The Bull Speaks!

6:34PM: Power is restored to the residents of Camelot West.

That’s right. Two days after the worst natural disaster in America’s history Alabama Power & Light has restored electrical service to many residents of West Mobile and Tillman’s Corner - including Omar’s Pleasure Palace!

Oh! We are HAPPY campers!!

Well, gotta go get things wired tight and stowed [...]

Can you say “HOT“?

I’m talking about that incapacitating, sticky-beyond-words, makes-you-want-to-puke, can’t sleep, can’t sit, can’t work, kind of “HOT“. This is the most miserable heat I’ve ever known. Period.

Yet, despite all of that, all of us in this house feel a kind of guilt for the fact that while we are in some discomfort - [...]

I have an interesting update for you this time… VIDEO!

It dawned on me that I could take a quick .AVI film of what is happening outside. The worst seems to be overwith, though damage is still occurring all over the place. The film out of the front door doesn’t show much. I’ll post some from [...]

As of 10:00AM we are underway on generator power!

We lost power at 6:30 this morning. (Just as I was going to hit the “post” button for my update…) Cable went out just before the power. Strangely enough, the phone lines are still up and DSL!

Things are in a mess down here. Just called Pop to [...]

I’ve managed to cat-nap over the last few hours. ‘Bout the only thing I managed to accomplish is a crick in my neck.

The storm continues to ride on in. Rain bands are increasing in frequency and severity. The good news is that “Katrina” has hit the shelf in the Gulf and has weakened - slightly [...]

Weather continues to build towards something we’d rather not see.

Finally turned off the Weather Channel and local stations since everyone has gone to 24 & 7 hurricane coverage. It finally got to be too much for the three adults human’s nerves. Speaking of the adults, Clancy is sleeping on the couch. Or rather, trying to [...]

We’ve had two tornadoes in the area in the last two hours. Storm surge expectations in Mobile Bay have been reduced from +30 feet to +15 feet. That’s great news for downtown and the shipyards. Dauphin Island has been cut off from the mainland for hours now. Even before the first rain bands arrived the [...]

Sunday, 23 August. 4:24PM

“Katrina” is coming and, man, is she ever pissed!

I will be posting here as often as possible until the power fails. The only thing I have left to do outside is get the generator started to warm up, so to speak, and then move it in to the sun room, (not running! [...]

Pop sent this one. According to Snopes.com, the following “Letter of Apology” from a retired Marine is still being researched. No one knows for certain if it is authentic. Until it is authenticated I will not stick the name of said Marine on this blog.

Fact is, whoever wrote this note had indeed done his homework. [...]

I really am getting tired of these storms.

Autumn and Winter can not come soon enough. Oh, Summers are indeed hot down here and there is no Spring to speak of at all. Still, they are not all that bad as long as the A/C is funtional. These storms however, are a pest. A huge, expensive, [...]

Well, the week has past without word one from El Paso Saddlery. No call, no email, and no rig.

This kind of horse-shyte is beyond me. Yep, I’m VERY aware of the entire artisan-thing. Been there - Done that. Even when I had an issue with a supplier I called the client to keep them [...]

Nope. He’s not on my short-list of close friends.

In fact, he my wife’s ex-husband. I’m relatively certain I’m not on his list either. (Though Lady Beth and I did not meet until well after they split up…)

What the man is, though, is a loving father to three of the finest, most beautiful kids on Earth. [...]

Once again I’m still up at midnight and later. No worries though. I’ve actually had some 10 hour nights of late. Now that’s good sleeping!

Anyhoo, I’m sitting here going over some reloading data for the .45 Colt cartridge, listening to Johnny Cash, and being pissed off over something I heard on the news today.

Now I’ll [...]