wonder you can hunt and lop off hunks of meat and guts and not be grossed out…

In the words of that great epicurean of fine dining:

Ya gotta kill it to grill it.
Ted Nugent

I noticed in the news that Boss Hoggwhite is cooking up some kind of green electricity purchasing scheme from some windmills out in west Texas somewhere and talking about how much money he would save, make us a world class city, etc. The article seemed to me to raise more questions than it answered (I believe it answered about 0), and that Goldman Sachs and other big money players were involved. It also cited Mayor Hoggwhite’s interest in green energy and his expertise citing his time in the Dept of Energy in the Clinton Administration. It did not point out that this was about the same time that Enron was engaging in all of its shenanigans, but the whole deal seems to have an aroma about it that I don’t think Houstonians have shaken off yet. Keep your eyes and ears open folks - I feel a major smokescreen brewing and significant wealth being transferred behind that screen, all in the name of “green.”

#62 Rastus

When these guys talk green, the green they say and the green they think are two entirely different things, my friend.

Oh Oh, the Chinese have stolen GWB’s weather machine.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IG13Ad01.html

I feel as though we are on a gasoline see-saw - prices go up, then down and up again. It’s a little scary to be suspended in the air again.

a relative is county treasurer in west texas where that windmill farm is and they gave the farm away and charge them no property taxes.

dowjones

You just pay whatever they say you should pay. In this case…if you dont you will lose your home.

And of course the border isnt going to be closed. GW got his amnasty you just werent informed of that. To bad for the American suckers um er the citizens.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C289140%2C00.html

Bring on the pesos. Grill up those fajitas and most of all…emnbrace the Anarchy baby!

67 daniel but the windmill farm in west texas should at least pay property taxes - ah what the hey - polyticians are always right oops correct.

#68 dj25k

I’ll tell you one thing. When you are heading west on I-20 or north on 153 out of Brownwood coming into Abilene, there is nothing more ugly than the entire hilly horizon to the south and southwest. It is covered with an endless array of enormous wind-generator towers as far as the eye can see. It is hideous.

Check out the headlines on Foxnews.com… I counted and there are 10 yes 10 stories relating to children in some way shape or form….

Now maybe this is not such a bad idea…

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289190,00.html

Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party has nine lawmakers in the 150-seat lower house of Dutch parliament, filed a proposal Thursday to make wearing a burqa in public a crime punishable by up to 12 days jail.

“The burqa and niqab are a symbol of oppression of women,” Wilders told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He said burqas and the niqab — a full-faced veil with only a slit for the eyes — hindered integration of Muslim women into Dutch society and also posed a security risk

The headline says it all, Pennsylvania Mayor Burned for Trying to Ban Evening Grilling..

Dont mess with the grill…

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289122,00.html

enough said…

I believe this wind generated energy thing applies only to the power that the City of Houston purchases for its utilities for the city government, not what the residents use in their private homes. Not that I want my city government involved in any carbon credit ponzi scheme but I imagine the energy usage by the City is minuscule compared to private energy usage.

#74 Hamous, you ight be surprised at what the city uses. Their water and wastewater facilities have numerous high horsepower motors that suck alot of juice. Not to mention all of the traffic lights.

texpat

I like the wind farm looks.

Heading thru NM on I-10 looking north. Its COOL!

I am thinking of building a small scale unit for my home. I’m going GREEN. Wheres the weed baby.

As I head out the door here is some pretty good reading on Tancredo and where he stands on issues other than the border.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56650

WND: What is your belief about the terrorist threats U.S. citizens are facing within our own borders?

TANCREDO: I believe the threat is real. I believe that unless you can think of a deterrent the threat will become a reality. At the present time, you have to deal with this reality. I know what I’m going to tell you is controversial, but again if somebody can show me an alternative to what I’m going to tell you, then I’m happy to listen. But right now, there is no deterrent to the commission of that crime – that act of terror. There is no negative consequence to the perpetrator. His death is not a consequence, from his or her position, point of view. What possibly can deter them, if it is not some threat to take some action that would threaten [what] their belief system tells them. What I mean by that is this: People who are committed to conducting an act of terror on the United States, and I mean something huge, nuclear devices going off in this country, if they’re driven by religious principles, if their modus operandi, their purpose, their raison d’etre, is to do what they believe their god is telling them, how do you deal with that without reacting to it from a standpoint of a religious response?

#72 - hehehehehehehe - We like OUR Mayors cooked Medium Rare please!

First it was imported fire ants, now it’s an invasion of bed bugs from our southern border brought on the backs of undocumented migrant workers, or as I’ll crudely refer to them, wetbacks. It’s not only bed bugs they bring, but crime, TB and other diseases not prevalent in the U.S., a gimme mind set, drugs, dilution of our language and culture.

