bookrev: On Writing by Stephen King
This book has been around for a while, but it is a must read for anyone interested in writing, and anyone interested in Stephen King. It is a quick but valuable read. Since Mr....
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book notes: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself is the first novel of Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law Trilogy. If I would have had the second book, I would have dove right into it, and that would have made...
More Vegas: Bellagio Dancing Waters
Below, a video of the entire Bellagio Hotel Dancing Waters sequence in the daylight, with a rainbow no less, from our last trip. Not as good as the Elton John concert, but a classic...
tunerev: The Red Piano by Elton John
Last year, it was a trip with our friends Monte and Margaret (from Munich) to Oxford, England to see Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds…and a fantastic trip it was. This year, it was Vegas...
Rockets lose to Spurs, 9 games left in the stretch
Following today’s 109-88 mauling by the Spurs, the Rocks are 3-4 following their record setting 22 game winning streak. There’s not much to speak about today’s game: Scola and Landry showed why there is...
Rocks beat the Lake Show, 22 in a row and 1st in the West
1st place in the Western Conference must feel good, but how they got there, with many people playing a part, must make them feel even better. Lakers down, Celtics next up in Tuesday night...
bookrev: 101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers by Martin Bookspan
Spring cleaning…the only part I enjoy about it is finding things I’d forgotten about or thought I’d lost. Luckily, I found my 1973 copy of Martin Bookspan’s brilliant compendium of classical music. Though the...
Saw the Rockets win #19
We are still not sure which was better: Mutumbo getting 5 blocks + finger wagging opportunities….all in the first half (bless his 41 year old body); Richard Jefferson of the Nets dunking on Mutumbo,...
Brett Favre, say it isn’t so?!?!?
I grew up in Texas. Dallas Cowboy and Houston Oiler country. But I’m a Packer’s fan through and through. I was one of the few kids that took the Packer Backer newsletter back in...
a republican invades the Texas democratic primary
In Texas your party affiliation resets every year. So even though I’ve voted republican in the last six presidential elections (except for a minor dalliance with an independent for which I have forgiven myself)...