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Blogging People

Friday Night Blogroll Review

It’s a little early on this 4TH Of July, but better early than late !

Travis keeps discovering new music gadgets online such as ‘Pandora’ and ‘Tiny Song’. This is no longer ‘Travis 2.0’. This is ‘Travis 2.11’ and ‘Travis 2.12’.

LL Phil J pretty much referred to me as a chick in his ‘Thought Foo Yung’ just because I prefer the $4 Caramel Macchiato over the $2 Pike Place Roast – or as the snooty yuppies refer to it – the tall, grande, or venti ‘drip’. Have you had your ‘drip’ today Phil ?

The Johnson Family of Southeast Homestead (all of them) are gettin’ eaten alive by ‘skeeters’.

Jesse’s blog is setting new viewership records.

Ritz and Jesse got into a ‘man-fight’ online.

Bill has a few tips for you on how to effectively handle telemarketers.

Gricelda recently spent some quality time with family and friends at Robert Is Here (just west of Florida City), and the proof is in all of the loving pictures that were taken of that day. Check out her 6-PART blog entry of it all.

Nathan is looking for a monkey to ride a tricycle in Weston’s 4TH Of July parade.

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Hoaxes Internet

Thursday Night Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame

Subject: Fw: Hip Hip Hooray for the Fly Boys

Randolph AFB is near San Antonio, Texas, and is the headquarters of AETC, Air Education and Training Command. The building shown is Bldg. 100, best known as the “Taj Mahal”, and originally served as the administration building for Randolph Field, Texas. Today, the building serves as the 12th Flying Training Wing headquarters on Randolph Air Force Base. The base was recently named a national historic landmark on the National Register of Historical Places by Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. The formation was flown on Veterans Day, November 11th, 2002. The aircraft in the formation are the T-38 Talon, the supersonic trainer flown by USAF student pilots.

T-38 Talon Jets Over Randolph AFB Texas (San Antonio)

THIS NEVER HAPPENED !  It’s an Internet Hoax !

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !

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Animals Health

I’m Sick ! I Ate A Cricket !

DEJA-VU ? – You may recall that same mysterious blog entry title from a couple of months back, and there’s a good reason for that. I was sick back during the early part of May, and I’m sick again !  I’m still enjoying my vacation (back in the northern suburbs of Dallas Texas again), but I’m currently dealing with what is now my unbelievable 5TH cold in just a little over 8 months (ever since the last few days of October 2007). It’s my 2ND cold in exactly 8 weeks, and that cold from 8 weeks ago arrived just a little over 6 weeks after the previous one (during the Good Friday / Easter Sunday holiday weekend).

These disgusting common cold germs officially made their presence known inside my body en San Antonio on Tuesday July 01ST 2008, so if you’re keeping track at home this would be DAY 3 of the cold. I expect it to last through the 4TH Of July holiday weekend, but I also expect conditions to improve as time goes on. Airborne and Zicam are doing all that they can do to assist me in getting over my cold faster !

Once upon a time in an era not too long ago I used to get a cold about every 18 months to 2 or even 3 years. Now I’m working on my 5TH cold in just 8 months. Back then my rare colds lasted up to two weeks. Nowadays these colds come and go within a matter of several days.

Oh yeah – As far as that cricket is concerned – NO – I didn’t really eat one. That’s an inside-joke between me and my brother regarding one of our childhood cats. We used to have a big black cat by the name of Barney. One time Barney ate a crunchy LIVE cricket (so we think). He didn’t feel very well for a day or two after that !  Barney is long gone, but his memory shall forever live on. That catch phrase ‘I’M SICK ! I ATE A CRICKET !‘ is in loving memory to the legend of Barney the cat – the cat that never liked me but totally adored my brother.

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Food Health Travel

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon: Special On-Location Edition – San Antonio River Walk

1.  In addition to all of the walking that I did on the River Walk en San Antonio on Monday morning (by myself) and on Monday night (with my brother) I walked the mother of all walks long and short on Tuesday morning. It was longer than any previous walk (around my neighbourhood) in ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’ history !  The River Walk may just be the greatest place ever to do a ‘Walk-A-Thon’.

2.  Me and my brother ate dinner at Casa Rio on the River Walk on Monday afternoon. It was quite tasty Mexican food Jesse. I enjoyed the ‘Casa Rio Deluxe Dinner’. It’s apparently their #1 seller. It consists of a Cheese Enchilada, a Tamale, a Crispy Beef Taco, Chili Con Carne, Guacamole Salad, Chili Con Queso, Mexican Rice, y Refried Beans. ¡ Era delicioso !

3.  On Tuesday afternoon we ate dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack on the River Walk. I also ate there for dinner during my last visit to the River Walk in October 2003. I enjoyed the Shrimp Pasta Alfredo. It was an abundance of tasty pasta and succulent alfredo sauce with mucho bits of shrimp. That’s What I’m Talkin’ About !

4.  After all of that walking and eating we took a 30-minute tour of the river by water. It was a lot of fun, and our tour guide was the king of corny one-liners on the river. I think that he may have been a reject from one of the local comedy clubs. Nevertheless he made everyone giggle throughout the cruise. The cruise was sort of like a final wrap-up or summary of all of the walking that had been previously done by me / us (moreso me) on Monday and Tuesday.

5.  After the fun cruise we bid a fond farewell to the Paseo Del Rio, and we walked on up to the street level of the city. We took a few pictures over at the Alamo Plaza. (The Alamo itself was long closed by the time that we got there at 7 PM.) We spent about an hour over at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not ! right across the street from The Alamo. There was a lot of loco stuff to look at inside that place !