News from Hico

There's an entertaining, if unfocused, story in the Star-Telegram today about towns painting their high school mascots on their water to...

You'll have to click on the link to find out why I made such a lame pun, though you can probably figure that out before clicking. Anyway...

Lubbock. As beautiful as your favorite ugly dog. My sister's family (all four of 'em), has been playing in a local theater group...

Living with humans has taught dogs morals Huh. Always thought it was the other way around.

Or, How I learned to Sit Through Two Hours of ABBA and Not Let the Rage Inside Erupt Into Barbarism During "Waterloo." My wife set...

Me and Meredith tied the knot. And I have to say that, despite the MASSIVE cut in video game playing time, it's easily the best decision...

This picture will be on my mind today. It's kind of like one of those mind-game images where the photo could be a vase or two faces. I...

Or maybe the end is just near for Dallas and its burbs. The place has only been tangentially Texan for quite some time. From WFAA in Dallas....

The Dallas Morning News Techno blog, via John ... Approximately six months after Abilene Christian University announced its intent to bring ...

Strange thing happened today. I went to see the doctor, as my snoring has recently risen to marriage-threatening volumes. Went through the u...

The Star-Telegram has a list of the best restaurants in the Fort Worth Stockyards and includes a place called the "Lonesome Dove Bistr...

Wife just sent me this story summation with the greeting, "And I immediately thought of you." CHOCOLATE-BACON SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —...

I don't plan on watching much, period. But, who knows -- maybe if I happen to be flipping channels and can spend 10 seconds watching a r...

Since football has been on my mind: I've read every list ESPN has come up with: Best players, best clutch players, most hated schools, m...

(Play for mood) That's right, college football practice begins . It's like Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, only with 350-pound ...

Thumbing through the July edition at the barber's shop: TM has apparently started a series on where Texans worship. The July edition pr...

Yeah, nerd/copy editor does dovetail nicely. Anyway, from Caren: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

I reported on the subject a bit (a small bit), when I was in Abilene. The primary complaint I heard about wind energy then was that West Tex...

Whoa. I just watched a documentary on this guy from the Austin music underground and am blown away by the story. I know nothing substantial ...

Heh. New York Times does a piece on how hamburgers are now big in exclusive Paris restaurants. "It is a startling turnaround in a count...