PawPaw's House

It's Friday again, and we've actually thawed out.  All the bridges are open, all the traffic is moving, and the temps warmed up to t...

It looks like we're thawing out.  I was surprised to be off work today, the major bridge across the river was still closed and before da...

It looks like Budweiser released it's Super Bowl commercial a little bit early.  If you like horses and puppies, you'll really like ...

It looks as if temps might warm up to the over-freezing mark today, but here in central Louisiana the temps are still in the 20s.  We're...

Now is the winter of our disconten t.- Richard III, Act 1 The weatherman has been spot-on with the forecast.  I awoke this morning to sign...

It looks like we're in line for another winter storm event.  The Polar Express continues, bringing freezing precipitation to Central Lou...

The big story this week was the snow, which is a once in a decade event for us.  I have a 30-year-old daughter-in-law who has never seen sno...

My good friend Jerome Scott sent this one to me.  He tells me that he spewed Dr. Pepper when he saw it. That's just wrong.

It looks like we got two or three inches of snow, and it's gotten light enough for some photography. The dog's not sure what to ...

Here in the Deep South, snow is truly an event.  I've got grandkids who have never seen snow, and I'm certain that the Dawg has neve...

I've been following a post on The Firing Line forum about the relative advantages of the .30-06, vs its offspring, the .308 Winchester...

Gumbo is a Louisiana staple, a savory stew of local meat, fish, or fowl, a good gumbo is Louisiana comfort food.  I've eaten gumbo in ma...

I see that our disgraced Senator, Diaper Dave Vitter has decided to run for governor . Sen. David Vitter’s announcement Tuesday that he wi...

We lost Dad in 2007 (Has it been that long?), and recently during a move, Momma came across some stuff she thought I might like, so I went t...

No pictures of this one, but you've all seen a hamburger.  This morning early, I decided that I was hungry for a good hamburger, and it...

We've been through the cold snap earlier this month, and today is a beautiful 50F outside. Milady was commenting yesterday that it's...

This joyous news out of Alabama .  It seems that a goblin came into a Dollar Store, threatened to shoot everyone, then started herding them...

Interesting opinion coming out of the 9th Circuit, where they held that blogging is entitled to the same protections for libel as traditiona...

Those of you who read this little blog know that I'm a fan of the .44 Special.  I was over at this forum , discussing the .44 Special an...

Today I had a yearning flung on me, so on the way home I stopped to pick up the fixings for one of my favorite foods from my childhood.  Sal...