Reader VH has graced us with her writings before — most notably here. I was talking to My Bro the other day and we touched on the downside of Texas’ burgeoning population. It is a wonderful place to live and the rest of the country is finding that seemingly so. Downside??? Many of our recent immigrants to the State strive to live the same-same lifestyle as the did ‘up north’ or ‘out on the coast’. Continue reading Readers Write – The Death of the Last Real Old Time Beer Joint in Dallas 
The Hideout Along about the seventh day of our time off I was trying to remember why we should go back to the Pucker Brush anyway. It certainly wasn’t the standing ankle deep in suckish mud while caliche dust simultaneously caked your eyes. Or trying to remember the Spanglish for ‘Slow yer ass down.’ Or tieing the garbage to the generator so it wouldn’t blow off toward Lubbock. You know it is time Continue reading Another – Dispatch from the Secret Hideout 
Big Ass Suburban and Princess Palace on the launch pad If you haven’t had a day off in 6 months, what do you do when you finally get some relief? Most folks do the 9-5 Monday till Friday and look forward to an occasional extra day off when there is a holiday. It don’t work that way in the Oil Patch. We have been on 24/7 since the Trek East back around Thanksgiving; Continue reading Dispatches from the Secret Hideout  |