Grandma’s letter

August 3, 2008

Grandma’s letter. She is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. You actually know people in your town like her. She writes: Dear Granddaughter, The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a “Honk if you love Jesus”  bumper sticker.  I was feeling particularly sassy that day […]

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Things difficult to say when you’re drunk

August 3, 2008

THINGS THAT ARE  DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. Innovative 2. Preliminary 3. Proliferation 4. Cinnamon THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. Specificity 2. Anti-constitutionalistically 3. Passive-aggressive disorder 4. Transubstantiate THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. No thanks, I’m married. 2. Nope, no more booze for me! […]

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Texas manners

August 3, 2008

–TEXAS MANNERS, SO TRUE Two nicely dressed ladies happen to start up a conversation during an endless wait in the LAX airport. The first lady was an arrogant California woman married to a wealthy man.  The second was a well mannered elderly woman from West Texas.  When the conversation centered on whether they had any […]

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Larry’s wisdom?

August 3, 2008

As in Larry the cable guy. You know him? 1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5. Remember, half the people you […]

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Kids thoughts on beer

August 3, 2008

-KIDS THOUGHTS ON BEER A handful of 7 year old children were asked ‘ what they thought of beer.’  Some interesting responses……………………….. Tim- ‘ I think beer must be good.  My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier he says my mom gets.’ Melanie – ‘Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get […]

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The teacher and the boots

August 3, 2008

Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second boot was on, she had worked […]

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Do you think ‘You’ can dance?

August 1, 2008

If you read a previous post in RealTexasBlog.com, you will see that American Idol “dissed” Texas on  their “Idol Live” tour series.  That means we’re not good enough for the “Idols Live!” tour but, apparently, the folks behind “So You Think You Can Dance” think Austin’s the hot spot in Texas to show off their […]

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Texas car thieves are more patriotic

July 28, 2008

A recent news article details the most stolen vehicles on a state by state basis.  Pretty interesting in that the top three vehicles stolen in Texas are pickups. And there are only two imports on the top 10 list for most likely to be stolen.  Our thieves are certainly more patriotic and supportive of American […]

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Baby Armadillos everywhere!

July 23, 2008
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T. Boone…just a little brighter bulb burns there

July 12, 2008

West Texas, known in this blog as The Real Texas, has it’s share of hot air both here in the blog and elsewhere. Besides the oil bidness, there is also the wind bidness to consider out here. Driving into Abilene from San Angelo, you can get an up close view of the monster wind machines […]

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