Hands on a Hard Body It’s a fine example of what an authentic documentary should be like. Hands on a Hard Body is not porn despite the suggestive title. It’s about people in a small town in East Texas where the object of the contest is to stay awake, with your hands on a particular … Hands on a Hard Body

It’s show time I staggered to Dallas Love Field, looking like I’d slept in my clothes. I looked like I’d just been to a Jimmy Buffett show. I had. At the departure lounge, I ran into another reader, my friend Jessica Davis. She was heading to Austin to work for a weekend. I offered to … It’s show time

“Yes I am pirate, 200 years too late, the canons don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder, I’m an over 40 victim of fate… [from Jimmy Buffett’s 1974 release, A1A. Many folks observed the earring. Coming home, the next day, going through security, “You saw Buffett last night? It was good, wasn’t it!” There were a … Yes I am a pirate

Pain in the neck The last couple of days, my neck’s been bothering me. It’s an old observation, how you can’t swing a dead cat in this town without hitting a massage therapist [tarot card reader, web designer, former high-tech worker]. I thought about it, trying to remember which massage therapist I should call in … Pain in the Neck

Debunking Astronomy So I was talking with a client, and I was studiously avoiding the incessant pager, thinking between my replies, “I’ve got to set that thing to vibrate.” I missed call from a local FOX affiliate station, a reporter who wanted to do a piece about the alignment of the planets, supposedly visible for … Debunking Astronomy

Keep on rocking in the free world I was walking home from Jo’s, taking the four mile way, and I noticed an orange [Monarch?] butterfly, just as it landed on a tiny orange flower. “Man, this will make a great picture!” But as soon as I pulled out the camera, the butterfly was off to … Keep on rocking in the free world

Hitchhiking through Sunday I got a call Sunday morning, Bubba – cited by the City of Lockhart for his unsightly lawn care. The

Ultimate Brownie I’m not a connoisseur of things chocolate, that’s not my substance of choice. Chocolate really doesn’t do much for me. However, Saturday evening, while I was looking over an astrology chart, sipping a warm latte in the evening’s fading light, I got a hankering for something sweet, a treat to follow the meal. … Ultimate Brownie