Mo’ Bites per byte
Sharp winds ripping and tearing?
Snarling envious response: “No! No! No!” (in best Amy Winehouse tradition.)
Despite the chill of aggressive presidential campaigns, not frosty enough to wrap toes in socks here.
Flip-flops still rule .
We’re talking foot apparel not candidates…although stuffing socks in mouths could bring relief from the shrill political cacophony…but the candidates are so busy putting their feet in their own mouths – accompanied by ardent chanting minions on both sides marching zombie-like….
If only they would consume each other.
Then sanity and reason might have a chance. Probably no chance of that.
Not this kind of socks! (Image: Public domain.Barbara Kinney/White House/commons.wikimedia.org)
With the last shuttle off on its new mission to do battle with trees and 90 degree corners (machine are just so anti-environment: both in design and in action)….
With that flighty blip in the historic timeline over, the Fall replacement sighted: first seasonal V of the primitive flyers feathering their way without reflection or worry except for the hunters (those, not ones of knowledge in a quest of expanding of man’s understanding of the universe).
Drooling, the Coyotes are busy ducking.
Forget chunks of flesh, enamored and empowered by money those wily varmints haven’t been deterred by all the heat – despite all the recent arrests. Can’t leash them. Those don’t mind a running trafficking - reward worth the risk. Such is life among the lean and hungry.
Driver’s license and proof of insurance? Must have left it in my other coat.
(Image: Yathin S Krishnappa/commons.wikimedia.org)
Running with a wild pack is hazardous.
Over the weekend in Denver has left one Texan bloody and holding his head. While still quite capable of hearing, earrings may be out of the question. Boxing ears is one thing, this another.
Has the world gone insane if broncos are now out for real blood?
Maybe it’s a mutant: a vampire horse? (Wait! Potential for a new TV series?)
Better ask the CDC to get the warnings out – or is that out of hand?
Could be start of a rabies epidemic? An emerging terroristic threat? Or just the basic zombie attack?
An ear for an ear?
My kingdom for an ear?
Hear, here.
And be warned.
1915 Police dog training
(Image:Public domain/Mason/commons.wikimedia.org)
With training, it should be simple to avoid getting bitten?
(Insert adamantly stamping feet again to Amy’s best “No, No, No!”)
Bitten: smitten by bureaucracy and idiocracy. So much in one place and time. Rips morale as bad as live fire (No, please no, fire as in burning either as the water’s turned off, again.)
BrainRants explains it calmly from Afghanistan:
“Snapshots of The Suck”: the Confusement (training an Afghan unit to fix Russian helicopter bought by the British…it involves the Netherlands, Alabama, and Russian warranty) the Allergic, the simply Showering situation (of sewers and insurgents) and the ever popular Administrivia.
Put down your Lattes for a minute.
Call time in your Fantasy Football.
Read Brainrants – it’s short…hopefully addictive…need to be aware. Click over there here.
Texas State Fair (Image: Mang9/commons.wikimedia.org)
One concluding byte in a rowdy state
No matter what some may say, it’s not the only fair. But you’ll never convince Dallas. (it’s the state of mine.)
Even at 60 Big Tex still has it: dances into place (enjoy the fiddlin’).
And the annual perfume of fine fried delicacies fills the air.
Guess the Pres. won’t be allowed to sample those: not on his diet and not a battleground state.
If looks could kill?
(2006.Public domain/
NPS/commons.wikimedia.org)
That probably bites.
Watching the diverse merry-go-rounds and roller coasters,
Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.
What first seasonal “V”? You haven’t seen geese yet, have you? Maybe teal? Ibis? I have seen some red-winged blackbirds. Fun stuff.
When I looked at that big ferris wheel, I mis-read it as “Texas Skywarn”. Thought maybe the NWS was devising a new way for their weather watchers to keep track of things!
As for administrivia – the bane of many people’s existence, and sometimes the cause of the end of others’. In the field, the military men need to run the military, not bureaucrats. IMHO, of course.
It was really early this morning – not really light (up with dog), but it was a large group in a big V with thick bodies/duck-shaped but no honks like you usually hear..they were moving very fast. Have seen some ibis. Checking the skies now watching… odd, some leaves are turning much too early.
