Big Bend Wednesday

We started off the morning walking down to the Stop Start coffee shop two blocks from Padre’s and next to the radio station we were at the night before. After procuring some replacement sunglasses for TG, we headed south on 67 toward Presidio. The skies were a full light gray overcast. There was lots of … Read more

In Marfa

After arriving in El Paso and meeting Bret for lunch, we headed southeast for Marfa. We passed many border guards, had some good views of desert rain, and got rained on ourselves. We met up with David at Padre’s just as he was finishing a day’s work. He directed us to the grocery store for … Read more

West Texas Bound

BillComingToMarfa.mp3 After a Labor Day Weekend in Galveston, shaking a fist in warning at the distant Hurricane Gustav, I will be heading to Marfa and area, and then to El Paso. I’ll be getting into Marfa on Tuesday, perhaps sitting in with David at the Marfa Public Radio station, 11p – 1a. I don’t currently … Read more

Reeking of Gas

Friday night I left at 6pm on my bicycle, was out late, and returned home after midnight. The streets were mostly quiet. As I approached, a few houses from mine I smelled gas. It only got stronger as I approached, and when I went inside it was equally strong.

The Roommate was watching television, and I asked him what was up. He looked quizical. I said it reeks of gas in here! He says he doesn’t smell anything.

He does add that the neighbor called someone, and they came out and “couldn’t find anything”? I found out later from her, that she called “the city”. I’m not sure who came out.

I searched about, and could find nothing specific, and the smell started growing fainter, as it had for The Roommate. I showered, was tired, was losing the smell of it, and rationalized someone had already checked, it hadn’t blown up yet, and who was I going to call anyway. I went to bed.

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Buzz and Bacevich

The juxtaposition of two videos I saw today is eerily representative of the current state of American affairs. The national hero, Buzz Aldrin, speaking on the future of space travel. It all sounds great, unless you listen to more that five contiguous words and try to make a coherent concept out of them. Obviously Xeni … Read more