Recent content by OedipusTex

I think they're still in the penalty box.

Indeed. I considered that self-evident, like "no fighting in the war room."

His mother was lifelong best friends with my mother. I saw him a few years ago. In 2018, I took my mother to central Missouri to visit Mrs. Henke before she passed, and Tom served us some delicious fried chicken. He's just a big happy farm boy these days, a far cry from an all-star World...

Do you remember Tom Henke, by any chance? He's a family friend.

Congratulations from Texas, lads. Regardless of the season's travails which led to the final day predicament, the Tigers did what was necessary to keep Championship football at Hull next season. I'll drink to that. Well, perhaps later in the morning when the missus wakes up We drove to...

Not quite the same thing. Monies remaining in the economy create more growth than monies taken by the government with only half returned due to inefficiencies.

Good away point, though I wasn't happy to see both Cardiff and Derby notch 3.

The media isn't known for accuracy. While there are some subsidies (monies paid from public funds), some of what they tally are tax credits (monies not paid into public funds), and contracts (monies paid from public funds for services rendered). All three can be judged on their merits but...

Tesla will come back, once the public temper tantrums subside.

Elk burgers tonight, from the grill. Yummy.

How many movies are as good or better than the book they're based from? I can only claim one that I know of, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the 1984 film based on Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two, his sequal to 2001: A Space Odyssey. The third book, 2061, was so bad no one wanted to make...