We Get Some Crazy Messages and Mail on Buna-Warning 25+

 I had a number of you wanting me to tell you who the young lady was who I went out with circa 1977.....I can't and you know that.....

I may give some hints however....

I received over 100 messages and mail concerning the last blog,  I don't generally receive that many. I can't hardly get y'all to even like my blogs/posts.....And I seriously wish more of you would....Then again, it would let me know who actually is reading. 

I received a bunch from men readers concerning "What they would have done...."

-" You were more disciplined than I was...."

- " Free pussy....Come on Mr. Thomas..." 

- " I would have tapped that and not looked back...."

- Suck my dick?  Yes and thank you....What is wrong with you?" 

Then, I had one questioned my sexuality

- "Are you gay?" 

And then I had a couple who understood....

- "I would have, but the next morning, would have gone to the doctor...."

-  " No, I would have waited.....She may have ben in the church the next Sun....."

I received this question....

-"Why did she take off her shirt?" 

And I thought about that later and have 3 answers 

1. She didn't want to mess it up getting "cream" on it at the end... 

2. She was proud of what she had and want me to see ( It was dark however) ....Or want to give my hands  something to do....I am a breastestes man....Turkey Breast....Chicken Breast.....Other breasts....And any size....Big, tiny, average....Some guys like big butts, round butts, thighs, tummies. some guys "big 'uns" as they were called in the day....Any size, shape, fascinated me....I know, TMI...

3. Part of the experience?  ( I don't know where I am going here...)

And, I got this.....

- It was my Mama weren't it."( It wasn't but it was near the same time frame.)

Then, there was this...

" I bet you did think the Buna girls were a bunch of hoes...."  (Until I started to teach y'all, I had questions...)

There were at least 3 that said this in different ways....

" You shoulda dated her, a practice girl for the girl you really liked...." ( I almost, well did like this one, she was just too wild for me....)

I only had a couple of girls I dated for brief periods after this one, and one, from Orangefield, well, she was set up with me by her brother. When I went to kiss her goodnight, she turned, and went into the house. I lost my balance and fell off the porch into their Azalea bushes, and almost impaled myself. 

Her brother asked me a few days later why I had not called and asked for a second date? Tim ( The brother) said, " She really like you..." 

Like today, it was hard to find a girl who would even go out with you, and well, history majors were often strike one, two and often three, even in the 1970s.  

Today, I can't even dream of what a hellish nightmare the dating world might be in 2026.  

It was after this I went into my monastic phase and did not go on a date for 2 years.  

I even found literature from an Anglican Monastery near Dallas( It was with the college catalogs on the first floor at John Gray Library.) I considered living at for a while. Picking peaches seemed like something with a newly minted history bachelor's degree and no prospects of a spouse might seem like worth a seeking for a period of time. Prayer and contemplation seemed good choice for at least a period of time with no real goals. 

And concerning the not " going for it" as one person wrote me concerning the young lady who offered me the sexual companionship......

I got lucky and it work out. My now wife, literally was looking for a man without any sexual experience. And as she told me, she'd just have to take my word for it.  And on the honeymoon, she found out how inexperienced I was....As was she....Again, an excuse to....Practice....practice....practice....

One of those, at the time, with the girl from Buna, seemed like well, it'll never happen again.....But good things happen to those who wait.....Or at least in my case it did.....

Anyway, still receiving messages on this blog...Will add them if anything interesting comes in.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's Tell a Buna Story...One I've Never Told.....Warning for 21+

 In the middle 1970s, my long time girlfriend broke up with me. She did not tell me why, really, but she had found and was seeing someone else. 

I did not find out until later why. I wish she had told me the truth, it would have been easier to understand at the time.  

And while I was upset when it occurred, it was one of the best things ever happened to me.  

For a while even though she was no longer with me, she tried to control me, tell me that she was embarrassed at who I was dating and was upset at the people I was associating with....Like that was any of her business. 

But I digress... 

I started dating people,and because I was in college, was able to actually find girls outside of my town to date....

