SCCCREEEEEECH!!!!!
 D'ya hear that? No, it's not the sound of me jerking my needle off my old Andy Gibb album in disbelief I ever bought the thing in the first place. No, rather, it is just the sudden halt of ...

It's Been Such a Long Time (Redux)
So forgive the rehash here, but inspiration seems to be running short these days, as is my free time. I thought the election slant entirely appropriate, however. Just substitute "elections coming up next month" for "primaries coming up tomorrow" and, ...

Please Protect Her
I thought I would save you the agony of trying to figure out my photography in exchange for a more professional slide show here. It seems that once again scientists have discovered many ("hundreds") new species of ocean life off a barrier ...

Testing 1,2,3...Here Kitty Kitty Kitty
 This is likely meaningless in the larger scheme of things, but I am learning at a snail's pace how to transfer pictures from my camera to the computer to my blog, etc. Bear with me here. If this picture ...

City Of Dreams
 So it appears Ike is barreling toward the upper Texas Gulf Coast, specifically Houston via Galveston. While we on the lower coast can breathe a sigh of relief (for now), I resent Ike taking aim at Houston just as ...

A Noble Tradition
 How many of you have been enjoying the Olympics? I have been watching as much as possible, and still feel like I can't get enough this year. Besides the fact that the U.S.A. is doing very well overall, with ...

Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired
 Well now, isn't serendipity wonderful! I wrote the title (a great song by Traffic) to this blog because I literally have been feeling uninspired of late, unable to form even a decent thought for a posting. But lo and ...

Goodye to the Mom and Pop Store?
There has been an interesting thread on the VicAd discussion forum concerning Wal-Mart and peoples' experiences there. While I could jump in and join the fray, venting my frustration at the long lines and sometimes less than courteous associates at ...

Yearbook Fever - Or Wait, Maybe Not
Boy, the times, they are a-changin'. And this current generation certainly is not their parents' generation. I was recently reading the Houston Chronicle when I came upon an article about the demise of that rite of high school passage, the yearbook. ...

Burning Down the House
 So it seems the public should make a destination of the VicAd blogs in order to get the LATEST NEWS. Seems the Governor's Mansion in Austin was extensively damaged by fire early Sunday morning. Why isn't the Victoria Advocate ...