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The Last American Bachelor
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Thoughts and musings on practically everything.
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John Patrick Gilmore 1912 - 2008 - Part 2
My grandpa passed away last week and he was buried yesterday morning. I gave the eulogy. This was it: I’d like to talk about John Patrick Gilmore. I’d like to tell you about his growing up the oldest of 12 children. I’d like t...
Helen Gilmore 1914 - 2008
My Grandma actually passed away back in February, but I didn’t get ahold of what I had written until this past weekend. I was unable to sleep the night before the funeral and had to get up and write down my thoughts. I was unable to say thes...
John Patrick Gilmore 1912 - 2008
I’m glad he’s dead. How do you say that without sounding like a monster? My grandpa passed away last night and I wasn’t expecting it. I was expecting it, of course, but I wasn’t expecting it at the moment that it happened. I ...
$700 Billion bailout is making me nervous
Lots of people assume that I’m a Republican. Maybe that’s because they think I’m an asshole. Maybe that’s because I’m a Texan. Maybe that’s because bleeding-heart liberals make me sick to my stomach. But I’m ...
This race is racist, whether you want it to be or not!
I have been told recently that I am “argumentative.” That’s an easy label for someone who doesn’t like their ideas to be challenged. And, in such a limited view, it’s an entirely correct statement - because I will argu...
So Long
Many people lost many things when Hurricane Ike swept through southeast Texas. Houses, businesses, cars, boats, photo albums, marriage certificates, family bibles, land marks. And that sucks. But what Hurricane Ike didn’t take very much of ...
