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1. They serve the best Margaritas in town. (And their free bean dip with chips is really good too…)

2. They will allow me to sit with my dog, Sebastian, on the patio.

3. They are 1/2 block from my house which means I can walk there.

Add all of that up, and that means that I’m just going to have to be a regular. And that is a very, very bad thing. I’ve got enough bad money spending habits, I don’t need to add Nico’s to the list. But I might just have to. Because the margaritas are *that* good. Add to it the fact I can take my dog there, and well…I just can’t resist.

And for my German readers, let me explain: margaritas are not considered a ‘girly’ drink in Texas…no no. Margaritas, in and of themselves, are a reason to party. We, Texans, drink margaritas the way German’s drink beer. We order them by the pitcher and share them with friends. They are a reason to get together and shoot the shit, blow off steam, socialize. No man who drinks a margarita is considered a ‘girly’ man…not at all. It it a uniquely ‘Texan’ thing.

And one, that I believe, I will have to partake more of.

Damn you, Nico’s.

Very seldom do I find something on YouTube that is really genius. This, however, is well done and worth passing along. It is the history of Wars from WWII from the Americans point of view. And, it is all done with foods that represent various countries. (The French Fries don’t represent France, which is what I first thought…a cheat sheet of which countries each food represents is here.)

Who knew you could teach history with exploding food?

This post does not look unusual. In fact, it looks pretty boring. But the cool thing about this post, is that I’m not touching the keyboard. I am using a really cool new software called Dictate by MacSpeech. And in order to show you how accurate it is, I’m not going to correcting the mistakes.

I was actually fairly impressed with iListen. IListen was the product before Dictate. But, I have to say, that dictate blows I listen out of the water. I think the most difficult thing when using a dictation software is not pausing in weird places. It’s not like a magic talking to anyone. The more natural and make my conversation with the software, the more accurate it is.

I started looking for a dictation software few years back when my wrists gave out. I had Cuba O’Connell syndrome in my arms so bad that I literally could not hold a glass without shaking. I could not type for longer than maybe two minutes. When your keyboard is your form of communication with the world, and your wrists get out, you’re pretty much screwed.

I think one of the most cool things about this software, is that it works with nearly any program. Right now, I’m dictating directly into my WordPress. Hey that’s pretty cool, even capitalized WordPress correctly. I can also use voice commands to go to the file system. Literally, I don’t have to touch the keyboard to do any of this. How cool is that?

Now I know that not everybody uses a Mac. But the software is made by the same people who make the Dragon NaturallySpeaking. So if you have a PC, you can get something similar.

I even like that can cuss at the software. Bitch. Dammit. Thought that. Okay, I guess I can’t say the word FTC K.

I didn’t think it was possible, but my hairdresser gave me straight hair…at least for a day. I look completely different~! I wish it didn’t take forever to do this!

Let me know what you think…

I love April 1st!