Like all of you, I am furious to read about the terrorist attacks in Paris.  May all free nations unite to fight and end this barbarit...

Taking a break from pop-culture commentary and irrelevant minutia to reflect on the overall cultural thunderstrike that came across the inte...

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you...

There's nothing much to add to the discussion.  Freedom of expression is a hard earned right, and on the long curve of human history ...

My former co-worker and pal, Octavio, ran in the Boston Marathon today.  It was how I found out anything was happening.  His message on face...

My thoughts are with the families of Sandy Hook Elementary and Newtown, Connecticut. There are no words, and so I'll not try to provi...

I'm posting this to have a clear record.  This post will go up Thursday morning, but I stayed up far, far too late on Tuesday night/ Wed...

Darrell K. Royal, icon of University of Texas football, has passed at 88 . I am sad to learn that former UT football coach, Darrell Roy...

This is interesting. click to enlarge There's no point here except that I thought I'd share  some actual representations of i...

My pre-loaded post for election night as I avoid the internet and television.

Words of wisdom.

I don't know how I did this to myself this fall, but my schedule somehow got filled up right up til Christmas.  Not totally full, but it...

Hey, Americans! It's DEMOCRACY TIME! I've already early voted (thanks, local grocery store, for hosting), but if you haven't...

Holy cats, y'all.  I confess that I thought the storm, Hurricane Sandy, was going to be the bajillionth false alarm the 24-hour news cyc...

I had tried to watch this guy, Felix Baumgartner, jump several times, and he kept getting delayed.  So I was quite pleased when PalMatt post...

It's National Voter Registration Day! No matter your political stripe, if you live in the U.S., you've had your 18th birthday, and...

Well done, anti-doping agency.   You know, its too bad if Lance Armsotrong did dope.  It certainly left a lot of questions around his 7 To...

Way to go, SCIENCE!!!! We're making tracks on Mars. Hello, Mars.  We R on U. Here for many more pics Go ahead and ask, David.....

Let's get this party started! Man.  It wasn't enough that I got to watch Usain Bolt win the 100m again, but UT alum Sonya Rich...