Great ideas

Great ideas. Like this favorite character, nobody likes my great ideas. My Friday five: Friday was wildlife in Central Austin. One pair of swans has five ugly ducklings. Four people I ran into: Aquarius postal delivery lady, “Hi Kramer, why, you’re wearing shoes!” Sagittarius woman talking to the postal girl, “What’s up with Sagittarius anyway?” Great ideas

Worried on the Avenue

Worried on the Avenue. Should I be worried? > you haven’t seen bitter. > well maybe you have. [via fredlet] Real world writing [couldn’t have said it better myself.] This

gray morning

And yet, so beautiful. The cat woke me with her insistence that she be fed, I heard rain falling on the trailer’s roof, rolled over and went back to sleep. The morning fog, or heavy clouds rolling up and off the river’s bottom, set a comfortable tone and temperature for the time. “Ah, gee, thanks gray morning

Generic employment advice

As an astrologer, I get called about employment questions all the time. Here’s the take, and you know, this stuff doesn’t necessarily apply to people based on their sign alone, although, in a consultation, I would tailor the information and delivery to suit the situation. “I don’t like my job because….” 1] The boss hates Generic employment advice

Various thoughts moral and diverting

Various thoughts moral and diverting: astrowhore.org I’m not sure whether I should be insulted or proud. One of the most disconcerting comments made at yesterday’s journal writers’ gathering was the suggestion that Bubba Sean’s web log cum journal [astrowhore.org] was actually being done by me. Look it up in Domain Name search “whois” and it’ll Various thoughts moral and diverting

Too much to think about

After driving boat all over the lake on Sunday morning, that’s two [2] mornings in a row I’ve been up at 5 to go fish, I wandered up to Quero’s to meet the Austin Journal Writing folks. Out of five present, one of them had a regular job. The rest of us, 80%, are odd Too much to think about

snapshot

Blackmail is a little east of here, on South Congress Avenue. Eclectic, a little trendy, a little classic, it’s mostly [as the name would imply] black clothing. The front display, for the past few weeks, has been this priceless, artistic display of cowboy boots. Since I was trolling along with almost dead batteries in the snapshot

Saturday the 13th

Saturday the 13th. New Moon is slicing into Taurus. The Lake. By the time we rolled into Fayette County, it was foggy, almost cool out. Looked like we were going to get skunked, at one point, not many fish were biting. A few nibbled, but none of the lake’s denizens seemed particularly interested. “Dude. That’s Saturday the 13th

Choices

I’ll get them up as I get them polished up, but I’m happy to report that I’ll have my El Paso restaurant reviews all in a line. Of course, I’ll be missing a few places, too. I was looking at Forti’s, the Truck Stop, and Cattleman’s. I love being back in Austin’s “moisture laden” environment, Choices