There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.Ernest…
Z&H Book Club: A History of the United States in Five Crashes
The first book has been checked off my Z&H Book Club list. One down, fourteen to go. I finished A…
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Z&H Book Club: 15 in 2
In May 2016, I made a list. The list contained thirty books I have yet to read. I gave myself…
ACL Fest 2018 – Weekend 2 Day 1
Ah yes, ACL Fest is upon us once again. I've lived in Austin for over a decade and never been…
July 14, 2018
Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine. -Charles Dickens, A Tale of…
July 4, 2018
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty…
30 in 3 Book Challenge Update: The Count of Monte Cristo
The 30 in 3 Book Challenge continues! Slowly but surely, it continues. I received a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo as a…
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“Gatsby-Worthy” Mansions
Had a little bit of down time at work today. Rather than drool over the 2018 ACL lineup for the…
Stephen Hawking
And another one bites the dust. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Dr. Hawking was a Cambridge…
Hubert de Givenchy
Walking back from the break room to get my afternoon snack, my phone lit up with news notifications. Hubert de…
December 27, 2017
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich Happy birthday Marlene! Props to Sasha…
December 11, 2017
The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure…
December 6, 2017
All this has caused me much pain. Who could have foreseen it! -Chopin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuROwy_8mg
December 1, 2017
On this day in 1903, the first Western film, The Great Train Robbery, premiered. Tot think 114 years ago films…
November 27, 2017
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix Jimi, today would…
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