Seeing as we will soon be heading off again, because… well… that’s just what we do, we decided we should probably take a drive to San Antonio to see a few things we wanted to see there while we’re a short drive away. Since that drive took us right through Austin, we thought we’d pop…
“We won! We won! We won!” I actually do get where it comes from. Even why. This article sums up pretty much everything I’ve ever read about the ‘why’ of team sports followers, their enthusiasm, their extreme reactions to wins and losses, and the human quest for glory. It’s right here if you’re curious —>…
When it comes to religion, I have all sorts of intrigues. I think many of us do. I’m not even going into religion as an intrigue in and of itself. There’s just far too much. My most prominent religious intrigue of the past few weeks was spurred by a conversation that I recently had with…
If you’ve read this blog any time in the past few years, you probably know that I have a special pissy spot for monstrous food companies who build Frankenfoods from a little sprinkle of real food and a whole shit-ton (this is a new word for me!) of non-foodstuffs, and for the FDA approval process,…
Drag Queens Here on this side of the season finale of my new favorite show RuPaul’s Drag Race, I’d like to discuss my most recent intrigue – the wondrous anomalies that are true drag queens. I have been to a couple of drag performances in my time – one where fellow attendee Chely Wright was…
I know that I have taken verbal dumps on Jackson Pollock several times, so I should make it known up front that this is not that kind of post. You see, I know that some people do find Pollock’s work beautiful and intentionally chaotic. And maybe it is. It’s quite possibly my own limitations that…