One girls I met and dated for a brief period of time was from Buna. 

She live in Buna itself, and if asked today, I could still find the house that she lived in....A Buna grad, she was actually about 6 months older than I was. 

On our first date, we went to an very nice restaurant and went to see a move afterwards. We actually had a good time and somewhat "clicked." It was going so well, that I suggested that we go to a Lamar Basketball game on our next date. This was the time of Billy Tubbs and Pat Foster and the the men's team was the event to go to in the Golden Triangle, and the the Montagne was always packed for the ballgame. 

She was excited to go and had never gone to a Lamar game before.   

Her home, she lived still with her parents, was down a dark driveway and when we got there, she told me to park over near the oak tree, as to " Not wake her parents." It was near Midnight. And I halfway expected a little " Kissy-poo" before she got out of the car. 

We were talking, it was dark, and next thing you know, from what I could see in the dark, she had removed her blouse and her undergarment. And said, and I am paraphrasing here....." I need to suck your pee-pee to properly thank you for the date." 

I am pretty stunned and started making excuses about this is our first date, and well, I need to see you a little more, and etc.....

I'm not sure how, but she put her clothes back on and I went around, opened her door and walked her to the porch.  I just kissed her on the forehead and left.....I literally was not thinking right. 

Had I not made a date with her for basketball, I would have just left and would have been never to have been seen again...

 Idiot me, picks her up, and her parents are home, I meet them, walk her to the car, and go to the ballgame. 

It was a normal date, had a good time, enjoyed her company. We ate at a sit down burger place afterwards.  

I took her home, and walked her to the door, gave her a short kiss on the lips, a normal getting to know you just started dating, date. 

I thought at first I had misread her, or maybe it was a Buna thing, but I asked her on a third date. 

After the second date she made the remark that she had never had a boy open her car door before, and really had not had a guy open the door to the building for her before. 

Which made me wonder. 

The third date was to a restaurant, one of my favorite ones at the time.  

It happened to be across the street from a moderate level hotel/motel, and she assumed that was out next stop, and made the remark. again, I am paraphrasing, " I brought some condoms if you don't have any. I still live at home and I can't take birth control without my parents finding out." 

I explained once again,we had just started dating, and we were not to that point in out relationship, at which she was stunned. 

We went to her house. I walked her to the door and explained that, I don't know, that she was in a better class than me, and this won't work in the long run. 

I expected the waterworks, but I think she was stunned and I kissed her on the cheek and left before her father came out with a 12 gauge pump shotgun. ( You never know what might be said)

Now for years I there were stories about " Buna girls."

The late Mike Murphy who grew up in Silsbee used to tell about invites to parties and to get him to attend, they would tell him, " Buna girls will be there."

And the same stories were told in North Orange County.   

So, when I was hired for the Buna Public Schools, I was not sure what to expect.  

And my first day, there were a number of senior girls in shorter than normal skirts.  It took me a few weeks, but Buna girls were just like all other girls. There are wild one....there are sweet ones....Look,every town has girls and boys that way....

Now the story makes a turn....

A few years into teaching at Buna, we had "Meet the Teacher"  and one the the mother's who actually showed up.....Was that girl, now a women....And a parent. She acted like she did not know me. And I did the same. ( She may not have remembered.)  I certainly was not going to tell the kid, and really was not going to tell them, " Your Mom offered to give me a blow job." 

A couple of years later, I had the sister. 

Mom did not come that year to " Meet the Teacher...." ( It is why I strongly suggested you not show up for Meet the Teacher.)

I wonder why?  

 

 

 

 

 

So, Blogging....And Fears....

 I hear stuff I shouldn't, and I often make that known that I do. 

That said, once again, there are people who read the blog who are " Just not right." 

They can be you friend one minute and ten minutes later they are your arch-enemy. 

I can tell the truth about certain subjects and somehow people think it should not be told. Especially concerning government entities.  And that I should not be so negative concerning them. 

These are entities would would take away your home in a heartbeat if you do not pay your property taxes. They literally won't show mercy unless you are someone with some sort of power. They want you to show them some sort of mercy, but would put you on the street in a New York minute. 

