Category: Me Griping

I’ve been following hurricanes for a number of years and I’ve kept up with other weather-related issues as well. One thing that I have learned is that peope with a casual eye towards science and weather are often fond of predicting gloom and doom much the way Hollywood does it on a semi-regular basis. Some predictions of the destruction of… Read more →

As in “don’t send us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to escape a hurricane.” The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Dallas has balked at the idea of taking as many as 40,000 evacuees in the event of a hurricane in the Houston/Galveston area. After shouldering the massive burden of 3000 evacuees during Katrina before turning others away,… Read more →

I watched a stupid episode of Without A Trace that I had DVR’ed from last week. I had never seen the show, but I saw the preview and it was this one about how two kids were missing and the white girl got all the publicity while the black boy got nothing. Well, nothing pisses me off more than injustice… Read more →

I was in Austin this weekend helping my friend, Angie, finish her final packing for her move to San Francisco. She’s been out there for a few weeks, but this was her last trip back to move her stuff. While there, I realized that I have a love hate relationship for the city that I called home for one year… Read more →

Is impoliteness even a word? For the sake of this post, let’s say it is. I had a good evening last night hitting both Drop Trio’s CD listening party and the Charlie Sexton/Shannon McNally show. I got to take quite a few pictures, which was nice, but ran into some incredibly rude people in the process. Somehow, taking pictures seems… Read more →

Ok, so I’m on MySpace.com and they have these annoying ads on there like most commercial websites. I rarely if ever pay attention to them no matter how much flashing or weirdness they display. But, this one caught my attention… Ok, yes, the first thing I saw was a girl in short shorts. I’m a dude. So, sue me. But,… Read more →

First off, I should say that if you haven’t seen Six Feet Under on HBO lately, you should NOT read this blog post. There is definitely SPOILER material. If you have or don’t care, then read on because I feel the need to rant. This is a brilliant show that makes me think and sometimes annoys the hell out of… Read more →

The newest version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released recently and has been pulled from shelves because of a particular segment of the game that allows a user (male) to have sex with a naked woman. In an unprecidented move, the game had its rating changed from “mature” to “adult only” and was subsequently pulled from shelves of… Read more →

If you watched Seinfeld, you’d recognize that line as a discussion between Jerry and Eliane over the nature of human beings. That was about as deep as it got with them, but I must admit there was a bit of profundity to that statement. I love people. I’m a social creature by nature. But, there are days… Maybe I’m thinking… Read more →

Apparently, being a BILLIONAIRE! A man who recently won the Powerball Lottery in Idaho has decided that being millions of dollars richer just won’t quite do it. He wants to be a billionaire within 15 years. I guess you have to aim high. Ok, I win $220 million in a lottery, I’m thinking the first thing I do isn’t to… Read more →