How to live before you die

October 5, 2011

Rest in peace Steve Jobs The first computer I ever bought was a Compaq suitcase looking thing.  After suffering through MS-DOS for a while, I dumped it and purchased an Apple computer.  I have had one ever since….. When Jobs talks about serif and sans serif type and justifying lines of type, it just made […]

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Music Video Friday 63

September 30, 2011

The Best Band in the SEC Texas A&M has made it official.  They are leaving the Big 12 and moving to the Southeast Conference. There is a clickable link at the bottom of this article that shows this week’s music video. When the Texas Aggies play other schools in the SEC, at halftime the fans […]

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How to be Texan

September 27, 2011

How To Be Texan-Wherever You Are Editor’s note:  This is #6 in a series from the upcoming eBook of the same name. The key word in all of this is the “Wherever You Are” part.  You might be in Houston or you might be in Honolulu.  You can still maintain your Texas ways, attitude, and […]

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Music Video Friday-62-Junior Brown

September 23, 2011

Step back in time a ways… Junior Brown used to set the Continental Club in Austin to rockin’ and rollin’ as the house band with his Texas Country music.  The Continental Club is an Austin icon a little ways out on Congress Avenue.  Junior has had a lot of success and he did win the […]

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Music Video Friday – 61 Shooter Jennings

September 16, 2011

Yep, Waylon made this one too I ran across Shooter Jennings when I was doing the previous week’s music video Friday.  The song that caught my ear was Manifesto No. 1 with the gospel song I’ll Fly Away interspersed in there somewhere.  If you don’t mind an occasional ‘kiss my a**’ in the song, it’s […]

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Austin Cow Parade

September 14, 2011

Cow Parade moves into Austin Have you “herd”? 71 beautiful bovine have made their way to Austin and they aren’t planning on moooo-ving anytime soon!  CowParade Austin is here and it has brought many colorful cows to the Capitol city to celebrate local art and benefit charitable organizations. In late July 47 beautifully decorated cows […]

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Music Video Friday – 60 Robby White

September 9, 2011

Straight from Van Alstyne, Texas I have a good friend who lives in Van Alstyne.  He calls me up and informs me he is headed this way to see a young musician named Robby White.  Robby is a favorite of his daughter and she just insisted he come stay with me, go to the performance, […]

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Deviled Pecan Honey Cornbread Dressing with Ruby Jewel Sweet Red Corn

September 5, 2011

Here’s a Thanksgiving recipe!  This Deviled Pecan Honey Cornbread Dressing with Ruby Jewel Sweet Red Corn is so moist and sweet and it will turn into family recipe quickly! Colorful Harvest was designed to be a cutting edge produce company with one foot in tradition and one foot in innovation.  A special variety of sweet […]

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Real Texas Jalapeño Cornbread with Ruby Jewel Sweet Red Corn

September 3, 2011

You are in for a Real Texas treat!  The Real Texas Honey Cornbread is already moist and sweet, but when you add Ruby Jewel Sweet Red Corn from Colorful Harvest, the Cornbread is so sweet, I’m not sure if you will want to serve it as a bread or as a dessert! Colorful Harvest sponsored […]

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Music Video Friday 59 – Mason Williams

September 2, 2011

Classical Guitar Mason Williams was born in Abilene, Texas and became famous as one of the premier classical guitar players on the planet.  In fact, his hit song Classical Gas  hit the big time in 1968.  But what you probably did not know is that he is also a comedy writer who is well known […]

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