]> http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/index.html thepirateinthecity's Blog en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:59:07 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/need_break.html I am tired of all of it, I think I have burnout. I can't tell you the last time I turned on the TV, oh, wait, LSU-Miss St. on Saturday. If I hear one more politician whine about how we absolutely must bailout the dumbass bankers that decided it would be good business to lend people money for mortgages they couldn't afford, I am going to scream. I have hurricane fatigue. It took two weeks for me to get power back. The State of Texas is not telling anyone want really happened in Galveston, C ... Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:23:15 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/happens_austin__.html Stays in Austin. I have power and am going home. 13 Nights in a hotel. 6 guys. 3 bottles of 18 year old Macallan. 1 day on the lake. 1 negative HIV test 3 pints of ice cream 2 movies 5 new jobs 3 new customers 2 new friends 1 broken heart Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:47:33 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/economy_stupid.html Hello all. First a quick update. I am still in a hotel in Austin. There is still no power at my house. I wish it would come back on because I am tiring of the hotel life. I guess it has been 11 days since the storm. I am writing today about something I have mentioned before in other blogs on other sites. basically, it is about the economy. For years, people have thought the economy was great because the amount of money changing hands was making investors lots of money. As many of you see n ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:32:32 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/safe_harbor_pirate.html Hello all. I weathered the storm. Sort of. I left Houston this afternoon and have taken refuge in another harbor, Austin. Ike devastated my neighborhood. It was much worse around my neighborhood than some of the surrounding ones. Maybe we had a tornado, I am not certain. I had power until about 4 AM Saturday morning. The eye of the storm passed directly through my area. It was a wild night. As of this afternoon, clean up has barely begun and I did not see any Centerpoint Energy trucks work ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:19:13 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/houston_weather_update.html Ike is making landfall with 110 mph winds. A storm surge of 20' is expected. As of now, we still have power. However, Centerpoint energy reports 725,000 customers without power right now. It is increasing as we speak. Peanutsmom and M are in Katy, Texas but they lost power about 7PM. It is beginning to rain. I live about 25 miles north of Downtown. I am doing well. I have plenty of Single Malt. I will update as I can. The storm is on a track to go right through downtown Houston. In 1983, w ... Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:34:32 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/dream.html I don't remember hardly any of my dreams. I don't know why. I am certain that I have them. Everyone does. Last night, I had a very unusual dream. It was so unusual it almost seemed real. In a few past blogs, maybe not such much here but on my other blogs in the past, I have mentioned a guy named R. R and I were friends as teenagers. He was the first guy I ever had sex with. We were together for a long time. We lost touch after a while and a couple of years ago I decided to try and find him ... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:59:02 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/houston_ike.html Hello all. I am just dropping in for a quick note. I am shutting down all of my jobsites at noon today because of Ike. We are boarding up the southside windows on the house and moving all of the patio furniture in the garage. If you are so inclined, say a prayer for Amy(peanutsmom), M and J. They live about 25 miles from the projected landfall and had to evacuate this morning. They took the two puppies this morning and J's mom will bring the two big dogs this afternoon. Houston is moving. ... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:29:33 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/oil.html This article confirms everything I have been saying about the cost of oil. The whole mess in the economy right now was caused by a group of greedy traders. In our market economy, everything that is a commodity is priced based upon the value of the futures traders, not the true value of the product. Study links oil prices to investor speculation By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Speculation by large investors — and not supply and demand for oil — were a primary re ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:25:41 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/type_gay_guy_you.html Your result for The What Type of Gay Guy Are You Test... The Prissy Queen Oh, GURL, no you di-in't! You're The Prissy Queen. In many cases, you see yourself as the big black woman who wants who wants to dominate the stage. You love being the center of attention in da club, and your sex life is out of this world. You da hoe! Tee-hee. To anyone who isn't a prissy queen or a fan of them, you're simply obnoxious and blamed for the harsh stereotypes that gay men receive from the rest of society ... Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:15:30 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/mischevious_old_women.html Five old mischievous Grandmas were sitting on a bench outside a nursing home. About then an old Grandpa walked by, and one of the old Grandma's yelled out saying, 'We bet we can tell exactly how old you are.' The old man said, 'there ain't no way you can guess it, you old fools. One of the old Grandmas said, 'Sure we can! Just drop your pants and your under shorts and we can tell your exact age. Embarrassed just a little, but anxious to prove they couldn't do it, he dropped his drawers. Th ... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:11:30 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/forward.html I have fallen into my old habit of not sleeping again. I push and push until I just cannot continue and then I finally crash. It isn't like I am up all night and sleeping all day. I am up all night, I work all day and I have a few catnaps throughout the day. The problem with these late nights is that when there is no hustle and bustle going on it is too easy to start to think. And I really don't like to think. When I think, I always get into the "what ifs?", and they always suck. Things ar ... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:03:33 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/years_ago_today.html August 20, 1998...Funny how I can remember that date. It was a Thursday. What was I doing then. I was the superintendent for a fire sprinkler company here in Houston. I was making decent money. I was single. I was also the Associate Pastor at a church in the Heights area of Houston. I was till in Seminary. I won't go into all of the hows and whys but I went on a date that night. We met at a Pappadeaux Seafood. We had an appetizer of seafood au gratin. I had fried crawfish tails. My date ha ... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:45 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/trying.html I know some of you, those of you with no musical sense, may get tired of me talking about Elvis. This is from his '68 Comeback special. I think it is probably my favorite Elvis song of all time. I recently purchased the re-release of the whole special, all of the shows he did which were combined into one. Watch this video and you can see the power of his performance. He was truly The King! Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:09:29 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/2008_online_m4m_dating_dictionary.html Ok, I am once again navigating you through the waters of M4M online dating. The following are common terms used and a brief description of each. *Swimmer’s Build: Term used to describe the physique of someone who has probably never swam a lap or played organized sports in his life. Generally means "I’m not fat, but I’m not ripped and muscular, and so I must have a swimmer’s build". *Beefy (aka husky, cub, bear): Fat. The prevalence of these people are the reason you can never find ... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:07:12 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/underwear.html I can understand women's desire to shop at Victoria's Secret. Of course, many do it for their man, or their woman, no discrimination here. However, one must admit the feeling of sexiness and self confidence the right underwear gives. I have gotten to where I wear mostly Calvin Klein, usually trunks. I also have briefs and if truth be told, a jock or two. Now CK jocks are nothing like the Bike jocks you wear playing sports. These are more for the look than anything else. Last night, I broke ... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:57:49 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/quest.html I have always been something of a searcher. I look for the meaning of things. Sometimes, I may do it a little too much. I have this idealized view that there has to be a reason for everything I have been through. It would be a horrible to think that everything is all just chance. I looked for answers in unusual places. I went to seminary. I tried to find them in the bottom of a whiskey bottle. There has been studies of philosophers, poets, warriors, leaders, heroes, psychos and crooks. I l ... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:39:46 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/bigfoot_texas_too.html LOL! Have a great Friday! Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:44:12 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/bigfoot_georgia.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:10 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/way_wind_blows.html "Easy come, easy go...anyway the wind blows" - J.J. Cale I really get a kick out of some people. They get some new idea and they are all fired up about it. That is all they can talk about. Like some of the people on certain blog sites that suddenly find religion, like a flash fire, they burn hot and fast and then out. There is no foundation, no bed of coals to sustain them. I am a believer in education and learning things for yourself. So many people look for info that supports their belie ... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:34:25 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/working.html One of the best things about what I do for a living is that I can often do it in shorts and t-shirts. I can stagger down the stairs, unshaven, hair a mess and still be productive. On most days, I get up, shower and get dressed just like I am going to an office. However, there are days, like these brutally hot August days when when boots and jeans are out of the question. So, I am working today in cargo shorts and a tshirt. I have gotten to the point where getting dressed up means wearing s ... 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