News from Hico

It's kind of depressing when the main purpose of me coming here nowadays is to delete spam comments from the posts that keep popping up ...

(Wasn't there a book or a movie or something else named "Cadence"? Hmmmm ... I mean something that wasn't already a cadenc...

I feel like I've reached my limit on reading and listening about the Mike Leach firing by the Raiders of Red. And I've been pretty m...

So, after having a week to recover, and now going through a week to build myself back up, here's what's in my head after all of two-...

Me and Meredith felt kinda bad this Christmas, not having a video camera. The boy's talking a storm and running around all over the plac...

From Stripes : "Have you seen the people enlisting in the Army? They're just like us!" "Yeah, except they aren't as O...

"You got a lot to learn yet, Millie. I don't want it on my conscience that I was the one taught you." -- From Elmer Kelton...

I was thinking my eyes would be popping open at 4:30 a.m. by now. I was wrong. *** Life, before you leave to start on something new, takes o...

Funny how I only thought of Gold Bond Powder as a product for the feet, when I thought about it at all. I've just learned that it's ...

Reading the coverage this morning of my high school's loss to city rival Lubbock Coronado (21-20, another game in which placekicking was...

Fort Hood is my top pick for a post spot once I'm done with all my preliminary training. I'd get to raise my kid in Texas, and in on...

When I boot up the computer every morning, it'll fool me for a bit by working quickly. I know better. *** A few more thoughts on V. I...

No Facebook, I don't want to nag my friend about his lack of a profile picture. Nor do I want to jump all over another buddy for only ha...

I wonder if my nose is doing something weird or if the oatmeal does actually taste funny. But what can go wrong with oatmeal? *** In the Sta...

Seems a little stronger than the American type. I still wonder if I'll regret not drinking coffee. By the way, Starbuck's Via Instan...

I've been easing into this look since college. No matter how much weight you've lost, shaving your head makes you realize you could ...

Man. When you have to start waking up at 4:30 a.m. to prepare yourself for training, "fall back" is the most special daylight savi...

It’s 4 a.m., raining, and not easy to sleep. I’ve maintained radio silence here long enough that it’s doubtful anyone comes here regularly a...

The ingredients: water, sugar, lemon juice. The most complicated part of the process: boiling water. I've cooked some fairly complicated...

When I took my oath a few weeks ago, I had planned on announcing it here straightaway, with the usual attempts at comedy. But I held back fo...