MooPig Blues Department :: "Texas Blues as a Crime against Texans"

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Rife with Blues
mashed mixed articles by Pat Darnell  |  Aug 2, 2014  |  Bryan TX


If mothers knew how much long term brain damage contact football does to football players [of all ages] would they let their children play football? Football is rife with brain concussions, it is a rite of passage for footballers.

Do you think those mothers would allow their children to play the Blues, if they knew it is an art form that thrives on the locale where it is played? Yep, that's right. You can take the football away from the player, but you can't take the Blues out of the child. And that is a liability in Texas.

Tribute to the Lone Star State: Dispossessed Men and Mothers of Texas | Music News | Rolling Stone: "Most non-Texans tend to think of Texas people as blustering self-righteous assholes, to state it bluntly. That's more or less Janis Joplin's view of the people around the oil refinery town of Port Arthur, where she grew up rebellious and rejected. "Man, those people hurt me," she recalls bitterly. She painted and read poetry, and that made her different, weird. a freak in the eyes of civilized Texans. "I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it's hard when you're a kid to be different. You're all full of things and you don't know what it's about.""
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In the Lone Star State, if you have a non-conforming attitude about your life's direction, beware. There are plenty of Texas Southern Baptists and Ecumenical's ready to pounce on your shit.

You might have to have a yard sale and go west.

CONCLUSION

"... Texas is part of the Old South, but the further west you go across the state, the less prejudice and conservatism and general tight-assed-ness do you encounter. Which is sort of true nationally and may explain why so many Texas musicians have drifted as far west as they can go, to San Francisco. "All this propaganda that this was a free city, that you could dress or do anything anyway you wanted to, smoke dope without a lot of trouble – that's what brought them here," says Tracy Nelson, Mother Earth vocalist whose band is 75% Texan in origin. "They were really driven out of Texas, man. It's a really stupid bunch of clods back there and all the Texas cats I know hate that Texas mentality and all the bullshit."

"No question about Texas soul," Doug Sahm agrees. "But, listen, you pay, dues for that soulfulness. You pay dues for that soulfulness, man."

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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tribute-to-the-lone-star-state-dispossessed-men-and-mothers-of-texas-19681207?page=3
http://artandseek.net/2009/01/15/texas-blues-part-2-dallas-palace-of-the-blues/

MooPig Church of the Beach :: "Meet the Church Hoppers"

Church Health
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Nov 25, 2013  |  Bryan TX

MooPig Wisdom doesn't like to toot its own horn ... well, on second thought, we do toot our own horn ... a lot ... but we see NATGEO TV has used our idea for yet another reality show. We would have called it Church Report Card ... but they have enlisted three hunky men to gather information about a struggling church out there. Then they propose a fixer up plan, and go through the process of what amounts to storefront architectural re-hab. They call it CHURCH RESCUE TEAM, featuring the Church Hoppers.

MooPig Church of the Beach Department thinks it is pretty cool now that NATGEO has filmed its first few episodes. Our guys went out and printed some T-shirts and caps with "Church Report Card" on them. Then they issued this statement:

"As you might have known, we advertise MooPig is enemy of bombast. However, it is revolutionary that we at MooPig A-and-E with unanimous aplomb decide that bombast does in fact have a place in our simulations of Church of the Beach formats. We have come to realize that bombast in its rawest form serves skeletal ambitions like War and Faith. So, bombast is our friend in this newest buona-venture, as ludicrous as that is."

Maybe someday our editorial groups will sync with modern media in a MooPig Reality Show; like a barbecue or something.

Meet the Church Hoppers | National Geographic Channel: "Unfortunately, running a successful parish isn't as easy as just gathering your neighbors in praise. Forty percent of new churches fail within the first year and eighty percent go under in five years. "

EXCERPT
" ... So what happens when a church is failing to thrive? Enter the Church Hoppers. The team is comprised of Kevin “Rev Kev” Annas, Anthony “Gladamere “ Lockhart, and Jerry “Doc” Bentley. Rev Kevin is the resident business guru, who applies his entrepreneurial experience to churches' finances and operations to make sure they're running smoothly. Gladamere is the crew's sales and marketing specialist, helping refine churches' brands and promote their message to the community. Doc is a counselor, motivational speaker and the Hoppers' Church Systems Analyst, getting to know each individual parish's faith to help the church meet its goals. ..."

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COMMENTS from Site:

Chris Gragg 6 days ago

"Rev Kev"...hahahaha! They had to add an extra sewage treatment plant in Caldwell county for all the people he crapped out of money. I hope he's had a change of heart, but his history sure doesn't leave him with a good testimony in running a "church business". I believe he may have a better career as a politician considering he has never run a business effectively. Personally, I wouldn't let him get his hands on my monopoly game money. NatGeo you guys need to do some background checks before buying a reality show.


