Dust Storm-and It’s Not Even Spring
January 22, 2010; our first big dust storm of the new year, and it's a doozy. Mari and I were smart enough to take our three mile walk early this morning because by 9:00 the wind hit, and it was downhill from there. Or should I say ridiculously windy from there. I...
Fast Food Workers Get No Respect
We walked into a fast food chain over the weekend to be greeted by a pleasant hello from the young woman behind the counter. I placed my order for a small cheeseburger, mustard and mayonnaise, no ketchup. I knew I was in trouble when she had to ask her supervisor a...
Destructo Dog Graduates
For eight grueling weeks we braved highway 84, survived one potty training accident, spent a fortune every time we stepped foot into PetsMart, and finished the course with a diploma and a picture (of sorts) and a happy little puppy who now knows how to sit,...
TV is Going to Ruin Football-Or Has it Already?
Okay, this post is just me venting a little bit. In the newspaper it would be called an op-ed piece, so maybe I could get away with calling it that. Probably not. I'm a true Texan schooled in the pleasures of football. My dad was a high school football star. I...
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