pet peve: the death of adverb

Monday’s horoscope. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Most social blunders start with the ego. Of course, you’re wonderful, and it is awful hard to keep quiet about such things. Cultivate a confident place in the world. Trust that others can sense who you are without your telling them. Did you see it? Prob’ly not, but I … Read more

alethiometer

I have comments on three things I’ve been reading. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman – I really enjoyed this book. After a discussion with a good friend in Dallas about the Harry Potter series, she gave me all three books in this trilogy – this being the first. I’d say it’s appropriate for a slightly … Read more

Interstates are deathtraps

The Interstates and the HOV lanes are just deathtraps. We should shut them all down and be rid of them. Pedestrian dies after fall into heavy trafficStaff, Tuesday Feb 10, 2004 A pedestrian was struck and killed when he fell or jumped from the concrete HOV divider into heavy traffic on Interstate 45 North. The … Read more

West Alabama Drive-By

http://houstonpress.com/issues/2004-02-05/hairballs.html/1/index.html Dec 27 a truck drove by shooting at the West Alabama Icehouse, it came back by, with three off-duty, drinking, Harris County Deputies – they shot 40 times, riddling the truck, missing the driver and passenger, whack! -b