I grew up in Louisiana in the 1960-70′s. We had a kind of music called swamp pop. It was characterized by simple lyrics and a melody having one of only three or four types of back beats. Here is a great example from a band I used to dance to. Little Bob and the Lollipops.
Hi, This Saturday 3/30 I went to Sealy Texas, a little town just west of Houston. There I saw a little parade and a shootout between local lawmen and the Clyde Barrow gang. I also participated in a home made pie tasting contest. YUMMM!
Here are some photos.
here is a Willis Jeep
ford fairlane
A 1950' s Chevy Impala
an ancient John Deere
the gangster car
the Bonnie and Clyde Gang
and the Lawmen
This is an antique Fire Engine, my second one. The photo is of an old pharmacy in New Roads, La. I make several of these shadow boxes. If you want to see more samples of my pictures and art you can click here.
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Les Miles is a witch! I don’t think he really needs a quarterback to win games.
Baylor’s Robert Griffith III is the most exciting player to watch in football right now. He has to be in the Heisman discussion. They call him RG3 which sounds like a Star Wars character.
God hates Notre Dame. Every year is supposed to be the year they move ahead, but they can’t even beat a strong, but unranked South Florida team in the season opener. Not sure if it gets any better for them either.
Houston Cougars are looking strong. I guess it helps to have a QB in his sixth year of college.
Ohio State won’t be missing Tyrrelle Pryor very much. Joe Bauserman looks awful good.
I heard several sports reporters picking Georgia to win the SEC. Not likely, unless they get a whole lot better. Boise State embarrassed them. Granted Boise State might have the most complete offense in College ball right now.
Did I mention that Les Miles is a freaking witch!
Speaking strictly, if all one uses is the metric of ability to meet obligations then the USA should not have had it’s credit rating downgraded. But if one uses the more subjective metric of direction, then we did deserve it.
What is meant by direction? Well, just as though we were a company drowning in debt, the creditors of that company would want to know what the company executives were doing about the debt. Did they have a plan to pay it off, or were they just borrowing more? What direction were they headed?
Anyone can see that we are headed in the wrong direction.
So now come the spin from the party in power and the administration, it is not a shock to see that they blame everyone but themselves. Most notably the villains of the day are the teaparty.
Sure, let’s blame the only people who have been trying to do something about this massive debt, lets not blame the people who added a trillion and a half of purely EXTRA spending in the last two years!
I don’t think a lot of people will fall for that.
Here is chicken fried bacon, and appetizer at a resturant called Sodulac’s in a town called (I kid you not) Snook Texas. That’s Snook, not Snooki.
Here is the judgement, It was good, not greasy at all. But, not really as good as the Chicken Fried steak. Which was not really up to East Texas standards anyway. (could have been more spicy). So, it was interesting to be abel to say that I tried it. but not really worth going out of your way for.
Here is my latest shadow box. I make trains, old automobiles, old farm equipment, maybe next I will try doing an antique army tank.
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Here are two pictures of a beautiful duck pond That I took here in Houston. What makes this interesting? …
what makes it interesting is that this is the entrance to the Transoceanic Corporation. You know the same guys who built the BP oil well that destroyed the Gulf of Mexico!
Ingredients: 1 lb. of any cut Beef/pork/or lamb
2 large cloves of garlic or 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
2 or 3 hit chili peppers (cut up)
4 to 6 oz of sundried tomatoes
1 teaspoon of Turmeric
1 teaspoon of Garam Masala
½ teaspoon of black pepper
½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
salt
olive oil
appx. 1 tablespoon of flour for a roux, or some instant roux
Either stone ground wheat crackers, melba toast, or similar small rice/lentil cakes
If a cheap cut of meat, then pound it to tenderize. Trim the fat from the meat then cut it into ½” cubes.
Brown meat in a generous amount of olive oil, remember you trimmed the fat so you need a certain amount of the oil Brown on high heat about 15 minutes.
Add all the remaining spices and tomatoes, cook them at the high heat for a minute, then
Turn down the heat to a simmer and add 1 cup of water.
Simmer like this for a few minutes then add the roux (medium-dark) and salt to taste.
Simmer for at least one half an hour or more, use a lid so all water is not lost. When you are finished there should be a small amount of a thick dark gravy in bottom of pot.
Serve with the crackers. Sprinkle with Thyme on top. Even a poor cut of meat should be tender. Tastes good and is really spicy.
