Whiskey's (Occasional) Blog

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Whiskey's Blog

Note from Whiskey -- as of April 2006, I am switching to blogspot as my blog host. After clicking and reading an entry, be sure to hit your browser's "Back" button to return to Southwest Shorts. Thanks, and enjoy...

Consult the key at the bottom of this page for explanations of some commonly used terms, abbreviations, etc.

ENTRIES:

July 24, 2010
" 4 months in 9 photos"

June 3, 2010
"El Paso afternoon"

May 20, 2010
"No mo' snow!"

May 19, 2010
"time running out..."

May 16, 2010
"Chasin' in the basin"

May 13, 2010
"Epic ski - Day 2 "

May 10, 2010
"Epic ski - Day 1 "

May 9, 2010
"Head for the mountains "

May 3, 2010
"West Texas Holiday "

April 30, 2010
"Tim Barry at the Prophet Bar "

April 30, 2010
"Introducing Miss L "

April 24, 2010
"The Great White South "

April 1, 2010
"The Gourds in Fort Worth "

March 24, 2010
"Kansas City - Day 2 "

March 14, 2010
"Kansas City - Day 1 "

March 13, 2010
"Alcos, Ozarks, and overcast skies"

March 9, 2010
"Rich Mountain in the Rain - 2nd section"

March 8, 2010
"Rich Mountain in the Rain"

January 24, 2010
"Southwest (Arkansas) Shorts"

January 23, 2010
"Really late road trip re-cap"

January 12, 2010
"North Texas White Christmas"

December 31, 2009
"Old 97s review"

December 19, 2009
"First time, long time"

October 4, 2009
"Back to the tracks"

September 16, 2009
"Goin' wild in the Arbuckles"

September 14, 2009
"Beating the August heat"

September 10, 2009
"Summer re-cap (lightning round)"

August 14, 2009
"Chicago Finis"

August 7, 2009
"Sunday afternoon in Wrigleyville"

August 6, 2009
"Cloudy Indiana, sunny Chicago"

July 28, 2009
"family and Fostoria"

July 23, 2009
"Thursday night with the Tribe"

July 17, 2009
"Rainy day at Atwood Lake"

July 16, 2009
"A day to drive"

July 13, 2009
"Hoosiers for a day"

July 9, 2009
"East End Afternoon"

July 7, 2009
"Rochelle, Rochelle"

July 3, 2009
"Rochelle Railroad Days"

June 29, 2009
"side tracked in Waterman"

June 27, 2009
"The Road to Rochelle"

June 23, 2009
"Chicago trip - 1.1"

June 20, 2009
"No time for the blog " 8

May 6, 2009
"Springtime in Texas"

May 4, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 7"

April 15, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 6"

April 10, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 5"

April 7, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 4.3"

April 6, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 4.2"

April 3, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 4.1"

April 2, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 3"

April 1, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 2"

March 30, 2009
"Spring Break breakdown - 1"

March 6, 2009
"By train to the Stars"

February 3, 2009
"idle assets"

January 30, 2009
"No time for the blog..." 7

January 28, 2009
"No time for the blog..." 6

January 20, 2009
"Playing with Photoshop"

January 12, 2009
"birthday benching"

January 11, 2009
"Pac Man reefer"

January 9, 2009
"celebrating Deuce Seven"

January 8, 2009
"return from west Texas"

January 5, 2009
"return to west Texas"

January 4, 2009
"endings... and beginnings"

December 15, 2008
"heading home"

December 8, 2008
"Lake Valley ghost town"

December 5, 2008
"back on the road"

December 3, 2008
"two days in Ruidoso"

December 1, 2008
"Fall colors and more"

November 26, 2008
"Railrunners & Santa Fe relics"

November 24, 2008
"Hard Amarillo railway"

November 23, 2008
"grain elevator gallery"

November 22, 2008
"Hard Amarillo Highway"

November 21, 2008
"Amarillo sunrise"

November 18, 2008
"Road trip 1: Day one"

November 12, 2008
"NM mini re-cap"

November 1, 2008
"Eaglesmith, etc."

