{"id":18654,"date":"2016-12-16T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18654"},"modified":"2016-12-16T21:41:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T21:41:30","slug":"here-comes-the-bum-steer-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18654","title":{"rendered":"Here comes the Bum Steer issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cz0XqetUkAAT6As.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18655\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cz0XqetUkAAT6As-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"cz0xqetukaat6as\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cz0XqetUkAAT6As-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Cz0XqetUkAAT6As.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My pal Dave makes an excellent point about Texas Monthly&#8217;s annual Bum Steer Awards issue &#8212; which is hands down my favorite issue every year of the renowned feature publication.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes they &#8220;don&#8217;t go to press too early,&#8221; given the wackiest of years that&#8217;s about to pass into history.<\/p>\n<p>Boy howdy, 2016 gave the Texas Monthly editors plenty of material with which to work. Indeed, this year\u00a0produced a <em>national<\/em> phenomenon, starting &#8212; and perhaps ending &#8212; with the\u00a0stunning outcome of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The Bum Steer issue has been my favorite for the nearly 33 years my family and I have lived in Texas. I look every year in this issue for something that happens in my hometown that qualifies as a Bum Steer. Whether it was in Beaumont, where we lived for nearly 11 years, or in Amarillo, where we&#8217;ve been for the past 22, I always anticipate that Texas Monthly will find something truly weird to highlight and share with the rest of its readership across this vast state.<\/p>\n<p>I actually have a favorite candidate for a Bum Steer. It just occurred, so Texas Monthly likely couldn&#8217;t get into print. It was the idiotic display of exhibitionism by &#8220;Pastor&#8221; David Grisham, who went to Westgate Mall a few days ago to berate children and their parents who wanted the kids to visit with Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a killjoy, man! Grisham sought to tell the kids that Santa ain&#8217;t real. He&#8217;s fake. Some parents took umbrage at this guy&#8217;s bad manners and boorish behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the Bum Steer issue will be out soon. Here&#8217;s hoping Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle\u00a0are well represented, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My pal Dave makes an excellent point about Texas Monthly&#8217;s annual Bum Steer Awards issue &#8212; which is hands down my favorite issue every year of the renowned feature publication. He hopes they &#8220;don&#8217;t go to press too early,&#8221; given the wackiest of years that&#8217;s about to pass into history. 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