Better in my opinion. They usually respond to disasters before FEMA and the state government. HEB's disaster efforts: https://newsroom.heb.com/disaster-relief/ With regards to just groceries, East coast folks can compare it to a Wegman's. I'm biased of course, but I think HEB beats them by a little bit. Wegman's deli sandwiches and grill is something that HEB doesn't really do yet, but a lot of HEB locations have a BBQ joint in it or out front and it's pretty damn good for a grocery store.
I know nothing about HEB the grocery store. I do know that That the Fat Electrician is consistently very entertaining and does his research. When He posts a podcast about Past Medal of Honor winners you will listen for the duration and learn something. All the while being entertained. Yeah this is a plug, I have never met him, but he is a gifted story teller.
Y'all had a more interesting weekend than me. We slaughtered Daddy Duck and smoked him on the traeger.
We are calling the new "baby" male duck (he's like 11 weeks and about to be in full male plumage, more like a teenager) Baby Daddy. My kid doesn't have a reference point for that combination of words so lil B happily repeats it as the new name. I crack me up.
Lil B at school: "Mommy said she smoked her daddy's meat real good. She said it was delicious. I asked if I could try and she said it was only for grown ups. Next month I think we're going to kill her baby daddy. She said I could help."
Not far from reality! Luckily the word "duck" is thrown in there. Lil B cheerfully told the parks and rec girls hosting a kids event about our weekend plans to slaughter the duck and they were both horrified and amused. We don't let the kiddo near the slaughter situation yet, though there was a whole lot of interest. My kid is kind of blood thirsty.
Pretty sure i have told this story before, but our daughter said fuck in kindergarten. It was completely innocent, teacher had a hard time not laughing. Daughter did something wrong, and said something like "i am so fucking sorry"
My mom tells a story of someone saying "sucks" in kindergarten and the teacher told us all that "sucks" was a bad word and we shouldn't say it, and I apparently cheerfully stood up in front of the class and said, "oh, kind of like fucking asshole."
One of my earliest memories is calling my babysitter a bitch. I didn’t know what one was. Must have been 3-4. She spanked me and told my dad when he picked me up. He spent the car ride home trying to get it out of me where I heard it. I didn’t say but it was probably from movies.
I heard my older brother use the word "slut" and then playing rummy with the family, my mom took the card I was eyeing so I blurted out "You took my card, you slut!" I've never been slapped across the face so fast before. Or since.
When I was a kid we had a dog named “BJ” which was short for “Blackjack.” I’d overheard my uncle and his friends, perhaps 10 years older than me, laughing about the name and calling him “Blowjob.” So the day that I announced to Mom that I was going out to feed Blowjob must have been an unexpected surprise.
Knowing that rain is coming ( I hope ) and I have a gig in Buffalo Saturday, I decided to get all of the mowing done today despite the heat advisory. Honestly, it wasn’t too bad. I’m kind of used to being out in the heat but when I was done it was like, okay, I’m done. And that was it for the day. Im glad I did it though, because I saw something I’ve never seen before as a result. I got to watch a Monarch laying her eggs on our milkweed. You know that scene in Stand By Me where Gordy sees the deer on the railroad tracks and notes he never told anyone about it? I kinda felt that way. Sure I’m telling you here, but I felt no compulsion to grab my camera, post it on social media, etc.( which is somehow different in my mind ). I just enjoyed the moment and the small victory that’s in it. A short time later I saw a Monarch in the meadow I’m tending down the road and decided to look and see if there’s any little ones. I found one and called it a success. I kinda needed that today.
That’s awesome. More and more I just want to enjoy the moment rather than rush to capture and share it.
And yet, having learned nothing in your life, you did the same again last week. Your inner child giggled.