October 31, 2008
"Columbus Day Six Flags sojourn"

October 30, 2008
"No time for the blog" 5

October 24, 2008
"Native American summer"

October 20, 2008
"details & dating"

October 16, 2008
"September trains"

October 8, 2008
"Whiskey, Texas redux"

September 6, 2008
"Six Flags virtual Polaroids"

August 19, 2008
"Day in North America 2008"

August 17, 2008
"Recent railroading"

August 15, 2008
"Coolin' off down south"

August 14, 2008
"Lockhart - Architecture & ghost signs"

August 12, 2008
"Barbecue pilgrimage"

August 3, 2008
"RWH at L&W in TX"

July 15, 2008
"Relocation reconnaissance"

July 5, 2008
"West Texas trains and monikers"

July 4, 2008
"West Texas wheat rush"

July 3, 2008
"West Texas ghost signs - 2"

July 2, 2008
"West Texas ghost signs - 1"

July 1, 2008
"Road trippin' to 'Angelo"

June 27, 2008
"NRHS Convention - Quanah Zephyr"

June 26, 2008
"NRHS Convention - Day Two"

June 25, 2008
"NRHS Convention - Day One"

June 20, 2008
"Big power, big train"

June 19, 2008
"Unofficial class reunion"

June 4, 2008
"The A-Kon Experience - 2"

June 3, 2008
"The A-Kon Experience - 1"

June 2, 2008
" 24 hours of trains"

May 30, 2008
"Friday morning warbonnet"

May 22, 2008
"Train-gulation"

May 15, 2008
"Youth movement, revisited"

May 14, 2008
"Sunday baseball, amateur ornithology"

May 8, 2008
"Pop culture potpourri"

May 1, 2008
"Spring switching"

April 29, 2008
"April Trains; Wayne the Train"

April 25, 2008
"A month of live music"

April 23, 2008
"Zoo field trip"

April 21, 2008
"New Mexico highways, El Paso streets"

April 15, 2008
"Hiking to Monjeau"

April 14, 2008
"New Mexico behind the scenes"

April 13, 2008
"Albuquerque & Los Lunas"

April 9, 2008
"Albuquerque RailRunners"

April 8, 2008
"Mountainair & Abo Canyon"

April 7, 2008
"return to Hurley"

April 3, 2008
"more from El Paso"

April 2, 2008
"a day in El Paso"

April 1, 2008
"Spring break winter fun"

March 29, 2008
"Way to New Mexico - 3"

March 27, 2008
"Way to New Mexico - 2"

March 26, 2008
"Way to New Mexico - 1"

March 15, 2008
"The Team Texas Experience"

March 10, 2008
"last taste of winter"

March 6, 2008
"signs of Pauls Valley"

February 28, 2008
"Red dirt road trip 2008"

February 27, 2008
"last Friday in Saginaw"

February 26, 2008
"last Wednesday in Saginaw"

February 19, 2008
"the Polaroid Project - 1"

February 18, 2008
"Ghost signs & trains in Cleburne"

February 15, 2008
"Warhol-esque, Ima stamp"

February 13, 2008
"Monster Jam 2008"

February 11, 2008
"Granny's Tacos, No Problema"

February 10, 2008
"Mockingbird yard"

February 9, 2008
"Nice catch; pull 'em up"

February 6, 2008
"six-pack of buZ"

February 5, 2008
"Freight car art & logos - Roanoke"

February 4, 2008
"Two evenings with the Gourds"

February 2, 2008
"Wayne Feeds - Ft. Worth, TX"

February 1, 2008
"Flute practice, Great Wolf weekend"

January 29, 2008
"Saginaw fog"

January 23, 2008
"Dallas ghost signs"

January 20, 2008
"Neneh, meet Townes"

January 19, 2008
"Deep Ellum murals & street scenes"

January 18, 2008
"Deep Ellum blues - 2"

January 17, 2008
"Deep Ellum blues - 1"

January 16, 2008
"Wayne the Train in Denton"

Whiskey =	the protagonist
K =	the former Mrs. Whiskey, and my kids' mom
L =	daughter of Whiskey
M =	son of Whiskey
Mom =	Whiskey's mom
Keller =	north Texas town (suburb of Ft Worth) where the Whiskey family lives
railfan =	(noun) - one who likes trains and railroads, i.e., a "fan" of railroads
railfan =	(verb) - to pursue one's interest of trains, especially through photography
foamer =	derogatory name for an overzealous railfan; one who "foams at the mouth" at the sight of a train
the Choctaw =	Union Pacific's Choctaw Subdivision, the closest rail line to my house
Railspot =	Yahoo Groups e-mail list, dedicated to railroad sightings and news from the states of TX / OK / AR / LA / NM.
ObsCar =	Yahoo Groups e-mail list, dedicated to discussions of railroad art, photography, and literature.
KHYI	Plano, TX-based country/Americana radio station
KNON	Dallas-based non-commercial "community" radio station
NP =	Inspired by a tradition on the ObsCar list, signing an entry with "NP" indicates "Now Playing:", i.e., the music I'm currently listening to, tv show playing in the background, etc. as I post my entry.
NR =	"Now Reading:", i.e., book or other publication I'm currently reading