Rich. White. Texan. Aggie. Republican. Politician. Pigs at the trough love being put in charge of the trough. Ask W or Greg. Oh, and, academia. Plenty of tax-payers’ dollars there too.

Sharp is the only Democrat that I didn't support in a statewide election and he was not a viable choice to take up the Democratic mantle after Ann Richards lost the governor's race in 1994. Sharp has always been a DINO to me.

"This plant is extremely toxic, and a single leaf may kill an adult."

So of course Ben Carson decides it can prevent/cure? covid?

I was 6 years old and can remember my mother telling me that the plant was poisonous. Between the oleander bush and the bougainvillea bush that would flatten the football, it was a tough time in our front yard as a kid. I'm able to go online to see the house and front yard since the new owners converted part of the house into a beauty shop, both bushes are now gone, but at least they kept some of the other trees that we planted while I was a kid. It was the oldest house in town (built 1914), but a bit neglected.

I'm amazed it's still planted ornamentally. It could kill pets too, I assume.

It must be fun to look at the old house! I have to go check to see how much the house I grew up in is worth now that the area has gentrified.

However, there wasn't any reason to remain there after my father retired in 1985. It's 25 miles away from the nearest hospital and it doesn't rain very much in that part of south Texas so my mother could never grow the flower gardens that she hoped for. While my father had a garden and raised many different vegetables, as far as flowers were concerned it was pretty much limited to zinnias and snapdragons. They moved to Brenham and she kept busy in the garden until a few weeks before she passed away in October 2000.

Then I also see the Texas A&M logo everywhere. It has smaller font sizes of A and M on either side of a larger T. However, the joke at rival University of Texas is to draw an "E" on either side of the "A" and "M" so that the vandalized logo says "EAT ME" instead.

I always favored Texas over A&M in the rivalries even though I have two Aggie brother-in-laws (one deceased). I went to college in Georgetown which only 25 miles north of Austin and was even offered a scholarship at Texas, but chose Southwestern instead and lived in Austin for 13 yeas after graduation. Looking back I question the decision to attend Southwestern at times, because if I went to Texas I would have either become a chemical engineer or I would have washed out and been a drug addict. I have an addictive personality and the ease of finding drugs and the "wrong crowd" around the UT campus during the 1980s was astonishing. Making the transition away from living with my parents was easier at Southwestern because of the religious affiliation, small enrollment (1,000 students), and small town life (9,000) so maintaining a good reputation was important.