Category Archives: kids
Me neither, H
I just don’t wanna. When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That’s always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the [...]
A Ricey Weekend
A ricey ricey weekend. Saturday we went to see Tulane play my alma mater Rice in the Superdome. It was nice finally getting to spend some quality time in the Dome, since the Monday Night Football thing was such a rushed in-and-out affair. I don’t think I’d actually been in these stands since the Rolling [...]
Ann
In July of 1992, Gina and I flew into Austin from San Francisco for some job interviews. The city life in the Bay Area was starting to wear us down and we were both homesick for the heat we grew up with. In the Dallas airport, we ran across this issue of Texas Monthly: and [...]
Not far from the tree at all
While waiting on our dinner at the Ye Old College Inn the other night, Liam decides to entertain himself. Ray: I’m going to need another Barqs. Liam: I’m going to need another Barqs. Ray (looks at Liam) Liam (looks at Ray) Ray (leans back in chair) Liam (leans back in chair) Ray (folds arms) Liam [...]
Houseless, but not homeless
Today we closed on the sale of our house. The Walker-Stiles house was our home for six years, and a few years back we were able to get it declared a City of Austin historic landmark. But now a new family moves in. We haven’t lived in it since February, and we’ve got big adventures [...]
Walkin’
…And the only reason I’m singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if you’re in a situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in [...]
Paralyzed
My life is like this right now. Work. School. Kids. Housing. Moving. Staying. By the end of May there will likely be clarity, but right now there is nothing but fog and nothing I can do but wait for it to dissipate. And I can’t blog about any of it until it is decided because [...]
Random Mardi Gras Memory
My kids’ first Mardi Gras was in 2002, and they thought it was better than Disney World. I remember late on Bacchus night, standing on the back of a kid ladder while Cassidy, who was almost 8, sat in the box on top. It was getting cold and her hands were starting to sting, but [...]
This is too cool not to share
Kids today have all the coolest stuff. Playstations, scooters, LEGO robots. They even get colored braces. Liam got his yesterday, and in keeping with the season (and because everything that Dad thinks is cool, Liam thinks is cool), he picked out some nice Mardi Gras ones: and he looked good doing it, too:
Santa’s hideout at chicken fried heaven: a family tradition
Every year we go out to Elgin to cut down our Chrismas tree. And every year we stop at the Cafe 290 in Manor to get their heart attack appetizer, the Chicken Fried Universe: fried green tomatoes, onion rings, and deep fried zucchini, green beans, and mushrooms, with bowls of ranch for dipping (and I [...]
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