I have never understood people wanting everything to be all peaches and cream concerning the district. Yeah, there are good things, but this publication is often going to give you a lot of of the bad. There are other places to read if you only want sugary sweet.  

They're the government. You must watch them like a hawk. 

This time of year just does something to people. It always has. 

The private messages I receive are just a little more brutal. 

I'm pretty much use to it, and in the last few months, well, I have fired back pretty hard where in the past, I have ignored that ugliness. 

Also this time of year, people are nuttier. Look at the shooting at Brown University.....The shooting in Sydney.  The murder of the actor/director and his wife by allegedly their child.  

I literally am not afraid of dying. I seriously do not fear death. I figure the next life has to be better than the pain I live in right now, and I am trying to stop telling you what type of shape I am in. 

I worry about those around me. They do not "get hurt" for what someone else perceives as my "sins." And I am NOT saying there have been threats.....But.....Things are just not right........

In the new year, I plan to start a vlog. I figure , why not?  It's been time to take that next step and who knows who I will piss-off at that point. 

Anyway, just what is going on in the Govteach blogging world.  

My next blog will be concerning a story I have never told anyone in Buna. And while it may or may-not surprise you, the story itself my surprise some folks.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Boys, Let Me Tell You....."

 That sounds like me for years standing around a fire talking with the "boys" waxing philosophic on some topic....

Seriously....

And unless you just know,  you have not a clue what to get your wife, girlfriend, significant other, what to get  them for Christmas. 

Yeah, I know, she told you back in the month of June something, and well, you were not paying attention and in June, well,Christmas was the last thing on your mind. 

And hints, well, ladies, we don't really get hints. 

And guys, buying something from Victoria's Secret, well, are you buying that for her....Or for you? 

And let's face it as a person, a former student, I really enjoy her conversations with more and more, as we have long discussions about adulting, yesterday, it was about our  dental work. And how expensive it is.....

Anyway years ago, she said, that item from Victoria's Secret is "going to wind up on the floor anyway in about 3 minutes. "

And boys, let's face it, if she's wearing no make-up, a t-shirt, hoodie, sweatpants, the nerdiest glasses she owns, 35 year old house-shoes, sits by you on the couch,and she puts her hand on your upper thigh, you're are going to take that as a signal. A good signal.... If mine shows up wearing something from Victoria Secret, full make up, looking like some " Mattress Actress", I am going to assume a doppelganger has arrived from the second ring of Dante's Inferno and I  am running off....

And in my wife's case, she really doesn't wear jewelry. A simple necklace, perhaps, and years ago because she can't wear anything in which she can't put gloves over, she wears a a simple wedding band. ( I got her a  gold ring with small diamonds and sapphires, her favorite stone, that she has worn for 35 years. Might have been the best thing I ever got someone for the holidays. )

I know it's hard to come up with something. I've been married 152 years and finally, we give each other lists of suggested presents. Mostly, it turns into places we want to travel to....Trouble is, most of the places are too cold and snow for this time of year.  I can just about imagine Debbie and Kerry driving in snow in the Alps of Switzerland. You can come to our funeral when they recover our bodies in Spring. 

So, that present is generally done/received/whatever around Easter of the coming Spring. 

For under the tree we generally get some item of clothes we need or something we need around the house.  

Ladies, literally tell your husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, SO, whatever, what you want for Christmas, and tell him perhaps more than once.  

It is why we broke down and went to lists. And sometimes the lists have something simple like a pie or cake....

And Central Europe is on St. Deborah's. And I've been researching Spring flights to Geneva, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, etc..... And Bryant will be proud of me, researching BMW's. Benz's, or Audi's to rent.....And to do the travel, I drive a 15 year old Honda. Live in a small house, rarely eat out, and save our pennies....

Anyway, good luck boys, I know it is often a hard time of year getting something for your sweetheart.... 

 

Former Students of Mine at Buna High School....I Don't Know

 In the last few weeks, well,  I've been reading a lot of items about a large number of you. 