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http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/church-rescue/articles/meet-the-church-hoppers/
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/04/moopigs-church-of-beach-easter-eve-2010.html

MooPig Anthropology Nanosecond :: "Hair"

Snagged by Pat Darnell and Alex Lifeson  |  March 1, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Cen Yingyuan: 'I'm addicted to my hair', says Chinese woman who hasn't trimmed her 6ft 7in hair in 11 YEARS | Mail Online: "She is unable to wash it in a shower or bath due to its extreme length and is forced to bend over a bucket. Cen washes her hair every four days and her secret to keeping it shiny is to use a bottle of beer. And Cen is not alone in being obsessed with growing her hair. The Red Yao women, a minority ethnic group from Huangluo Yao Village in China, have an average hair length of 5.5 feet with the longest locks measure more than 6.8 feet. Incredibly, the women cut their hair only once in their lives, at 16 years old, before they start their search for a husband, as they believe a woman long hair brings longevity, wealth and good fortune."

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The trick to keeping such a vast amount of hair shiny, according to Cen, is to rinse it with a bottle of beer

Proud: Cen Yingyuan shows off her 6ft 7in long hair, the result of 11 years without having it cut

COMMENTS
[F]or the people commenting saying the cannot grow their hair past a certain length....this is called your terminal length. your genes determine terminal length and no matter what you do or how long you wait, your hair will never grow beyond this length. i struggle to grow mine just a few inches below my shoulders.
- Jen , Southampton, 01/3/2013

@how does she sleep: she can leave it open or plait it and let it hang over the side of the bed or push it between her pillow and the bedstead. I know because I'm 5 ft 5 inches and my hair is below my knees. And her hair is not 6 ft 7 inches since its basically the same height as she is. And thoroughly washing hair of this length takes five minutes under a decent shower. If she uses a bucket and treats her hair as if its made of spun sugar then yes, it will take her an hour! Drying hair of this length though does take 24 hours, she's right about that...
- ashlis , Asia, 01/3/2013

I'll never moan about having to wash mine ever again.
- MB83 , Ireland, 01/3/2013


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2285979/Cen-Yingyuan-Im-addicted-hair-says-Chinese-woman-trimmed-6ft-7in-hair-11-YEARS.html

MooPig's Vacation like a Kennedy :: "Taking a Tour?"

Ghost Hunters DC
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Apr 3, 2012 | Bryan TX

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First lady, Google announce White House digital tours - POLITICO.com:

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Interesting things we learned:

The White House has a bowling lane, a tennis court, a basketball court, a putting green, a jogging track, a swimming pool, 132 rooms, 4 dining rooms, 1 dentist office, 28 fireplaces, 12 chimneys, 3 elevators, 4 floors, and 2 basements.

Members of the first family and their guests use the rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors. There are 16 family and guest bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a sunny family room, a kitchen, and a dining room. Special guests stay in the Queens' Bedroom and the Lincoln Bedroom.

In 1835, Andrew Jackson received a strange gift: a huge wheel of cheddar cheese, 4 feet round and 2 feet thick, weighing 1,400 pounds. It sat in the Entrance Hall for two years while it cured. Jackson invited the public to visit and eat the cheese on Washington's Birthday, 1837. Within two hours, the cheese was gone but the smell remained.

The President's salary is $400,000.

We liked reading all about the various White House pets.

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http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/04/first-lady-google-announce-white-house-digital-tours-119425.html

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Podium Legs -- Air Compression Pants | Podium Legs

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Feb 12, 2012 | Bryan TX

Podium Legs -- Air Compression Pants | Podium Legs:
How Podium Legs work

Podium Legs technology isn't like your old compression socks. Compare it instead to a professional recovery massage.

The leg cuffs go from your foot or ankle (depending on your height) all the way up your thigh, with 4 air chambers that fill in sequence, gradually compressing each muscle group in your legs and feet, and then repeating, to increase circulation, and flush the lactic acid from your legs after a tough workout.

Choose from different cycles of 15 minutes each, with multiple power levels, and point massage options for problem areas.

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http://www.podiumlegs.com/

Pastor in St. Louis Suburb Fends off bullets with his Bible

Motive Still Unclear in Church Shooting
By JIM SUHR [...]AP
MARYVILLE, Ill. (March 9) - Worshipers at the sprawling First Baptist Church in this St. Louis suburb initially weren't alarmed when a young man they didn't recognize walked up the church's center aisle during the early morning sermon. Until he opened fire.

Winters deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene worshipers initially thought was a skit, police said.
"We just sat there waiting for what comes next not realizing that he had wounded the pastor," said Linda Cunningham, whose husband is a minister of adult education at the 1,200-member church.

Winters had stood on an elevated platform to deliver his sermon about finding happiness in the workplace — titled "Come On, Get Happy" — and managed to run halfway down the sanctuary's side aisle before collapsing after the attack, Cunningham said.

Two worshipers tackled the gunman as he pulled the knife, and all three were stabbed — the gunman suffered "a pretty serious wound to the neck" while one worshiper had lower back wounds, Trent said.
Churchgoers knocked the gunman between sets of pews, then held him down until police arrived, said member Don Bohley, who was just outside the sanctuary when the shooting began.