Missing parts – Feast day of St. Julian the Hospitaler
Know what this place is really missing? A flag. Just a plain, Texas flag. I should add, I do have a real one, up over my bed. And that St. Julian? Probably fictitious, the saint of alehouse keepers, travelers and circus performers.
But if I got around to digging through my graphic archives, I’m sure there’s a flag or two in there. Or I could use an animated, waving flag. “Yeah buddy, that flag’s a waving because of the breeze generated by the cooling fan on the power supply for your computer.” Uh-huh.
But the Republic of Texas had a number of flags, about a half dozen, if I recall. My personal favorite’s still that Gonzales flag, “Come and Take It.” The original is pretty beat up, and copies just don’t do justice to the image.
The Shakespeare Globe logo is still part of the current masthead, but that’s a personal nod towards my favorite charity.
And some how, there really should be the universal image of a Micropterus Salmoides with a lure in its mouth, but I let the Bass Pro Shop ad carry that image’s weight.
Bubba stopped by to soak up some of the neighbor’s bandwidth, piggy-backed wireless, and we got to talking about my trip, and how Corpus Christi was home to What-a-burger. Which lead to late night dash to the local establishment. Just all in a night’s entertainment – must be the alehouse keeper part.
“Wasn’t it last week? We were talking about food and how it’s bad to eat this late?”
I’m based in Austin, so I really should fly a flag. I’m just not sure which one. I’m still partial to that Gonzales flag, myself. A Texian flag, a Texas flag, really, it does embody that Austin spirit. Like St Julian the Hospitaler, patron saint of alehouse keepers, travelers and circus performers.
