tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post112398394478611498..comments2023-10-30T09:45:32.994-05:00Comments on The Musings of Kev: Saluting a Local LegendKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124160787985573002005-08-15T21:53:00.000-05:002005-08-15T21:53:00.000-05:00Oh, and speaking of nature's creatures coming in c...Oh, and speaking of nature's creatures coming in contact with bare feet early in the morning, remind me to tell you the story of the "blonde rat." Maybe I'll even turn it into a post on a slow news day...Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124130611574448982005-08-15T13:30:00.000-05:002005-08-15T13:30:00.000-05:00I see. Until I was about 10 I didn't travel out o...I see. Until I was about 10 I didn't travel out of Missouri. Then, when I was 11 or 12 I went on all of these business trips with my father and fell in love with travel. It took me about a year to realize practically no one in Louisiana had a basement. Then I found out a lot of people in southern Missouri don't as well (Lots of bedrock and springs). It was... an odd time for growing up.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124118594185598472005-08-15T10:09:00.000-05:002005-08-15T10:09:00.000-05:00What is this "basement" of which you speak? ;-) T...What is this "basement" of which you speak? ;-) They pretty much don't exist in Texas, unless the building is on a big slope. And while I do know what one is, having lived in Missouri myself a time or two, I can imagine a native Texan in the non-hilly part of the state going "huh?" when they hear that word.<BR/><BR/>But crickets in your room...eww. I hope you have better "roommates" when you get to the dorm.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124091231998022922005-08-15T02:33:00.000-05:002005-08-15T02:33:00.000-05:00I live in my basement, which is completely finishe...I live in my basement, which is completely finished and recently carpeted, but the crickets don't care. Sometimes I wake up with on staring at me on my bed, sometimes I end up squishing one with my bare feet on my way to the bathroom in the morning (Since I'm near-sighted badly) and often join me in the shower to their ultimate death. Ugh.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124085060605313072005-08-15T00:51:00.000-05:002005-08-15T00:51:00.000-05:00Oh, you'll see the crickets once you're down here,...Oh, you'll see the crickets once you're down here, Shawn. They usually invade every September, and they'll be crunching under your feet in parking lots all across campus.<BR/><BR/>As for the albino squirrel, I think there's only one of him, but he has his own <A HREF="http://orgs.unt.edu/asps/" REL="nofollow">website</A>.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124082131246039162005-08-15T00:02:00.000-05:002005-08-15T00:02:00.000-05:00Crickets? I didn't even see the "Albino Squirrels...Crickets? I didn't even see the "Albino Squirrels" that I heard so much about during orientation.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1124040929714075542005-08-14T12:35:00.000-05:002005-08-14T12:35:00.000-05:00featuring the exploits of the legendary Von Erich ...<I>featuring the exploits of the legendary Von Erich family and their cohorts.</I><BR/><BR/>I live on Fritz Lane, as in Fritz Von Erich. They used to own most of the land, and live in this area over here. Corinth Park was built on some of their land. Down the road, Fritz's house is still for sale. Around the corner from that is his son Kevin Atkins' (von Erich was a stage name) house. The family used to take their pets to the vet clinic my Mom worked at so she got to know them really well. We have some tshirts somewhere that they gave Mom back in the day. I can't imagine getting to see the decline of the Atkins brothers first hand. Sad stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com