Monthly Archives: August 2003

New evidence of the world’s decadence

Posted on August 31, 2003 by Marchbanks

What’s this “being seated” business about? Continue reading →

Posted in Austin | 4 Comments

It’s not coming together, it’s falling apart

Posted on August 31, 2003 by Marchbanks

The heavy stuff’s so heavy I couldn’t find a way to write about it. Continue reading →

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Another Lobster Tale

Posted on August 23, 2003 by Marchbanks

Also discovered there was NO back-up salad chopped, no potatoes washed, the chowder was nicely curdled, and the back line looked like an explosion in a cracker factory. Continue reading →

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Asparagus me, Domine 1

Posted on August 23, 2003 by Marchbanks

The asparagus looked so nice at the supermarket the other day, and it was only $2.99 a pound, so I couldn’t very well resist the temptation to do something with it. Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Cooking | 5 Comments

OIL FROM IRAQ READY TO FLOW

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Marchbanks

Petroleum To Be Piped To French-Mandated Tripoli Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 5 Comments

Nobody pays any attention or remembers anything

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Marchbanks

All the Chicken Littles running around the northeast (and that includes the Gummint) need to fucking GET OVER this “Terrorists!  Terrorists!  BOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGA!!!!!” response to every large-system mechanical failure that happens. Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 13 Comments

This must not is August

Posted on August 13, 2003 by Marchbanks

You do not get pissing-down rain in a Texan August. Continue reading →

Posted in Austin | 4 Comments

And a revised Web page, too

Posted on August 10, 2003 by Marchbanks

I realized I’d made a horrible design mistake on the page Continue reading →

Posted in Personal History | 4 Comments

It was time . . . .

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Marchbanks

I’ve had a half-done page on needlework for my personal Web site sitting around for a couple of years, and today I decided I might as well release what I have. Continue reading →

Posted in Needlework and Crafts | 3 Comments

Of a drum and history

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Marchbanks

My mother was in town and wanted to bring by her father’s snare drum that he played when he was in the American Legion Band around 1920. Continue reading →

Posted in Comanche, Personal History | 2 Comments