(Oh, I found a non-slimy way to cook the okra with tomatoes and red onions…we’ve made another trip to the farmer’s market – and to get more sausage)
Glad you rambled over!
I don’t know…. I might watch a political debate if Socks was one of the candidates.
Hey, me, too! Maybe a soft, but firm paw is what we need? Thanks for rolling through
That bat is adorable.
It is an exceptional shot. I do have a fondness for them as they are such hard workers (but do not belong anywhere near people). They have such funny little expressions. THanks for hanging around
Ah, Big Tex. Fond memories of visiting for all those OU-Texas games. In October. And it was hot! (Most years.) To think we’ve already had snow in the mountains here.
OU weekend – now that’s a frenzy of fun. (except for the heat…maybe after Halloween it’ll be cooler.)
I remember some July 4th there would be snow on Trail Ridge Rd. MAybe it will be a good snowfall this year – great for skiers, but even better for trees and plants.
Thanks for following the trail here
Fun post! I’m a couple states away, but can relate to the flip-flop weather and undeterred coyotes. Socks the cat would get my vote for sure
Socks looks like a great 3rd party candidate! Thanks for wandering over with the purfect comment.
Love this post even though it made my head spin… I made it through, and spied… aha… the fried delicacies link… mmm… you know those goodies in the form of tapa’s would be mightly fine, I think
Everyone laughs at the food – but it’s a huge contest and difficult to be accepted. I’m all for the anything in moderation diet: tapa size might be just right. THanks for seeing what’s cooking
Fried delicacies at the state fair – sounds tasty indeed! I usually consume one funnel cake per year as it is never as good as I think it will be or remember it being. But I digress…. Lately we’ve had strange things like ‘fried butter’ and I’ve actually now tasted the fried dill pickle. Wow!
Austin’s got socks! And he lost Cat Ruler of the World! I think if he had worn flip flops he would have won!!
Stuff the ballot box with a vote for Austin in socks! Now that makes more sense than anything I’ve heard in a long time. So glad you campaigned over here!
“Despite the chill of aggressive presidential campaigns,”
I LOVE that line! Great work as always…
Ready to vote for Socks at this point. Thanks
I see coyotes all the time near my home. I’ve even seen coyote pups, which are really cute. But, you’re not referring to the kinds of coyotes we have here on the prairie.
We have both kinds in the area. Wish the game wardens/county people would stop trying to shoot them – we’re talking the 4 legged kind who are just trying to survive! People should fix their fences and keep an eye on their tiny dogs…just the advice given for gators in the area. Thanks for herding over
I’m heading to the State Fair in a couple of weeks – having sampled one other State Fair (Missouri), thus making me an expert, ours is the grandest! (Hrmm… I guess my whole family and I are originally from Dallas and we’re indoctrinated – I mean, we know no other truth. I even agreed to get on that Ferris wheel this year. And another random bit for the day since you’ve got bats on my mind – a man in Johnson City claims he was bitten by a vampire bat – tis the Spooky Season! (I may have had too much sugar today. Apologies.)
A high school boy in Kingwood (far NE Houston) died from rabid bat that flew in his window at night a year or so ago. Vampire bats normally just feed on cattle in MX – but you know it’s not hard for bats to get over that border fences….although the windmills do hack up a lot of them ( bad news as bats are critical for agriculture)
Anyway, A Dallas native: Big Tex is waiting and that giant ferris wheel. Hopefully the weather will be cool and crisp….would be a novelty, right?
Hey pass that candy bar over here! Thanks for hitchin’ a ride over
I never got the appeal of flip flops. They give zero support, they slip on anything wet, and they don’t protect your feet from anything.
I need training wheels or something for flip flops….they are always sliding sideways…and it doesn’t help if a large dog foot plants itself on the back…almost flop for sure. Thanks for slipping over to chat
Fun x’s at the state fairs…ya just gotta love all the hype that comes with them…noisy rides with screaming passengers and huge turkey bones waving about…fun post.
Everyone needs to go to state fairs – it is crazy fun. Thanks for riding the coaster over
Crazy fun and getting a bit expensive…*sigh*
Have a great Wednesday!!