I think it was on Hendee’s program I heard it this morning, maybe I just dreamed it, I don’t know, but what I remember was that something like 83 suicide bombers are entering Iraq daily. Now if this doesn’t make you shiver and poop your pants I don’t know what will. There’s a significant military presence over there and the border isn’t adequately enforced. What do you think is happening here? Do you think Al Queda doesn’t know it? I bet they already have a thousand operatives here, just waiting for Bin Laden’s order to pick up their virgins. Imagine, a thousand suicide bombings simultaneously, each killing hundreds if not thousands.

Mayor White.

I know this guy is as “weird-looking as the day is long”, and I would never vote for him because he is, at heart, a lioberal democrat, but he has been a refreshingly vast improvement over anyone that has held that office in my lifetime. Look at the list:

2004 - pres. Bill White
1998 - 2004 Lee Brown
1992 - 1998 Bob Lanier
1982 - 1991 Kathy Whitmire
1978 - 1981 Jim McConn
1974 - 1977 Fred Hofheinz
1964 - 1973 Louie Welch
1958 - 1963 Lewis Cutrer
1956 - 1957 Oscar F. Holcombe
1953 - 1955 Roy Hofheinz

Here’s what we do:

1. Make a list of the numerous “holiest day in Islam” holidays.
2. Make a list of the numerous “holiest Mosque in Islam” sites.
3. Give the list to Al-Jazeera and inform them that for every terrorist attack against the West or Israel one of those most holy mosques will be turned to rubble on one of those most holy days, beginning with this one.
4. Have Secretary Rice call up Assad in Syria and Mahrodizhod Mahsajmahrod in Iran and say, “Your call.”

# 24 - Speaking of Bovine - Chick Filet is having its annual clebrate the cow day - if you go in dressed like a cow - your order is free

so celebrate the bivine - (cow - to you from Old Ocean tx)

excuss the spelling - my left hand is in a cast - (blonde moment)

well we have a windmill right at boys and girls country here off roberts road. yes those wind mills when as a farm are ugly.

the relative is in garden city and i believe it is glassco county maybe.

81 hamous we could parachute in pigs and hold pig races on the soil where the mosque is and make it a feed house.

Another hiccup for Powdered Toast Man’s campaign:

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A Republican state lawmaker charged with offering to perform oral sex for $20 on an undercover male police officer vowed Thursday to defend himself in court and said he would not resign from office.

“I am filing a not guilty plea. I am vigorously going to fight this,” state Rep. Bob Allen, a co-chair of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign in Florida, said at a news conference. “I am not resigning my office because the people elected me and want me to do a good job. I am going to do a good job for them in finishing this term.”

82
Can I bring a cow with me, instead?

Is there a New Ocean Texas?

85
I can maybe get you a discount on some of these:

http://www.liveeverett.com/Portals/3/flying%20pig.jpg

88 HMS
Not according to my (mostly-reliable) hot shot professional mapping/mileage program.

89 shannon is that thing know as fly-onk?

We must consult the Texas Fact Book…

How ’bout Sour Lake??

:>0

Went to Doneraki’s for lunch today. There were two hot-shot drivers next to us. The catch phrase on their company t-shirts was We Drive Like We Stole It !!!

Wasn’t that a Bob Seger song?

Whos gonna ride that chrome three wheeler
Whos gonna make that first mistake
Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers
All the way to Sour Lake
Who wants to break the news about uncle joe
You remember uncle joe
He was the one afraid to cut the cake
Who wants to tell poor aunt sarah
Joe’s run off to Sour Lake
Joe’s run off to Sour Lake

The Sour Lake oilfield produced about 90,000,000 barrels of oil up to 1948, when it was producing about 3,500 barrels daily and new drilling was still underway. The Texas Company (later known as Texaco) began at Sour Lake and in the early 1990s still owned the lake and the site of the former Sour Lake Springs Hotel.–Handbook of Texas

I’d give Shannon’s left arm to be sitting in Doneraki’s right now.

Scroll down to the bottom to find Sour Lake’s old jail.
http://www.texasescapes.com/Jails/Strap-Iron-Jails-n-Cages-in-Texas.htm

We were a little more creative in Austin County:

http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Bellville/Austin-County-Jail-Bellville-Texas.htm

#97 - If you’re gonna go, better do it quick. They’re getting ready to demolish it to make room for the Light-Rail-To-Nowhere.

There is another one on FM 1960. No trains out here. YET

#98

Shannon, the first photo in your first link is from McCamey, Texas where Dad and your Uncle Jack graduated from high school.

There’s a pretty nice one down at Gulfgate Mall too.

Is Gulfgate safe like umm Sharpstown?

