In film school, we were all destined to make at least one music video. Mine was Robbie Robertson’s Somewhere Down the Crazy River. Ari chose Shy by Peter Murphy. The one scene from her video that always stands out for me is a shot of Holiday playing on a t.v. set. It’s the scene where […]

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As you probably know, I’m reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. (Amaranta has just died, and Mauricio, the man who is eternally surrounded by yellow butterflies, has just been shot. This is by far one of the most beautiful pieces of writing I’ve ever come across.) To contrast this amazing and lucid masterpiece, I am […]

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Look, I don’t want this to get all weepy and sentimental, so I’ll make it quick. The thing is, I’m packing up, splitting, blowing this popsicle stand, moving out, heading for the hills, trucking, blazing, bolting, turning in my badge, hitting the road, vamoosing, making like a tree, cashing in my chips. Sorry, doll, but […]

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Came across another cemetery relocation report, this time the Craddocks in Bastrop County. The story behind William Craddock is pretty interesting:
[He] was one of the many victims of the lawlessness that pervaded the Knobbs area in the decades following the Civil War…. Although the accounts [of his untimely end] vary in some details, the gist […]

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I admit that I have, on occasion, called upon friends who are in the know for advice on how to do certain things. For example, here at work there is a man who knows a lot about computer hardware. Sometimes when we passed in the halls I’d tap him for tips on how to build […]

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Many of the 17 sons named Aureliano (yes, there are 17 and they are all named Aureliano) have been killed in retaliation for their father’s public condemnation of Macondo’s greedy immigrants (”One of these days, I’m going to arm my boys so we can get rid of these shitty gringos!”). Only a few appear to […]

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I used to dread meatloaf as a kid. In truth, I dreaded meatloaf - even the thought of it - until very recently. But one night about a year ago I found “Big Thicket Cajun Meatloaf” on the Shady Grove menu. What caught my eye was “spicy creole sauce.” I ordered it (hold the queso) […]

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Two days ago, a woman left her 2-year-old daughter in her SUV for three hours during the hottest time of one of our hottest days.
[NOTE: I originally ended this post with something highly insensitive and I don’t want it displayed here anymore, so I’ve removed it. For what it’s worth, the death has been […]

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I’m currently reading Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. It’s good. Over the first couple of chapters, he made us really appreciate Aureliano for being just about the only level-headed Buendia and now he’s turning him into a war tyrant. Strange. I still want to like him despite his bloody streak. I guess war […]

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We went to Sea World San Antonio for the first time yesterday. I must say, it was awesome. My favorite part was Viva! which was a white whale/dolphin/synchronized swimming extravaganza. Ari got pictures with the two lead stars of the show afterwards. I’m so jealous. I’ll post them soon.
But as fun as Viva! was, the […]

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