You are viewing entries from April 2006.

Feet on the Ground

File this under stuff you need to know, but I don’t like to fly. I don’t like anything about it. I don’t like the part where you get on the plane, or the part where you sit down and try not to look out the window, but can’t help but look out the [...]

Twenty-Nine

“To me, the thing about birthday parties is that the first birthday party you have and the last birthday party you have are actually quite similar. You know, you just kinda sit there… you’re the least excited person at the party. You don’t even really realize that there is a party. You don’t know what’s [...]

Officially the Future Wife

I asked Nicole to marry me this weekend. And it only took five years. Five wonderful years. We ate at a romantic little café in downtown Austin, and went on a horse drawn carriage ride. It was a perfect evening in every possible way.
Looking back on my life before I met Nicole, I’m not proud [...]

To Protect and Serve

Two Austin police officers were recently acquitted by a jury of their peers of “official oppression”. Isn’t that descriptive? I reserve the right to shade things however I like on this site, but what they did was chase a guy down who had left the scene of a hit and run (after doing [...]