This Should Piss Some of You Off......I'm Done....

 Well, I think I have done something before any of you other Texas residents have done. 

I have voted. 

I am probably going to be recovering from surgery either in the early voting or the actual Nov. 3rd election. 

I filled out my ballot and the security is better than I expected, this morning and put it in the 10AM Saturday Mauriceville Post Office mail. It should make it from Mauriceville to Orange in 3 weeks.

So, Mr. Thomas, Kerry, Kerry Don, Govteach.....Who did you vote for? 

Nun.....

Nun you fuckin' business. 

I didn't let you know who I voted for when I was teaching...Why should I let you know now? 

And if you guessed, you'd probably be wrong anyway.  

So, I am not watching another debate, nor a news show unless some real news occurs before Nov. 3rd.

Thanksgiving/ Christmas Changes this Year? Or No Holidays?

 I was reading a couple of articles this morning on the upcoming holiday season and it is fast approaching. 

I wonder how many people will " get together" this year. 

I know my wife's family have been discussing what they are going to do this year. Where they might hold it, not exchange gifts, (I'm okay with that gift business. I am to the point in my life, if there is something I really want I go online and order it.) Hell, I don't really want to go anyway. Just postpone it would be okay in my book.

Again, this is a different year. 

-It seems that 70% of holiday hosts worry about people getting sick at their event.

- 4 in 10 plan a virtual holiday. ( I like that even better. Have " Computer problems" when you've had " enough." of whoever on the other end of the line.)

- 30% will take guests temps. 

- 54% will enforce " Social Distancing" at their parties...( I like that just fine, I didn't want to hug your neck anyway.)

- 37% only one person cook all the food....( Big pot of gumbo and call it even.)

- 27% say they are holding the event outside....Might work here, might not. I've seen hot holidays and 32F holidays.

This comes on the largest mall holder in America putting Santa either behind a glass or inside a snow globe at their malls.( 135  malls will be doing this)

I don't know. I'd like to see the kids at Christmas. We might " Pile in on them" after the actual holiday. Probably will be me on Christmas going over to grandma's...Grandma always makes a huge breakfast on Christmas. And I am all about pork products.

I don't know, there have been Christmases I have liked, others that sucked to high heaven and they suck ones are more frequent recently. They bore the shit out of me.  I guess they always have. I have always gone in a separate car so when I've 'had enough' I can slip out and head back to the house. Maybe I am just getting old. 

But in the end.....What a strange time we live it. 

Are you making any changes this year? Or just plowing ahead? Or like most of us, not a "damn clue?"

It's in Evadale....Why Not Buna ISD?

 I've not said anything about Buna in a while...The longer I am out the longer I realize how much better off I am retired....That said, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Buna ISD and will always be concerned about the district. 

So, this morning, one of the major stories on KBMT-12 was the outbreak of positive Covid tests in Evadale ISD. 

It makes you wonder, if it is in Evadale Schools, why is it not in Buna ISD?

Perhaps it is and we are not being told that is the case. 

At least two of my sources are saying that there are positive tests that are being kept from the public in Buna. 

The number of positive cases would not shock me. 

Say what you will Buna and Evadale are " kissing cousins" in the community. 

And even if it has not " migrated" to Buna, it is just a matter of time. I have a funny feeling it is seriously in  Buna ISD and we're not being told.

Time for a Purge

 It has been time. 

I have not run one in about 2 months now...Heck, it's been over 2 months now. We did not have one in September. 

I have " Facebook friends" I have not a clue who they are. 

There is so much politics on Facebook, well, it's too much like working. 

Now I know some of you worry, but some of you are safe as " a baby in a mother's arms." 

While others....Well, it is time to say " Tater and wave bye-bye." 

Let's Trade JJ Watt

 Why not?

Sure he is the " Face" the franchise, but he is on the downhill slide. 

Sure at this point Houston "MIGHT" get a 2nd perhaps a 3rd round draft choice, but at this time, Houston needs to start fresh. 

And in 2021, Houston doesn't have a 1st or 2nd round draft pick. They belong to Miami in a trade. 

And other the Watson, the quarterback, try and trade what you got player-wise  for draft picks, even if they're 4th and 5th rounders. 

It's time to clean house and start over. 

If you did not hear, Houston fired their head coach, general manager, Bill O'Brien yesterday. A move long overdue. 

And the interim coach is 73 years old. 

Stop being sentimental.  It is time to build a new team.

Halloween 2020

 I am still amazed at the fact "Halloween" has become as big a deal as it has in today's world.

As a child, in the 1960s, we loved going house to house to ask for treats. And it was stuff you got then, well, you'd, would "bitch and moan" about today, but in the 1960s, we love it. On a rare occasion would you get a mini Milky Way or a Almond Joy. Most of the stuff we got was hard candy, peppermints, etc. Maybe a candied apple, and the thing was, we knew all the people whose house we went to. The Mormons gave out a lot of candied apples, and in those days you had no fear of eating them. (You went to school and played Little League baseball with, church league basketball against, with the Mormon kids many of which I still am in contact with. )

But today? 

It is more about adults having a good time than the kids.....Come on, "slutty" Halloween costumes? Where's this come from? Not that I don't sort of enjoy "wimmens" in state of undress,( I do) but seriously, where did this come from?

Even as a teen in the 1970s, Halloween was a time to hang out with friends, perhaps have an "adult" beverage and maybe if you were lucky, you got to talk to some girls. Maybe you even got a kiss from one. Generally in the woods around a bonfire. 

But this year, we will have a " Blue Moon" Halloween.

A Full Moon. 

The first full moon on Halloween since 1944....That was during World War II. 

The question is this....

Are you letting you kids " Trick or Treat?"( We don't have Trick or Treaters here, too far off the beaten path, no kids really in the neighborhood. I no long even buy candy)

Is you church having a " Fall Festival?" Or has Covid killed that this year?

2020, you're a bastard aren't you?

 

Old Habits Die Hard

So, as many of you read in FB, I performed a wedding last evening/afternoon. Been a little while since I did one, as a matter of fact the last one was on our deck/porch. 

And as many of you know, I don't stay for the reception.  

Nothing against you personally, just something we were taught in seminary. And I am sure some preachers hang around just because of this. 

Don't hang around to make people " feel uncomfortable." 

And being an alumni of a Baptist seminary, there are more things that happen at a reception that Baptist are against than are for....

Never mind I am not a Baptist minister and the denominations I am ordained in don't mind you taking a drink or taking a spin across the dance floor. 

But there are clergy who do hang around to make sure people " Behave themselves." ( Don't get me started here.)

 This is the South and well, some folks see ministers against anything "fun."  Especially here in the South where there Protestant ministers are often seen in two lights, as Pentecostal or Baptist.....Both anti-drink, anti-dance....Well one is anti-dance unless you have a copperhead snake in your hands....

And I know there are people at the reception who don't care......But there are people who will look over and ask, " What the hell kind of preacher is that with a Bud Light in his hand?"  

So, as I said, old habit, lessons die hard.