Seen Any Good Movies Lately?
 I have, thanks largely in part to NOT going to the movies in a long time. I had the pleasure of a repeat (or repeat repeat repeat, I lose count) viewing of a most eloquent movie, "Grand Illusion" (most ...

My Cousins, My Universe
Where does the time go?? My "little" cousin, Coby, is graduating high school this Friday. I truly cannot believe it. He looks like he could well be in college, maybe even a college graduate, because of his size and maturity, ...

Why I Do What I Do
 Like the color here? Blood red. That's why I do what I do. For the blood. For the love of blood, I mean. For the fascination it holds as all animals' life-giving fluid, for the secrets it keeps and ...

Album Cover Art
       There is an unfortunate trend I have noticed these days: Uninspired artwork (and I use the term loosely) on newly released music CDs. These digitally manipulated, boring (for the most part) and insipid ...

I Began to Grow Insane with Long Intervals of Horrible Sanity
 So claimed my favorite author of all time, Edgar Allan Poe. His intense poetry and spellbinding tales of the dark side of human nature reflected this. He is rumored to have perhaps died of rabies, or of alcohol or ...

Here Comes the Sun, and I Say...It's Alright!
So spring is finally here! Despite the clouds and sprinkles we have had of late, the smell of Spring is in the air. A dear friend of mine told me a while back that clouds will part and the sun ...

Supreme Court on Threshold of Landmark Interpretation of 2nd Amendment
So why isn't the Victoria Advocate reporting on this? Today, in a spirited discussion, the Supreme Court seemed divided 5 to 4 along the usual ideological lines while debating the meaning and application of the second amendment to our Constitution, ...

Eggs - It's What's for Breakfast!
Thanx to dear Rusty, and a tidbit in an article on jelly by my second favorite Houston Chronicle columnist, Ken Hoffman (of course, Leon Hale takes first place), I got to thinking about eggs, jelly, biscuits, sausage, pancakes.....breakfast! I recall ...

It's Been Such A Long Time
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, ...

Sorry About That, Giants......Er, Chief....
Well, well.....looks like I owe an apology to the New York Giants. Before I begin an explanation, let me just put forth that I am by no means a sports fan, and would never pretend to be an expert. But ...