Up to 3 gunmen

conduct a massacre at Fort Hood. Three. Yet we're not to draw any conclusions.

MSNBC quoted a "senior administration official" as saying the shootings could have been a criminal matter rather than a terrorism-related attack and that there was no intelligence to suggest a plot against Fort Hood."

In the same story, "Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, said military officials told her that the gunman, who was 39 or 40, was about to be deployed to Iraq and was “upset about it.”"

The gunman was upset, so he enlisted 2 of his best buds to join him in killing?

It seems the media and elected officials are offering all sorts of alternate conclusions. Yet a CAIR statement condemning the shooting has been added to the above msnbc story rather hastily.

Just what are us conspiracy-addled red necks s'posta think?

Notice I left the ID'ed shooters name out, just so, ya know, it wouldn't lead you to think up any fantastic theories.

Facebook nerd

So I am. Under my maiden name Babcock.

NFL Footbal

I wish breast cancer, Obama, and Hispanic Heritage would stay outta football.

Today

I read all my old posts. I laughed, I cried...you know the spiel. I came to realize my last significant post was about the party Colten hosted in March 2006.

Much has happened since then. So much lost and so little gained. Time is racing but I've slowed down. I've gained weight and lost brain cells.

There's been no apoplectic political postings. No musings on absurdity and adventure, although the absurd has been many and the adventures few.

I work from home now, which limits my public interactions. But the few times I ventured out, I ran afoul the law. Bad idea in Texas.

The person who I gave up everything for turned out (and you guys already knew this) to be a liar, cheat and an intensely angry man.

And still my fate is in my hands. And since I am such an oafish clutz, I will probably drop it then step on it (like I do to all my phones and sunglasses).

Yes Joe, I remember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZbFh7qlCQ

my thoughts on the presidential election

bwah ha ha ha ha. Wathing and listened to the dems has almost deadened my pain on McCain's nomination.

A little bit more

I've been trashing the Texan lifestyle, so to balance things out I have to mention some good stuff.

- I already have a great tan.
- My garden is doing good. Beans are up about 6 inches, sunflowers about the same.

Back to the shit list. I bragged to D about being able to hang my clothes out nearly all year long. It's been in the 70's for a week and a half. Of course I open the house (all the windows), hang out clothes, etc. But here's the thing, my screens act as a filter. There is SO MUCH dust in the air. It's even worse than a wood stove. I shit you not. So what do ya think that does for my newly washed clothes?

I guess that's what you get for living near a desert.

Ahem

I am going to try this again.

Recently I've been missing being able to rant in this little corner of the www. I have been keeping the rants internal and self-denigrating. It's proved to be unhealthy.

Anyway... there's lots of interesting topics in the metroplex of DFW. I've already bitched about the commutes and the insects, yada yada. But there's plenty of other topics unique to this area I can write about. For instance, bank robbers seldom get caught around here. And there are many instances of people tying chains around ATMs and carting them off. Their captures are either never reported or they don't get caught as well.

There aren't any good bars around. By "good" I mean the comfort of Joel's or the fun absurdity of the Hotey. There is a public VFW, but it oozed the same life sucking feel of the "V."

There, that wasn't so hard. I hope I'll post more soon.

Stupid things

Still haven't found a job. I have been offered jobs closer to Dallas, but I will not participate in the commute.

We've got a new puppy. We thought Ozzie needed a bud. He did. Sake, a ten week old Akita, also answers to the name tank, tub, fatso, chub, sherman and anything else that signifies an eating, pooping machine. He is the most arrogant puppy I ever ever experienced. Ozzie had some disciplinary problems after we got Sake, but then there was Hooch, an eight week old Lab, that I'd volunteerd to babysit. We had him for over a week. He had to go, but he was the sweetheart and I hated to see him go.

We went camping last weekend. It was HOT. We joked about having an air conditioner for our tent, then we saw this....

Yup, that's an air conditioner for a tent. We were jealous and incredulous. Then, I read an article on Fox about an engineering student hooking up a home air conditioner on their car.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/11/grad-student-bolts-air-conditioner-onto-car-to-beat-texas-heat/

OK. There are lots of spiders, bugs and other biting assholes in Texas.

I met the fire ants

They suck. Not only are they mean, they hurt. I wandered over a hill, big mistake. The hills are not always identifiable, mostly they look like misplaced dirt or a mole's leavings. Anyway, I was awarded 5 bites that turn into pussy, itchy reminders. I still have the scabs, although they are not as bad as I thought they'd be.

We traveled to Lubbock to pick up the latest addition to the family, Sake. He's an Akita, abeit an 8 week old one. We usually refer to him as tank, moose, sloth, bubba or bull. His first 2 nights here we mistakenly blocked him in the kitchen. Boy did we pay.... 7+ hours of whining, barking, howling and growling, every sound imaginable, without end. Needless to say, on the third night he won. He sleeps in the master bedroom without incident. Welcome Sake, Japanese wine (whine).

Side to Marv.... more room for bikinis.

Observation

You do not need to keep wool socks in your sock drawer in Texas.