March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
Leave a reply
March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
Call PETA!
Today in Texas History – March 23
From the Annals of the Stars – In 1905, Lucille Fay Lesueur better known to the world as Joan Crawford was born in San Antonio. Crawford’s father abandoned the family before her birth and her step-father and mother raised her. She started her career as a dancer before transitioning to silent films. She was one of the few silent film actors who made a smooth transition to “talkies.” She appeared in more than 50 movies, winning the Academy Award for her role in Mildred Pierce. Red first remembers her in the camp classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
Enter PIN. Make Selection. Get Cash.
Is There Anything Ted Cruz Doesn’t Lie About (cont.)?
Sen. Ted Cruz (TP-Texas) of course had to weigh in on President Obama’s trip to one of Cruz’s ancestral homelands. According to Cruz, “It is so sad, and so injurious to our future as well as Cuba’s, that Obama has chosen to legitimize the corrupt and oppressive Castro regime with his presence on the island.”
But what did the Junior Senator have to say when his former boss, good buddy and Poor Idiot Governor Greg Abbott visited Cuba a few months ago? Righteous indignation at pandering to dictators? Hardly. Even though the two trips shared almost identical mission statements, there was radio silence from Cruz. So when Tea Party Republicans visit Cuba to promote trade and business that’s absolutely great. But when the President does the same thing, well we all knew he was a Commie at heart anyway.
March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
Hey, I’m Big T. This my boy Lil’ T.
March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
Overhead View of New Football Stadium
The Most “Texan” Restaurants in Texas
Jessica Hamilton of the Houston Chronicle gives her opinions as to the “most Texan” restaurants in the Lone Star State. Her unimaginative No. 1 is the Big Texan Steakhouse in Amarillo famous for its 72 oz. steak challenge. Red was pleased to see that Mary’s in Strawn – a place frequented by Red y familia – was on the list. If you are driving I-20 between Abilene and Fort Worth and have a hankering for some fresh fried frog legs, Mary’s is your place. Make the short detour north to Strawn, but expect a wait on Friday or Saturday night and remarkably cold beer.
March Madness – Team Logos Deciphered
University of Walgreens – Home of the Phighting Pharmacists
Today in Texas History – March 22
From the Annals of Reconstruction – In 1866, the Texas State Central Committee of Colored Men met in Austin with Baptist minister Jacob Fontaine presiding. It was the first in a series of conventions held in Texas from the Reconstruction era until the coming of the Jim Crow era in the 1890s. The group was focused on issues of concern to African Americans which were largely ignored by Texas politicians. At the first meeting the TSCCCM opposed a request by Episcopal bishop Alexander Gregg for funds which presumably would have benefited former slaves. The committee members did not trust Gregg, himself a former slaveholder and ardent supporter of secession. The committee instead proclaimed their support for the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Photo of Jacob Fontaine from austinlibrary.com.
Paradise in Hell 