Seriously, early one Sunday morning this past August I found the first available flight to Phoenix after getting the news about my cousin, 19, who was in a single person car accident early on the Saturday before. By early afternoon Sunday much of my family had gathered at his sister’s house near downtown in [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Too soon
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Friendship
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
True friendship:
1. When you are sad – I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue – I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile – I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared – I [...]
Snoop’s a homie from the big LB (Long Beach, Calif…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Snoop’s a homie from the big LB (Long Beach, California) like me. HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — To his fans, he’s a pioneering rap artist, to authorities who have tangled with him, he’s a felon. But to players and parents in the Orange County Junior All America Football League, he’s just coach Dogg.“Teaching kids is [...]
Jealous of the moon
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Trying on a brand new dressBut you haven’t worn the old one yet.You’ve come too far, to turn around now.Giving up a good fight.You’re as strong as anyone.You’re back where you started from,I see you’re back where you started from.Staring down the stars, jealous of the moonYou wish you could fly.But you’re staying where you [...]
Tore up from the floor up
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I, myself, am an old, worn shoe: the man who walks the road with his shaman stick, captivated by the beauties around him. I am a student, a discoverer, soon to be enrolled at a certain Hillsdale College in Michigan, USA. I write for a living, and at the current rate will be dead tomorrow [...]
Bonding
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
More than anything when I was young, I wanted to be a double secret agent. I spent hours in the backyard climbing our massive avocado tree, digging holes in the ground [massive 4 foot deep holes, sans permission], assuming the persona of the unflappable Bond, James Bond. It was the kind of experience [...]
On the wire
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“The President believes and often states, as if it were a self-evident truth, that ‘democracies are peaceful countries.’ This claim, which has been advanced in the past in regard to Christianity, socialism, Islam and ethical culture, is the postulate on which the foreign policy of the United States now rests. Even without reference to the [...]
Letting go of God
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I know this is random, but I love having a kid. Here’s something she said one Saturday morning as an example. She had awakened “early” (of course, they all do when they don’t have to), and proceeded to jump wildly on our bed. So I say to her, groggily, “Sit your butt down and [...]
California dreamin’
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
www.myfootprint.org I discovered that based on the formula, if everyone lived like me and my family, we would need 5.2 planets to sustain us. This is pretty shocking. I’m resolved to do better this year and search for ways to improve my footprint. Less car use, less meat and greater awareness [...]
Lost in Translation
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My family and I moved to Waco 7 months ago. From Southern California. Yes, it has been a big change for us, thank you very little. Frankly, I love So. Cal. but not as much as I hate the crowded freeways, the insane cost of living, particularly the real estate prices, and the $34 [...]