And for some of you the ole Govteach is somewhat surprised. 

Actually, not really. 

So many of you are working hard, getting certified. Working on degrees. Going back to grad school. Getting new jobs. Getting promotions. ( Grad school is a killer ain't it. I know in my field, the reading alone....Well, I read 20,000 pages one semester for a seminar on Victorian England. And idiot Kerry Thomas wrote on a 19th Century religious movement within the Church of England, unless you had gone to divinity school, well, no one knows of....)

And I know, you got kids, you got work, you got to cook supper....Mow the grass.....Scrub the commode. 

And you are wearing yourself out hustling, taking that next step.  

You do not know how proud I am of each and every one of you. 

I had a former student write last evening, and tell me about getting qualified to work in a new field....and they said, " It's only...."

No it is a big damn deal. Your job you are about to do is important.  

Very important.  

I brag on y'all still. I've said it for years, Buna, while in a rural area has some bright folks. More than people outside Buna understand or know. I brag on y'all still to the pukes down in PNG/Nederland/ The West End snobs. 

My Buna kids are just as smart , if not brighter, a lot brighter, than those snooty Port Neches people....( I married a PNG girl, and moved her to rural Orange County, and she's gone, well, hillbilly.She didn't have a choice, she married some one who while he pretends to be someone, well, he has bad hillbilly tendencies.) 

I've felt the need recently to pray hard for my ex-students. All of you. I think right now, we all could use some prayer.  

Again, very proud of you. I don't think you know how much I really am....

 

 

 

Again Men, What Did I Tell You?....I Was Accused of being Gay......And Got Mad at Buna Schools....

 The University of Michigan's Head Football Coach was fired yesterday, for cause, for having an affair with his Executive Assistant.....

Rumor is, he got her pregnant. 

The story was even on the Economic Times.  The Times of India. 

IT is undefeated. 

Lost a job paying $6 million a year, under a contract that would have paid him $30 million over the lifetime of the agreement.  

 Lost his damn mind......Over a blonde....And I saw a picture of his wife. A really cute blonde. 

I'm not a blonde "guy" always have like nerdy girls with dark hair, blue eyes, and glasses. The nerdier the better, and did I marry a nerd. Thinks math is " fun." Best thing ever happened to me.

And then, Michigan's Coach gets detained by local police for an alleged threat against his wife. 

Fired,arrested, and probably losing his wife in one day....... 

Men, you got a wife, a girlfriend......Mess with them. It's why they are with your sorry-ass.

- Yesterday, I posted the remark that an ex-student's husband was a handsome lad. 

I even performed their wedding. When I met him, I said to myself, "Man, she landed a good-looking guy." ( And she is a sweetheart cutie...a character and y'all know I like characters, lot of fun to be around, as most of you know, I too am a character.) 

I had a former student, now ex-friend on Facebook question my sexuality. 

They said.... 

Called another man "handsome"  Got a cat. ( As I've said, never had a cat before, he's sweet, He is literally MY cat, but still a cat.) Got a thing for clothes. And I do have LGBT friends. And have had them since college. Ate lunch at Kampus Korner at LU every day my sophomore with a literal couple. To them, it adds up that I am gay....( In the 1970s, Kampus Korner had a chicken fried steak sandwich that was the best I've ever eaten. They also had lamb kebabs. And I do like lamb. My Scottish-English-Ulster heritage coming out. This is a guy who had lamb's liver and chips(fries) when he was in Northern Scotland a couple of times. )

Nope.  

Hate to disappoint you, but as my late great-grandmother would say, " He likes the wimmens." 

Look, I grew up fairly religious, never mind I got into trouble when I was in school, but never was one of a cool guys around girls. I was lucky to find a girl to date. No fooling, the first year I was married, I would look over at my still asleep wife and say to myself, " Man, I'm actually getting to sleep with a girl." 

Sorry, I disappoint you, but I like girls, and yes, I have have gay/lesbian friends. They're probably smarter, cooler, and funnier than you.  

