News from Hico

And here's something that made me say "Dadburn." In a bit of a surprise — but not really considering he interviewed for the jo...

Fort Worth ISD canceled school all the way through May 8. Keller ISD did not, and I saw some Keller middle school students going to class to...

I missed this as it was happening yesterday: The commotion began when Leach, who has a history of needling A&M, told SportsDay that he w...

Sharing an apple.

I've had a spike in hits lately. (I define "spike" as any day I get more than 20.) The unusual thing about it, though, is that...

Me and Meredith [sic], who haven't been much for public festivals lately, loaded Sam up in our new used car on Sunday and headed out to ...

This image from a Google search: Kind of unique, it's from a baseball card that never went into production, because Dad was traded from ...

The search for the stone Finally. About two months ago, my mom and dad came by for a visit. In a "neat" kind of moment, I showed m...

A great decade-long ride with my 99 Saturn Wagon has come to an end. I've decided to mark the moment with a poem. By the way, if the ju...

I was checking the National Weather Service web site for the forecast today, and noticed this icon for the first time in memory: Underneath...

This is interesting -- a web site that can turn your writing into little movies. Here's a dramatic representation of Homer's all-imp...

I read this story in today's Star-Telegram with a mounting sense of frustration. The Chef Point Cafe, hidden behind the gas pumps and be...

A paper to write regarding the discovery of rules behind regular and irregular polyhedra, and 2 hours, 20 minutes to write it in. Meanwhile,...

Going into my first teacher job fair, I attempted to adopt the attitude of the failed Cassanova. A buddy of mine in college said he had an e...

Begin with this: Add this: Wait 10 minutes, and you have this: So this is what people were talking about. Sam, at 18 months, now only wants ...

I was among of group of animal adopters at Carrollton's no-kill animal shelter, holding my right hand in the air like an idiot and ready...

Jimbo, my faithful and utterly destructive dog friend of the last dozen years or so, has been seriously ill* for the last couple of weeks. I...

Since I've received a lot of comments and questions on the diet, I think I should just pass along an update, instead of answering in com...

Saw this on The Corner and had to share: I imagine it's only a matter of time before someone in Texas tries this with longhorns. And thi...

My wife suggested that we do a spring breaky thing this weekend by going to the Fort Worth Zoo. Yesterday made her doubt the feasibility. Fr...