SC - They redeveloped it a few years ago. I felt safe the few times I’ve been down there. But then again I got that whole thug look going on

Artist’s view, looking out front door of Sharpstown Center:

http://www.dumeer.com/img/art/wasteland2.jpg

#80 - thats almost as sad as Dubbya STILL being oh so much more favorable a Prez than Kerry!

#105 - and they wonder why we lived in a high rise over there?

HEH

I was in Gulfgate about 7 years ago. Oh, the hoochie mama parade was worth the visit. Those latinas were on fire.

Gulfgate:
http://images.ampednews.com/news/uploads/dead_rising.jpg

TGIF13

Question for you crazy infidels…

Mrs. HF is taking me out tonight in search of “Christmas(ale)in July”. Since St. Arnolds won’t give particulars as to locations it might be on tap, anyone seen it at your fav beer joint?

Molly’s pub on I-45 s/b past Sawdust Rd. Just outside the Woodlands…. I don’t know if they have that one, but they have about 40 beers or so on tap…

Hey, they have a website:
http://www.mollyspubs.com/woodlands.html

Call ‘em and ask….

how about this news… 10k tip allows pizza waitress to follow dream of going to college.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289242,00.html

Thanks Fasternut but I dont think we’ll get that far north. Been to Mollys b4, great place.

Hogfan, Little Woodrows on Brazos and 6th Street Bar & Grill usually carry the seasonal St. Arnolds.

Holy crap, why do people do this?

http://www.knbc.com/slideshow/news/13679015/detail.html

Hogfan,

I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think there’s much chance of finding that particular brew in July. When I see it around Christmas in the stores I try to buy up plenty, knowing that it won’t be around long.

If you’ve never tried Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale you should. Write this down now to help you remember. Like St. Arnie’s, it vanishes from the shelves pretty quickly.

Hamotouille

You are correct sir, yes.

Will be a good spot to check when I get out of the Dog House(Mcgowen & Bagby). Both right behind the Liquor Palace. !-)

Dudemiester

St. Arnold’s special mid summer run. Will be fast and furious.

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But Christmas Ale makes it so delightful.
Turn the air conditioning way down low,
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow!

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
Starting Wednesday (July 11), pull out the Christmas lights, start playing the carols and put on the reindeer sweater from Aunt Mabel. It’s time for Christmas in July! We brewed up this special batch because, well, we wanted to, and you agreed! Houston will start seeing cases showing up in the big grocery and liquor stores tomorrow (Wednesday). We only made 500 cases so it won’t last long (kind of like a snowman in July). Assorted pubs will also be holding Christmas in July events in Houston, DFW and Austin. These pubs will be getting their one keg and having fun with it while it lasts. We’ll give you more hints on these as they are scheduled. Merry Christmas!

Hogfan,

I stand (well actually sit) happily corrected. I will post that information on my blog this evening. Then again, maybe I shouldn’t. I don’t want the rest of you reprobates and cretins buying up all of the stock.

8^)

Trust me on the Sierra Nevada deal though. You won’t regret it if you like hops as much as I do.

SC

Saw that… They should change it from “running of the bulls” to “running of the dumbasses”.

Dude,

Celebration is a fine ale my son. Mrs. HF and I went on a beer tour in Cali a few years back. That’s right, not a wine tour. Made many stops from the Bay Area up to Chico, home of Sierra Nevada. They had a great place, good food and 13 different beers on tap. Imagine my suprise(happines) when we only get 1 or 2 styles from them here.

The dumbasses got gored. The rest of the world is being AlGored.

#104 Correction. Iranian thug…

120 dude i just threw away an empty bottle of sierra nevada. it tatses a little green to me but is good. have you tried newcastle brown ale or stone mill pale ale? i really like the newcastle stuff. too bad our energy policy screwed up the prices our good beer - of course polyticians always screw thing up for citizens!!

Look at the CLOUT thread and at the Google ads on the right… one is an ad for a child’s book “Why Mommy Is A Democrat”

No joke….
http://littledemocrats.net/samples.html

Notice the main characters are squirrels…. like real life HA!!

#121 Faster & SC

On Friday nights in the 60s, we would go out to the Circle Eight Rodeo in Aldine. Since we were under 18, we had to provide a parental permission slip to enter the bull riding event. After carefully forging our parents signatures, we would never make the eight second bell. We did it because the bull riders always got all the girls. It is, of course, the girls’ fault. And we also had some good bullfightin’ clowns to protect us on the ground.

It was the longest eight seconds of my life.

Calls for another round of the squirrel launcher.

http://www.camotv.com/view.php?id=12451

#126 Faster

Makes me wanna get my BB gun and go hunting in the back yard. My father in law loves to eat em. Just gotta make sure they are completely dead before you put em into the freezer. Scares the wife a little if they aint.

SC

I gotta get me one of those. Maybye it’ll work on the neighbors cats too.

#127…awww…it’s always the girl’