- Finally, while Buna only lost 4 students in the latest Buna High School census for the UIL, at least once a week I hear from a parent(s) that want to get their children, mostly younger ones, out of Buna Schools. And as I have said previously, these are Buna people. 

They are parents, being very quiet, very stealth,  about the move. 

There are HS parents who want to move their kids, but can't for a reason I will discuss in a future blog. 

And yesterday an event occurred that I will also discuss in a future publication. Just made me mad. 

It reminded me, that a school district once again is a "government entity." It will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat. 

I know people get all upset because I get negative about the school district, but I hear shit I cannot talk about for fear of that person involved receiving retribution. And I know most of you have a blind spot for whatever reason for the school. 

And I know most of you didn't go through a situation like Magnolia ISD did when I was there....

>A tax rollback election. ( Not saying nuthin' here Buna)

>To stop the rollback, the district threatened to drop all extra curricular activities. .  

> In 3 years there, I had 4 building principals.

> The district had 3 different Supt. of Schools.

> In the middle of my third year, every building principal resigned. Most left education  

> The entire student body walked out in protest over the threat of no extra curricular activities.  They all were expelled for 5 days. I went to work and had no kids in my class. It was covered by KHOU, KTRH, KTRK Radio-TV stations. 

> We had a student hang himself in the bathroom. The district blamed a para-professional( scapegoat) for a nonsensical reason and let her go. She sued and won.   

> An HVAC contractor fell through the roof in my room on top of a student. I was sued. And the district threw me under the bus. Luckily, the HVAC company insurance covered.  ( I left the district in May. And went to divinity school-)

After seminary, I needed a job and got on at Dayton, and while it was better, you watched your back. And I loved Dayton. And there were some nutty times there..... My drive just killed me. Beaumont to Dayton is over 65 miles, one way. We tried to get a home in Nome and in those days, it couldn't be done. But, it is still just a job. 

Yes, there are good teachers in the Buna District. Yes, they care about their kids. 

Hell, even though I was at times rough on y'all, I cared about the Buna kids, hell, I still do. 

But, it is a job. They will let you go for whatever reason. 

And the district doesn't understand, we are private citizens now. I'll explain in a future publication.  

Cynical? Yes, but the world is often an evil place.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Stand Corrected

 I made a mistake this morning and the business I wrote on is NOT in Buna, but rather Newton County.....

I knew I shouldn't have blogged this morning..... 

And Buna Comes into the 21st Century....

 I was minding my business this morning before prayers. Listening to Ben Maton, The Salisbury Organist play Advent Hymns before prayers this morning. ( Sometimes you got to get your mind right, get in tune with the spirit....)

And Ben got me lost looking at flats for sale in Herefordshire. That's all we need to do, move to the West Midlands.  

 I decided to check my phone before I get too far along and see if there is anyone I need to include in morning prayers, and there was, and it was concerning....

Then, I had been sent a post originally on the Buna Chamber of Commerce site. 

It seems Buna has a new drive-through beer/liquor store. 

Yes, drive-through. 

It has not been that long that Buna was a dry......And I remember writing about it on this publication. 

I've got to go through Jasper County in the coming weeks for business. I may need to loop through and see if they have anything different, and if not, I am not above drinking a Mexican beer or two.... 

I don't know these people from Adam, they are not an advertiser on The Govteach Part Deaux, but if you like a "dram" every now and again, you might want to give them your support.  

Supporting small businesses like this is how we have "nice things."  

( I will catch hell from at least 1-2 readers for talking about drinking and praying......I'm sorry, what was Jesus's  first miracle?)  

Okay, Here is the Deal......And Then, This Happened....Shocked Even Me....

 I'm writing this with an orange cat in my lap.....68 years of being a dog person( Herding dogs, Border Collies and Heelers, dogs that will outsmart you if you let them.) and I got a cat////I've lost it....I'm ashamed of myself....

I thought I'd let you know what is going on. 

Going to be fairly busy the next few weeks, days, through the holidays, however you want to describe it. 

