Chicken-fried news and monumental topics.

It wasn’t my intention to sit around writing a post at 5 in the morning because I actually woke up for another reason altogether (think bladder), but now that I’m here I might as well launch into a couple of monumental topics.

Monumental Topic #1. We received an ad in the mail yesterday for a brand new restaurant in Sunnyvale. This is a HUGE DEAL since Sunnyvale is basically ranches and mansions with zero night life — unless you’re a longhorn — or dining options. The map indicates: A) our house in Mesquite; and B) the Bull’s Pen Cafe (pictured above) on the south side of Route 80 about 10 minutes from home unless we have to wait for cattle trying to cross Collins Road. (This actually happens.) The cafe’s menu includes a wide variety of exciting Texas specialties such as six kinds of chicken-fried steak, hand-battered onion rings and deep-fried napkins.

Monumental Topic #2. We’re still planning a trip to the Choctaw Casino today so maybe I should go back to bed for a few hours. I do NOT want to conk out at a slot machine and embarrass Sam.

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