Today is Dad's 78th birthday. Times have been rough since losing him so suddenly, but in spite of the sadness, more than anything I reme...

I will write more at length, later, but I have to mark this occasion now. I've written so many times of my lovely, wonderful parents. We...

Ridiculously busy as I am teaching at my university now. Every day is a learning experience, but almost all classes have been a good experie...

May your day be filled with smiles and contentment. Please enjoy this stirring rendition of The Stars & Stripes Forever on the Majesti...

Mochi is 6 this year, but she will always be a baby, my little guttersnipe.

In February of 2016, Gay_Cynic came to Texas for a visit, and many friends gathered and we had a grand time. He had a wonderful visit and we...

No one ever calls up 9-1-1 to say they are having a good day. Think about that. The very nature of the emergent situations wherein law enf...

There's a neat art studio on one of the main drags in Decatur, just a few doors down from Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes. We stopped there on...

Remember a few years back when a news story made a splash about a family leaving a nasty-gram on their credit card receipt to the non-hetero...

Parking was astonishing, to say the least, but we are here, happily. The crowd is massive, but this convention center seems much larger than...

It was great to gather with friends for a reunion meal last night in Dallas. We drank deep draughts from the meat faucet that is Texas de Br...

Twenty three months ago on May 29, 2016, my friend Ray died. Many people knew him as the blogger Gay_Cynic , and he was a dear friend to me ...

I attend two classes tomorrow, then take a final literature exam Tuesday and do a presentation of my research paper in my rhetoric class on ...

I love the dickens out of Arya Stark, and this scene of her sparring with Brienne of Tarth is fantastic. Someone had a little fun with th...