I know I owe several of you return phone calls. It seems like I am actually busy when people call and I need to return their phone call, and when I think of it it is generally about 3-4am and I doubt you want me calling you then.  

Generally during this time, readership....Well, it drops off. People have parties, shopping, cooking, family to visit, football to watch, whatever.....So, I am going to limit the amount of blogs during this time period. I know it is doctor visit the next few weeks for me. Including one tomorrow morning.  ( Now something massive will happen, and I'll be doing 3 blogs a day.....You never know.....)  

Was asked if I still pray and if I'll pray for them at 4am.......Of course, just let me know. I still have a list. 

(Side note- Just saw a geophysicist talk about us possibly seeing the Northern Lights again on either Dec. 8th or 9th....  )

And here is what the blog is really about. 

I received a message from Blogger, the platform I write my blogs on saying that I am right at my 15th year of blogging. 

In truth, I always thought I would have been done with this about 6 months in. As I make no bones about, I get bored rather easily.and I am always looking at some sort of stimulus to engage my brain.  ( And I have a cat in my lap, am writing this, and have headphones on blasting G.F. Handel's " The Messiah." It is Christmas after-all. And I like to pretend I am " High Church" .....Pretend....) 

We realize and understand the blog often upsets people. I know people think it is too negative. I know people get upset when I tell things that leadership intends to keep quiet about.  

And I am not going to lie, it is often tough to do so.  

While I am not probably going to sit around a fire and drink whisky with most of you,( I don't know, you get a good bottle 12+ years old of Scotch or Irish, I may need to help you "taste test it.") I don't want people to do like they did to pod-caster Tim Poole and shoot up my home.  And some folks, well, they " Just ain't right." 

Thank you for reading. Seriously. I have regular readers and well, I pretty much write for you.  

I'll be posting sporadically over the next few weeks. I'll be mostly here in Orange County. I know sometime I have to go to Houston for a gathering. ( Not sure if Reid and April, AKA Yu Zhou are coming home. Her grandmother is very, very ill and she may be going back to the "Old Country" to see her while she can, and she needs to do so, and of course, Reid needs to go with her.) 

Again, let me reiterate, thank you for reading and always, if you have any information, I will take a hard look at it, and most of the time, write on it. Sometimes, I may not write on it until a later date. There's a reason behind why....Please understand my methods. 

As always, all information sent is anonymous.  For the blog to work, it must work that way. 

 

 

 

 

Well, I May Never Go Here Again......

 Listened to the Grateful Dead early and made a radical switch while writing this blog to Robert Earl Keen Jr. ( Man, I love " I'm Comin' Home.")

 No, not the Buna ISD......And I know, I am giving them a rest, partly, I get bored easily, and in spite of huge numbers of people reading, and people bitchin' about me( That actually helps readership, thank you for bitchin'.) unless, something big happens at the district, might not write on it for couple of more weeks. 

And no, not the economy. And I had people bitchin' at me about it to my messages on Facebook. Sorry, I took at class,well, right at 50 years ago as an undergrad 337 Economic History ( I almost switched my major from history to economics because of it.) and it comes back to haunt me from time to time. I even found my old text and did some economic equations and scared me so much I went and watched the World Cup draw to take my mind off what I came up with....Man, England got Croatia in their group. Hard team to beat. And my Scotland team......They got Brazil in their group. Not good. And finally as my underdog team, New Zealand they get Belgium and Egypt who has a quality winger who plays for Liverpool. 

Yes, Kerry D. Thomas follows soccer( football) pretty closely, especially the English Premiere and Scottish Premiere Leagues.  

We decided to have some fun yesterday and  write on what people are now " In to." Leave it to the British press to go there. You've got to remember back in the day, the old " Sun" newspaper prided itself of have a topless girl on Page 3 of the newspaper. It's often the "Wild West" in the media over there. 

Then, I had someone write about yesterday's blog on licking armpits.....Apparently I messed up, put it in their mind and they had to lick their significant other's pits. 

I taught both of them.... And I damn near threw up when I read the message. 

