Dilley

Indeed, “sovereign citizen” Jonathan Dilley is serving a nearly 4-year sentence in federal prison after he tried to pay off more than $800,000 of debt by making his own currency.

Think Progress » Indiana’s ‘sovereign citizens’ renounce their U.S. citizenship, claim to secede from the Union. 2010

Jonathan Dilley is serving a nearly 4-year sentence in federal prison after he tried to pay off more than $800,000 of debt by making his own currency.

Think Progress » Indiana’s ‘sovereign citizens’ renounce their U.S. citizenship, claim to secede from the Union. 2010

Indeed, “sovereign citizen” Jonathan Dilley is serving a nearly 4-year sentence in federal prison

Think Progress » Indiana’s ‘sovereign citizens’ renounce their U.S. citizenship, claim to secede from the Union. 2010

That reminded me, irresistably, of when we lived in Dilley, Texas (my ages 9-12) and a family of armadillos moved in under our house.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT Maggie Jochild 2007

To paraphrase Dickens, our years in Dilley were the best of times and the worst of times.

BOBBY PROCTOR Maggie Jochild 2007

I used to know a girl by that name in Dilley, Texas.

BOBBY PROCTOR Maggie Jochild 2007

(Bill Barnett circa 1965, age 7, by living room doors in Dilley, Texas)

WILLIAM DAVID BARNETT 10 NOVEMBER 1958 - 19 JUNE 2001 Maggie Jochild 2007

When I heard the name Dilley, I remember years ago it was a big deal, these sextuplets -- they were all over the news, etc.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

If you are ever travelling down I-35 toward Laredo, south of San Antonio, stop at Pacho's in Dilley.

Marfa and a plate of stacked enchiladas | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

Key TMS moments during 1981's big Headingley turnaround included a lengthy and entirely straight discussion of the correct way to address a bishop in written correspondence "The Most Reverend", a saliva-drenched interlude of almost silent on-air cake-munching and a bit where Fred Trueman's musings on Graham Dilley are accompanied by a loud and persistent "ching! ching!" noise, which proves to be Trueman lighting his pipe.

My Beef with England: if only we had an Ian Botham now | Barney Ronay 2011