News from Hico

Here are a few pictures of Sam, who seems to be very comfortable with the camera, and a short story. When I was working the gourmet case at ...

Always strange to see a hometown nobody much mentions for most of my life keep coming up. It's not always good, but it's fascinating...

In this one, the ghost of Sam haunts his parents for an unjustified nap time. (He's standing up in his crib, by the way. That's act...

I haven't been writing much lately for a lot of reasons. Mainly it has to do with me doing the once-a-decade-what-am-I-doing-with-my-lif...

A random thought brought on by a sad event: I've followed the Warren Jeff's cult thing (Fundamental Church of Latter Day Saints) wit...

Just saw this: Fox has given the green light to "Virtuality," a two-hour back-door pilot from "Battlestar Galactica" mas...

In Fort Worth, where the family spent part of Sunday. We have a few pictures. It's required. Everybody -- brides, prom girls, new engag...

It's been out there for a bit, but wanted to pass on a recommendation for Hulu.com. Besides sports, I watch almost no TV nowadays. But I...

A guardian critic reviews the latest Paris Hilton film. Actually, he doesn't review the film. Why bother, when you can instead write a l...

Folks always made fun of Tom Delay’s background as an exterminator. I’m beginning to see how the experience made excellent congressional tra...

Shopping at Kroger, noticed the price of pecans: $8 for 16 ozs. I'm going to retire to Hico and pick the pecan trees for the rest of my ...

Huh ... "Many have tried, but so far nobody has been able to pry the decade-in-the-works Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democrac...

I'm happy to defend Lubbock, but sometimes you just got to take the bad with the good: LUBBOCK (AP) -- If you're looking for cavity-...

Finally. I haven't spent any significant time in Lubbock for four years. So, after giving my wife a serious guilt trip when we couldn...

I know what to do when the Saturn finally gives out ... http://view.break.com/175421 - Watch more free videos Thanks to Tom.

Killer sting ray! "A woman from the Thumb was killed today when a large sting ray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys and struck...

I'm happy to post the latest of Sam, so long as Mom manages to get hold of the baseball tickets. Sam update: He's good. More inclusi...

This link allows you to play all Nintendo eight-bit games on your browser. At least it's supposed to. My computer wouldn't make it g...

I filled the bird feeder this morning. The yard was full of birds, and the little peckers looked hungry. They definitely dug in. And few ho...

Oh Good Lord. In a post on barbecue regionalism that asks why can’t we all get along , I noticed this comment from a “Mike Drips”: "I g...