Cowtown Chronicles

So, I’ve been thinking some more about it, and I think it might be fun to go downtown (ride a bike or public transit, PLEASE) and watch some of the craziness. The protests look like they’re shaping up to have some pretty high-powered speakers (high-powered in that area, at least), and the straw poll is looking like it’ll be more of a hay ride than anything else.

It’s always fun to point and laugh at the hard-core GOP faithful. Honestly they’re more weird than the freaks you see at the Arts Festival, and usually more hateful, too!

Where would be a good vantage point to enjoy an adult beverage and get an eyeful of these goings-on?

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Maybe not a “summit”, exactly, but perhaps more of a group dinner and drinkfest.  I’d like to meet my fellow blogging Fort Worthians and talk about what’s up in our town and how we can help each other get more traffic, share blogging tips, etc.

Whaddya say?  Sound like something we can do?  Post your ideas for days, times, and places in the comments, or e-mail them to me via the “contact” link to the right.

What? Governor “Hang ‘em High” Perry actually commuted a death sentence?

Maybe he’s finally realized that actual people who are ALREADY alive should be part of a “Pro Life” philosophy.

Nah, probably not.

Sniff… Sniff…

Do I smell a move to the center in advance of a future Presidential candidacy?

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So, I’ve been to the original location at Ridgmar Mall, and I have to say that I wasn’t impressed at all. I love how this press release says that they offer “chef prepared” American classics. I guess you could call anyone who’s in charge of the cooking a chef, but I have to say that there was nothing at all special about my cold chicken strips which didn’t get to my seat until almost 45 minutes after I ordered them.

The only good thing about that trip was the 1 liter stein of beer they offer, which you can take home and bring back on future visits.

Also, since it’s a more traditional non-stadium setup, the seating is pretty bad, and is definitely showing its age. It was the same setup at the new Studio Movie Grill in Arlington Highlands. The food there was a little better but again nothing special. The seating there really sucked, though, because there were two rows of seating per tiered platform, so if you got stuck with one of the back tables, you might have to strain to see over the people slurping beer in front of you.

Nevertheless, we will probably visit this new location, since both of us like movies and food.

Movie Tavern to Debut New Flagship Location at Hulen Mall in Fort … - Earthtimes.org:

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Do they draw straws?

More importantly, why is the story that Fred Thompson is violating Federal election laws not getting more publicity?

I guess I’ll be avoiding downtown this weekend. It’s bad enough having to dodge the recruiters, I don’t want to have to deal with Ron Paul fans as well.

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Better image of Museum Place Post Office:
I particularly like the 2 dimensional postal truck. I guess it would be good for carrying Flat Stanley, and the occasional post card.

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Thanks, Steve-O, I was just starting to be lulled into rolling over and letting Chesapeake rub my belly, and you have to go and post this.

Jerk.

I get so worked up and excited about things like Bernie’s weight loss contest, then the realities of my laziness and work schedule come crashing down to ensure that I remain mired in my fatness.

I even started Body-For-Life again last week, but pussed out after about 3 days because it was too inconvenient to pack my lunch in the morning. I tell myself that I need to get out of the office (it’s in a basement, after all!) for a break at lunchtime, but that’s a cop-out because there are plenty of places for me to go and eat my lunch that aren’t my desk. So, I usually wind up going to the University Center and eating junk there, or down Cooper somewhere and have junk out there.

Today I almost didn’t even get to have junk during lunch, because it was an absolute madhouse everywhere I went. Today is the first day of classes, and EVERYONE was here for their class today, which made just walking around campus a hassle. It’ll calm down after the first couple of weeks (about the same time that the incoming freshman girls stop wearing their cute “look at me!” outfits and realize that they’re going to get the same education wearing sweats or pajamas, and probably just as much attention), and there will be some sanity in my world again.

Even if I didn’t have a dog, I couldn’t imagine doing the things that Michael Vick has admitted he’s done to them by pleading guilty to the charges against him.

Now this representative of the NAACP wants us to forgive Vick for his behaviour and says that he thinks he’s gotten more negative press than he would have gotten had he murdered a person, and that he should be allowed to go back to the NFL and earn millions as if he hadn’t committed this HENIOUS crime.

Here’s the thing: He’s gotten bad publicity about this not because the whole world is full of “dog lovers” (since Mr. White seems to think that only dog lovers could be upset about Vick’s disgusting behaviour), but because he DELIBERATELY victimized another living thing that is weaker than him FOR FUN!!! FOR THE PURPOSES OF HIS OWN SICK ENTERTAINMENT! Trying to spin Michael Vick as the victim in this situation debases everything the NAACP has stood for over the years, as they’ve always worked to protect people who are in a position of weakness, (do I really have to remind people that for a LONG TIME people of color were considered “animals”?) can’t Mr. White and his associates have some sympathy for the animals who were brutally abused and killed for nothing more than entertainment?

Mr. White, dogfighting is different than deer hunting because it pits two animals which have been abused and traumatized in a fight to the death for nothing more than the entertainment of people. I’m not a hunter, and even I know that most hunters not only use what they kill for food, but they also choose more humane methods of killing their prey than slamming them into a concrete floor, strangling them, hanging them, drowning them, or wetting them down and electrocuting them. Providing even an HINT of defense of this kind of action seriously calls into question your ability to see a difference between right and wrong, Mr. White.

Even more troubling and disgusting about Michael Vick’s behaviour is the fact that he obviously found nothing at all wrong with it until he faced jail time and the loss of his exalted status as a star in the NFL. Now he’s all sorry and contrite and you, Mr. White, expect the rest of the world to forgive him “because he’s redeemable?” Deliberately killing animals because they’re not good enough to participate in bloodsport for entertainment is just about the LEAST forgiveable crime I can think of. The only thing I can think of that would be worse would be if it were people instead of dogs.

Michael Vick should have stayed in college so at least he’d have a degree to fall back on when the NFL (or hopefully, the fans) tell him he’s not welcome back.