Yeah, people you know.....And in keeping with the tradition of the blog, I can't tell you.  ( And apparently, the SO is mad at me....)

Here is the bad part. Who read the blog else and tried it last night? And they'll never tell?

So, lesson learned. I got to be careful what I tell you people.  

 

Again, You May Want to Enjoy the Holidays

 Man, I was looking at the employment numbers....

1.1 million have lost their jobs in 2025. In America alone. ( I know in places like Germany, companies like Volkswagen have laid off 10s of thousands of people.)

This includes small businesses laying-off 120,000.  

If you are wanting lumber and have extra dough, you may want to buy now. Lumber demand is at an all time low. Prices and futures are way down. 

Sawmills are either slowing production, stopping extra shifts, or they are shuttering all together for now. 

Nationwide, new car sales are down 10-14%. 

Used car sales down 20-25%.

People are keeping their old beater and not getting new vehicles.  

The number of people looking for new or used cars on Google is way down.  

I was reading that many companies plan to lay-off people within the next month. Merry Christmas. ( Anytime a business talks about being a "family" do not believe them. I know in the school business they always are saying this is like a family.....Yeah, like I want to see these people at Christmas. Then again, except for immediate family, about 75% of my family I do not see for Christmas, I see my in-laws for the holidays more than family, but there, I am forced to go.....) 

Richard Cantillion , a French-Irish economist in the 1700s described the economy we are having today.. ( He was born in County Kerry, Ireland, if you ever have a chance to go to Ireland, screw Dublin, go to Cork, go to the Southwest and drive to the Northwest.  You can thank me later.)

The Cantillion Effect describes a what he calls a "K" shaped economy. 

The top 10-15% of the people are doing well, ie. the rich, they are selling, buying homes, cars etc., while 85-90% of the rest of the people are struggling.  The wages of the average person just is not keeping up with inflation. That 85-90% is falling farther down the line. 

Most Americans can't afford houses. Even with a 20% down, the interest payments alone people can't afford. ( This area always a little different. Recessions effect us late and are slow to leave after everyone else has recovered. Plus, the demand here is not like Austin or Houston or Seattle, etc.)

The working class, the 85-90% is falling down the line while the Asset Class is doing much better, stocks, invests are up and we will talk about why in another blog. 

The people with rental properties, the stock paying dividends, other business investments paying are the class able to make purchases right now.  

Also, look out for Gresham's Law coming into effect.....

We discussed it in economics. advisor to kings and queens of England in the 1500s when money had silver removed and the monarchy wondered why people were hoarding the old coins while spending the new one, Gresham described it as ....."Bad money drives out good"

This is what is happening to both metals and crypto.( Yes, crypto is down, but I've seen it down before, much worse than now....Hang on, don't panic....) people are hoarding the metals and the crypto. and real estate and are spending the American Dollar, the British Pound, the Euro....etc......The dollar, euro, pound are all fiat money. 

Fiat money has worth only because we say it is worth something of value.  And fiat's value is less and less with each passing day. 

So, where we going here Kerry, Kerry Don, Mr. Thomas, Govteach? 

From where I am sitting 2026 looks rough. The economics math, ain't mathing. And getting worse by the day. 

And this looks worldwide. Europe is in sad shape. The UK is bad off. China is having economic troubles.

As I wrote earlier, you may want to  enjoy this Christmas a little more than normal. I don't know what Christmas 2026 is going to look like. 

 

 

 

 

Y'all Nasty.....

 To quote the late comedian Bernie Mac.....

" Y'all some nasty-ass sumofabitches....." 

As many of you know, I read a little of everything, including at least 5 British newspapers online in the morning. Got to see what kind of lunacy the Brits are up to.... 

One of the main stories comes from one of the English tabloid papers, the Metro.  

The internet can track anything now, including what people's sexual fetishes are.  

Of course people are into feet, peeing on each other( peeing on people, again, y'all just nasty). 

It seems that maschalagnia is the latest, and number one fetish people are looking up on the internet and trying out on their partners....

What the cornbread feck is maschalagnia?

