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abuelo gringo

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  1. Always loved Allen's writing and performing. Only time I've seen him was in 2014 with Alejandro Escovedo's United Sounds of Austin. Great show with lots of great Texas singer/songwriters. I think he did about 4-5 songs.
  2. Sounds good. Glad to see Ashley Jensen in it also. She was great in his Extras series.
  3. Ahh -- but what do you order for your friends at Whataburger? https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fired-deputy-smuggled-whataburger-to-inmates-officials-say/273-735dd4ee-8eee-4f46-a320-b4b5179ac8d6
  4. I still remember the night in 1981 when Charlie Rocket said fuck in the closing moments when the cast was assembled to say goodnight. He was, of course, canned and disappeared from tv for a while.
  5. Thanks! Also going in March. Will try to work this in.
  6. Can you order that by name at most WBs, or do you have to ask for a number one with chicken patty and fried egg?
  7. I'm a big Paul Siebel fan. Also good openings by Paul: I met her at a dance, I thought I'd take a chanceSo I held her tight when I heard those fiddles playSo now I'll tell the news: she made me lose my bluesJust one little kiss and I threw them all awayI got a love so true and nothing you could do could change meI'm gonna let it shine ... like a blinding lightBut I'll be back for more, I'll be a-tapping at her doorAnd we'll climb the hill when the whippoorwills sing tonight and If you don't love her, better let her go You'll never fool her, you're bound to let it show Love's so hard to take when you have to fake Everything in return You just preserve her when you serve her A little tenderness.
  8. So I'll make my stand And remain as I am, And bid farewell and not give a damn. We're idiots, babe - It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves. The crowd began to cheer. He flew away. Oh my Grace, I've got no hiding place.
  9. Arrested cop has a busted up face in mug shot. I heard he banged his head on a patrol car. WTF? Everything about this story is fishy.
  10. https://www.austin360.com/entertainmentlife/20190102/garfield-librarys-hit-spot-cafe-closes-suddenly Hit the Spot Cafe at Garfield Library. RIP
  11. I wonder if they even bothered to clean it first. First, grease and flour your pan.
  12. This just in! General Francisco Franco is still dead!
  13. Kin to Longhorns James Theodore and Ernie Jr.?
  14. Always one of my favorites -- Been a fan for some time. He has written lots of good songs and performs them well.
  15. Written and vocal by Powell St. John (Austin days in Waller Creek Boys), violin by Spencer Perskin (Shiva's Head Band).
  16. The week before Thanksgiving 2002. Wife and I were sitting in the Erwin Center waiting to see Jackson Browne and Tom Petty on his Last DJ tour. Just about the time lights went down for Browne, the people behind us arrived, with the slight commotion of hurried people. I looked around and saw our grown daughter and a friend sit down. Neither of us knew the other was going to the concert. Shared tastes, maybe?
  17. Janis Joplin and local piano player Robert Shaw at the Union theater in UT Student Union. It was called "Blues 'n Barrelhouse" and tickets were fifty cents each. First time to see Janis and fell in love. 1966.
  18. Well, Brewer's ESPN QBR was 47.7 to Shane's 53.4 and Bohls in his column today says Shane's efficiency rating of 108.1 was higher than Brewer's, which he doesn't quote. So by preexisting standards of how we judge quarterback's performances, Shane seemed to be the better quarterback in Saturday's game. In addition to winning, of course.
  19. I have a Honeywell WiFi Thermostat at my beach house. It will send an email to you when it reaches a particular high temperature for an hour or a particular low temperature. You pick the high and low. It will also send a reminder hourly if there is no change. I paid about $80 for mine several years ago. I think they're up to about $90-$100 now. It's great for cooling down a hot house in summer before you arrive. It's also programmable for the week.
  20. No more embarrassed by them than my ancestors who fought for the Confederacy or owned slaves. I also had many Revolutionary Patriot ancestors. We cannot change history but only learn about it to guide how we live.
  21. My fifth great grand-uncle, Aaron Biggerstaff, was mortally wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain. He died a few days later at Union Court House in Union Co, SC. He was an officer in the Loyalist militia. The Moores and Biggerstaffs of Rutherford Co, NC were mostly loyalists.
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