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TexTech Free

First off, my screen name. I am a Texan working in a technical field. I did NOT attend Texas Tech. I went to a real university in Texas. Born and grew up in Houston, then spent about 24 years in Austin, back to Houston, and then in Indiana, first time to live outside of Texas. Back to Austin ten years and now 26 months (as of late August, 2021) in Miami, FL. Work keeps me moving around. I am now on my way to North Carolina. While only living in three states, I have passed through or visited 35-40 of the lower 48 states. I have missed the Big Sky country (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana) and upper New England states. As should be obvious from my comments, I am a yellow dog Democrat with views on social justice based on the teachings of all the great religious teachers. I love music of most types. Not opera. I can tolerate some C&W. Have heard very little rap I can tolerate. My music is traditional Blues and 60s-70s rock. Also like classical and easy listening.

Comics I Follow

For Better or For Worse

For Better or For Worse

By Lynn Johnston
Luann

Luann

By Greg Evans and Karen Evans
Tank McNamara

Tank McNamara

By Bill Hinds
Garfield

Garfield

By Jim Davis
B.C.

B.C.

By Mastroianni and Hart
Wizard of Id

Wizard of Id

By Parker and Hart
The Boondocks

The Boondocks

By Aaron McGruder
Shoe

Shoe

By Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly
Doonesbury

Doonesbury

By Garry Trudeau
Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur

By Wiley Miller

Recent Comments

  1. about 23 hours ago on B.C.

    Wonder what the big dinosaur was doing behind the small bush?

    Probably the same thing a bear does in the woods.

  2. about 23 hours ago on Tank McNamara

    I confess I am not a huge sports fan but I would like to comment on what I have observed regarding NY Jets quarterbacks. When I have seen Jets games on TV, I rarely see the Jets quarterback. He is usually surrounded by defenders or buried underneath a pile of them. It is hard to complete a pass when you do your dropback and immediately start scrambling for your life. In other words, it ain’t the quarterback, it is the O-line.

  3. 2 days ago on The Boondocks

    It is not always just Black music. The high-falutin’ folks hated Stravinsky’s Rites of Spring when it premiered. And a lot of people today still aren’t too wild about it.

  4. 2 days ago on Wizard of Id

    Are you nuts? That guy might have a pocket knife or something.

  5. 2 days ago on B.C.

    I don’t think that is the Boston MTA. (Now who is old enough to get that reference?)

  6. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Keep flagging the Count when he gets out of line and we will eventually see Count03.

  7. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Instead of cutting spending, how about we quit cutting our revenue stream? The deficit and the debt are where they are in large part because of huge Republican tax cuts favoring the rich which severely reduced the money to spend on just about everything. So how about we start by increasing revenue?

  8. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

    And you know how you make a few more rich people? By making lots and lots of other people poorer. Unfortunately, in our economic system, that is the way it works.

  9. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Well yeah, gas may go down. Since Trump has this special deal with the Saudis, he can get OPEC to start pumping more oil again and glut the market, thus driving down the price of gasoline. Not unlike the way he had the Saudis and OPEC cut production just before Biden went into office and jacked prices up. (Of course, the whole Russian oil disruption thing didn’t help any either.)

  10. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Funny how that article kept hammering on the numbers supporting each candidate. But they did finally make one important statement. “Support includes endorsements and/or financial contributions.” The way you wrote about it you seem to think the billionaires donated every dime she received. The article mentions that Gates and Bloomberg donated $150 million into a PAC. Meanwhile, Musk alone donated over $200 million into Trump’s campaign. That article does not say which group actually donated more money to which campaign.

    And consider this, more people smart enough to become billionaires think Harris would have been better for the economy as a whole than Trump. Those Trump supporters are probably only looking at how Trump can benefit them personally and don’t care what happens to the rest of the economy.