Once again ladies and gentlemen, the sun is shining and the birds are singing. In addition, the crepe myrtle and the fire bush (I don’t really know my plant names) are blooming. Even better...
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4 Minutes
Regarding 42
So I’ve touched on it before, however I don’t think I’ve ever gone into further detail on why the number 42 is my favorite. That’s “favorite”, not “lucky”. When it comes down to it,...
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Not Too Seriously Now….
Well kids, Junior has graduated. He’s got his diploma, he walked the stage, and he lost his hat when he threw it up into the air. In the meantime, family was in...
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Why Is It…..
Tonight I sit here at a Dairy Queen just after watching Junior walking the stage for his diploma and into oblivion. I’m a little rumbly in the tumbly today, even after an adequate dosage...
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The Pickle Interruption
By now, after reading dispatch after dispatch of verbal brilliance passed onto a dull Internet via the TharpSter.Org vehicle to the information super highway (complete with turn arounds sometime in the third quarter of...
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7 Minutes
In Comes June
Is the official seal of the county of Ector here in Texas really a flatulent penguin wearing a hat made of yarn and recycled beer cans?...
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The Case Of The Bad Aftertaste
It all started a few days ago when I ran out of my diet green tea here at the domain. No big deal, I’ll just pick one up in the vending machine at the...
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Stolen Suffrage
At the time of this writing, I’ll have you know that I just voted in the Texas primary. You know. The one that’s usually part of Super Tuesday. You know. The one...
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3 Minutes
This Is Nacho Farm
*Buuuuuurrrrrpp* Please pardon me while I partake in the digestive process of what can be described as a purely hedonistic intake of what was a delicious lunch. If there is a man, woman, or...
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3 Minutes
American Idol Lip Syncing Allegations Rock Music Industry
The music industry was rocked last Thursday when news broke that an artist made famous by American Idol was involved in a major lip syncing scandal. For the time the show has been on...
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