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  1. HudsonHawk

    How To Pull Off A Fedora/Trilby Dress Hat

    My opinion is a hat should always be worn for practical reasons. A hat should be functional. Which is why, for example, a hat should not be worn indoors; there is no reason to do so. Yes, it should be stylish, but first and foremost it's a functional accessory, it's not a fashion statement...
  2. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    I'm probably in the minority on this, but a mirror pretty much has one function: to reflect an image back at you. If the silver is peeling off the back or is scratched and faded, it doesn't do that job as well. So, whenever possible, I prefer a shiny mirror (though it doesn't necessarily have...
  3. HudsonHawk

    How To Pull Off A Fedora/Trilby Dress Hat

    Amen. There is no trick to "pulling off" wearing a hat. If the sun is out or it's cold, put the hat on your head. That's pretty much all there is to it. If you spend any time at all worried that you'll look like a doofus, there's a pretty good chance you will.
  4. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Blondie. Definitely. And I can't believe no one has touched this (or maybe I can)... Ginger or Mary Ann?
  5. HudsonHawk

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    George Washington was rumored to have had an illegitimate child. Thomas Jefferson was known to have several. John Tyler was suspected of having up to 15. James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln were generally believed to have had homosexual affairs. The election of 1828, perhaps the dirtiest in...
  7. HudsonHawk

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    We use a variation of Six Sigma in our company and it's a huge priority. And it's a good tool. But it's only a tool, one of many in the tool box. My gripe with it is mostly people who see it as a cure for everything. When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
  8. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Whenever I relay a disagreement between me and my wife, it typically ends with "...so we compromised and did what she wanted."
  9. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Well-behaved women rarely make history.
  10. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Well, I suppose that depends on who you ask. Just an oft-used description of Texas, going back to the days of Davy Crockett, who after his congressional defeat in 1835 told his former constituents "you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas". Crockett did indeed go to Texas and was killed...
  11. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The tamales are fine, as long as you don't have lard intolerance.
  13. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Oooh, gotta disagree with you there. Shrimp is best done at rocket hot temperature, as quickly as possible. That means frying or grilling over as close to a jet engine as you can get. If you cook it more than 2-minutes, at most, it turns to rubber. Steaming, IMHO, turns it to mush. And it's...
  14. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    We naturalized Texans also have a saying "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could."
  15. HudsonHawk

    Rock & Roll Oldsters

    Joe Mauldin died last year. As far as I know, Hardin, Allison and Curtis are all still alive and kicking.
  16. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Around here, if you ask for a "black and tan", it will almost certainly be Guinness and Bass, but will be about 1/3 Bass and 2/3 Guinness. If you ask for a "half and half", it will be 1/2 Harp and 1/2 Guinness. I don't know if that's "correct" or not.
  17. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Here in Texas, we use the term "Okie" and even "Okie City" all the time in an affectionate manner, as in "I never met an Okie I didn't like".
  19. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    They're most likely enjoying the extra paycheck due to lower taxes and cost of living, though it could be the freedom to carry a gun to church and the inability to buy liquor on the way home.
  20. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've heard "Upstate" described as anything north of 181st St.
  21. HudsonHawk

    This or That

    Pilsner *is* a lager.
  22. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I would suspect the birthrate increases in September and October.
  23. HudsonHawk

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Everyone who grows up in Texas does so largely. I think nowadays, when that happens, the cashier can simply put the transaction on "hold" and move on to the next customer. No need for an extended delay. If they indeed intend to hold up the line, I think you're perfectly within your rights...

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