Neighborly New Year's Inspiration

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Have you ever been to Boca Chica State Park? It’s a public beach near Brownsville, Texas, and it’s farther south than South Padre Island. It’s right on the delta of the Rio Grande. My husband and I visited this beach ...

The Odometer Effect

By timoi in On Another Note

For the past three years I have kept an online journal, I have always written a post at the end of the year to take stock of what I have just been through. It's the odometer effect I keep saying ...

Five for Friday

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Okay. I’ve just about run out of things to tell you about myself, hence the absence of a “Ten Things” list this week. However, Vicad blog reader TitanKT has given me another list of questions that I shall use as ...

A Wannabe Movie Critic's Wannabe Movie Review: "Memoirs of a Geisha"

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Christmas dinner has been served, eaten, and put away in Ziploc containers. Photos have been taken. Gifts have been unwrapped. Family members have said their goodbyes. The house is now empty. A tremendous cloud of melancholy replaces the merriment that ...

A Wannabe Movie Critic's Wannabe Movie Review: "Memoirs of a Geisha"

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Christmas dinner has been served, eaten, and put away in Ziploc containers. Photos have been taken. Gifts have been unwrapped. Family members have said their goodbyes. The house is now empty. A tremendous cloud of melancholy replaces the merriment that ...

Buying memories

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

If you have some extra cash around the house, you may want to check out the AstroWorld Public auction on Jan. 6-8. As you may know, the AstroWorld in Houston was closed for good recently. When I was a kid ...

Stream of Cursor-ness

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

As I open a blank document on my word processor program and sit here staring at the blinking cursor, I realize how much I have in common with this constant, flashing wonder. I am ready for input. Tell me anything, ...

13 Years Later

By timoi in On Another Note

Looking at The Advocate, I found a story that caught my eye, you can read it here... Kilt Controversey Hits Close To Home I find that interesting, because I remember this way back in 1992. My brother, you see, was ...

Zany Miscellany: The Last Christmas Hurrah

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Ahhh…The final Christmas-themed “Ten Things” of the season…A special thanks goes out to TitanKT for providing this list—it’s been entertaining! Note: I only had 5 items left, so I made up the last 5 questions. Or else I wouldn’t have ...

Blogs Are Good For Something

By timoi in On Another Note

To anyone who thinks that nothing good came out of blogging, check this out Blog Confession