Rule, Brittaniea! A 10-ticket thrill ride
Now what?
…you are supposed to be having a hard time. This is how the world makes writers. It kicks their ass long enough that they start finally telling the truth. They just finally give up and start bleating out little truthlets.
In the process of trying to make a few difficult decisions, I found this advice [...]
Happy Fourth!
I will be spending all day writing, going through still-unedited vacation photos, setting up my new computer and then drinking a bottle of wine while watching the fireworks from a safe and uncrowded distance.
Something to ponder
What if all that you had to look forward to were the things that are free, like sunrises, wagging tails, holding hands, and your imagination. Would it all be worth it?
Probably.
What if you could trade-in some of your free stuff for fabulous wealth, fulfilling work, gorgeous looks, or anything else that your heart desired? Would [...]
Lobster
Could be one of my favorite words. I love how the more you say it the less it means anything until it just eventually turns into a blob of saliva you roll around on your tongue continuously. It’s got everything — soft consonants, hard consonants, and the perfect inflection of vowels in between. Same [...]
Sleepwalk
Recently I wondered aloud to CLH whether Herbie still plays live since his old venue, the Cosmos Cafe, is now a frat-boy bar. Not a day later I get an invite to a performance of his at the Mucky Duck, this Sunday from 6-9 p.m. I’ll be there. The ornery old guy is nearing 83 [...]
Intoxicated
These are my friends The Intoxicators. I met them last year at Hukilau and they are the most rockin-est group of fine Southern gentlemen you ever will meet. I was super excited to see them play again at Hukilau 2009, especially in the mysterious Polynesia darkness of the Mai Kai…
Picture courtesy KoiTiki
Singin’ fa fa fa fa fa fa
Falling in love all over again with the Stax/Volt catalog after re-watching the Stax/Volt Revue from 1967, filmed in Norway. We bought the DVD on our trip to Memphis last year. BTW, the Stax Museum is one of the best museums I’ve ever visited, literally.
The Wikipedia page for Otis Redding is full of delicious nuggets [...]
‘Tis true
Via JD.
Tourist in my own town
“I want to encourage people to be tourists in their own towns. But you’ve got a take a chance and go somewhere that you may not have been before or thought, ‘I’m not interested in that.’ Get interested in it.”
Tikiphile and pal Charles Phoenix was interviewed today on NPR.
A moon with a view
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. This is cool: items collected by Norman Mailer as part of his research for Of a Fire on the Moon.
A savage act
Loyalty to the family is tyranny to the self.
Lazy Sunday
Here is what I’m doing today:
Also, good news from San Antonio. They’re hosting Amerivespa 2010.
Half
How’s this for inspiration? Houston PD cadet breaks record for the most push-ups done by a woman — 405. Here, in convenient list form, are my favorite highlights from the story, so you don’t even have to click the link!
When Cadet Andino entered the academy six months ago, she was barely able to perform 25!
The [...]
The Mojo Relic
In which I go searching for a Mid-century oddity in the ‘burbs of Htown.
Hit the books
Something I haven’t mentioned yet (here, at least) is that I am going back to school, starting in exactly one month. I am enrolled full-time at U of H, where I plan to study creative non-fiction, get a second degree, and hopefully apply for grad school by this time next year.
I have always loved school [...]
Blue fever
I’ve had hardcore dog fever for about two years now, desperately wanting to get a young dog to bond with Gus and for CLH to have the experience of raising a puppy. (Gus is the first dog he’s ever had, and they got to know each other after Gus was full-grown and fully-reared.)
Lance set me [...]
Silver buttons all down her back
Rufus Thomas, Stax performer and star of vaudeville. Loves it.
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