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Today August 7, 2012 is National Lighthouse Day. August is filled with many silly made up holidays and celebrations. I guess when the weather is hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell we need some diversion. Any month celebrating catfish is a good month.

Best intentions and yada yada. The only thing I got done today was taking my eleven dollar cat to the vet. He could not poop. Lordy that sounds childish. He couldn’t shit! The vet kept him and gave him an enema. Three hours later the vet called and said I could get Rascal. She said he seems scared. How the hell would you feel if you were stuffed in a box, moved somewhere where you heard cries and moans from your fellow creatures then have a hose shoved up your ass and millions of gallons of something was pumped into your colon until you thought you were going to explode by creatures who spoke no known language who fiendishly jerked out the hose and your innards threaten to blow out through your over stressed anus? SCARED! I SURE AS THE DICKENS WOULD BE! Ever since I got him home he has been close enough to touch me. But he has been sleeping most of the time.

While Rascal was at the vet I went to the evil empire and bought a 5500 BTU air conditioner for my wife’s bedroom. Those two simple jobs have worn me to a frazzle. Early tomorrow grandson and I will mount the AC.

I was blundering around on the net looking for a picture about Port Lavaca to print as a security device on the back of an envelope to IBC when I stumbled across a picture of a truly beautiful woman. The caption on the photo identified her as Mary Tallichet. Further information was that she was a popular student at Rice University in 1929 and the picture was taken from the 1929 Campanile. I was so fascinated by her face I explored further and found she lived at 3220 Fannin in Houston. She was born in 1909 so she would be 103 now. I wonder what happened to her. Did she have a good life? Did she have her own family with children and grandchildren? With only her maiden name it is very to track her much beyond 1929. Did she ever have occasion to say to a police officer “Oh please don’t give me a ticket!” and then get away without even a warning? Beautiful young woman! Eternity is not long enough for such beauty.

TASKS LIST:
install AC in roomie’s bedroom.
Chop down dead vine on front sidewalk fence.
Instruct grandsons to start moving debris to proper pile for heavy trash pickup on 16 th.
Use Sawsall to cut down fallen Oak limb from neighbors tree and cut into sizes to make 4 inch bowls.
Use roofing tar and aluminum flashing to cover several small holes in roof of “rubber shed”.
Haul big dead flatscreen tv to recycle center at north end of Wirt.
clean KOI pond filter.
Clear weeds from around lily pond.

Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Recipe

Ingredients:
6 green bell peppers
One medium to large onion, chopped
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 cup uncooked white minute rice
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
3 cans tomato soup

Note: If you are using very large peppers, you may need to use a little more hamburger and rice.

Preparation Directions:
Wash peppers. Cut the tops off, and remove the seeds. Rinse the cavity.
Blanch peppers in boiling water for 2-4 minutes. Or, put them in a container of hot water, and blanch them in the microwave. Don't let them get too soft, or they will break as you stuff them.
Allow peppers to cool slightly, so they are easier to handle and stuff.
Cook minute rice as instructed on the box.
Cook hamburger and onions in a frying pan, until hamburger is browned.
Drain excess fat from the hamburger.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix hamburg and rice together.
Stuff hamburg and rice mixture into the peppers. Be careful not to break the pepper.
Place stuffed peppers in a casserole with the open end up.
Pour tomato soup over and around the peppers. Do not add water or milk to the soup.
Bake in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes.
Serve piping hot.

Or just buy Stauffer’s Stuffed Bell Peppers at the grocery store.

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John Stuart Mill

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