Licking, someone's arm pits.......And if it has B.O., the better. The "saltier, the better..."

Y'all just nasty.  

I'll pass......I got stuck in the middle on a United Airlines Boeing 767 between a group from Calcutta traveling from Munich, Germany to Newark just outside NYC a few years ago......I couldn't smell or even breathe for 2 weeks afterwards....

No, India isn't on Kerry and St. Debbie's travel plans in the future. 

Then again, neither was  The People's Republic of China, and we quite enjoyed China. 

We've seen recently Backpacker Ben and Bankrupt and Bald's Youtube videos from India...... 

We ain't going....

( I'd originally planned to write either one of two blogs, one of Buna ISD,  Don't get all hopped up, I am still working on it, it's not working out like I planned. Or one on economics, it may not come to fruition either..... Quick view into the blog process, sometimes blogs pretty much write themselves, others, well a lot of work goes into them.... )   

But arm pits? 

Nasty....Just nasty.... 

 

This is Not the Blog I Had Planned for Today...It's Mostly for You Men....

 But, you women need to hear it too. 

In the last few months, I have had 3 different ex-students get into trouble by messing with less than 18 year old girls. 

Some of them kids, literally just children......WTF is wrong with you? 

One is going to jail out of Montgomery County, one out of Jasper County. and the third, TBD.   

Man, in the secondary school business,  I remember old Dr Adams saying the following thing in class....." They're cute, and sweet, and some will be interested, but they'll ruin your marriage, ruin your career, send you to jail." 

And at the time, he was talking to the males in the room.

The way female teachers are acting towards their students, I wonder if the late Dr Adams would include in his speak females leaving their students alone? Knowing him, he would. 

We've one over this before for teachers. 

But, Govteach, I thought the age of consent is 17 in Texas? It is, with caveats. 

I wouldn't risk it.  

But some of you folks out there think the rules don't apply to you.......They do.... 

Under 18, leave them alone. Especially you oldsters.  What is wrong with you? 

IMO, you need to stay close to your own age.....

Behave..... 

 

 

Just Dumber Than ****

 I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I'm to point we had so many left-arounds and ate them so many days, I am hoping for a gumbo or an étouffée, perhaps a brisket or something different for Christmas. 

And as I posted on Sunday, I am done with the Christmas shopping....All on line. 

Then, the next 3 weeks will seem like a marathon for the faculty at every school in America....Kids all hopped up for Christmas.....Then again, this is the " Turn in your damn term papers"( What was I thinking having to read that mess....) and then the assassinations lesson. 

Last night I did the lesson on the assassination of William McKinley in my dreams. It was like I had done it yesterday, not the last time 15 years ago... 

No, today's blog is about a story I read in the Wall Street Journal.  

The University of California is all upset that the kids at their university cannot do simple math. 

Now Cal or Berkley as is often called is a pretty elite school, it's hard to get into Cal. 12% admissions rate, 1415 average SAT score....

Hell, I could have told you this 20 years ago.

I discovered when I started quizzing my AP/Honors class about the multiplication times tables. 

God forbid they do anything above the 3's. And many had trouble with the 3x's table.......

So, in the middle of Economics, we re-learned, or actually learned how to add, subtract, multiply, divide.  I was shocked at how many kids couldn't do that. 

All without a calculator. 

Lets face it, most of you will never use algebra or calculus in your every day life....( My wife does, she actually uses calculus,  physics when she works.....Yeah, I married a Nerd. Yeah, I like nerdy chicks, always have liked a girl in a pair of glasses.......They'll happily go with you to the Royal Armory in Leeds England to view the new exhibit on the English Civil War.)

But simple math? 

Yes.... 

No, in 2025, I am not shocked. 

I read where the Gen Z kids realize that their futures are not that good, why try?  And Gen Alpha literally can't read......

I'm worried about the future folks.......It ain't looking good...

Next blog I am working on is one, well, I get requests from a number of you. And well, this one you may think the ole Govteach has finally lost his mind....And the thing is, it's actually the state of the U.S., if not the world.