prematurely grey

By popular demand:

Careful viewers will spot not only the volleyball in this shot, but might wonder about the tire iron and jack kit to the right of the box. I couldn’t bring myself to mention them in the previous report. They’ve been out of their proper place in the Passat since Flat Tire Monday back in June. They were in the car, but I put them on the porch when I was trying to impress Mrs. What Not to Wear and Ms. High Stakes Recycling with my uncharacteristically clean car for our Escape From Travis County last month. I then took them off the porch and in the front room for Halloween, because who wants to go trick or treating at the Rosedale Hillbillies? (I also hid the rusted can of paint, the yard sign posts, and the busted mailbox.)

Here’s the shrine:

Sorry this one is so big, but I wanted you to get a real feeling for the shrine. Basically, this is the place where I put all the stuff that was too big to tuck into the six other shrines around the house. Again, careful viewers will note the presence of the big plastic things that are supposed to be keeping my spare tire in place in its spot under the floor of the way back in the Passat. Thinking about putting them away. Also, there appears to be some grey tool propping up the Texans for Obama-Biden bumpersticker.

Finally, here’s Mazie’s cake:

This is not its position from the original Report. I put it out in the yard almost immediately after posting, but I didn’t break it down for garbarge day right away. (Halloween’s over–hillbilly time is back.) Last night, after it had been out in the yard for at least six hours, I asked Tech Support Guy to bring it back in the house and record its existence for the Dear Readers. While it’s not in its original, space-hogging spot, it’s probably easier to marvel in its beauty this way.

More later. Trying to absorb the fact that Obama won only 28 counties in Texas. (That’s twice as many counties as he won in Vermont, but that would be because there are 14 counties in Vermont.  Add 240 and that’s how many counties there are in the Lone Star State.)

But John Aielli is now listing the cities and counties that went blue on Tuesday! Harris! Dallas! Bexar! (That’s Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio to those of you stopping by from Unreal America.) Finally, if you’re wondering how the Original Maverick did in the Real Maverick’s county, here’s Burnt Orange’s update.