The Time I took my Father to Structure House
For those who have asked, here is an article about the time I took my dad for an Intervention at Structure House in 2004. It originally appeared in an Austin, Texas print-only publication called...
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Don’t Fall in Love with a Dead Man: Looking at the Movie “School of Rock”
They say you always remember your first love. And sometimes, you run into him in the most unlikely places. I just saw mine on DVD, in Richard Linklatter’s School of Rock. My first love...
Why we love to see big names brought down to size; It’s all about the love, envy and gossip, experts say
Martha Stewart was in the headlines most of last year for alleged insider trading. Winona Ryder’s legal troubles were covered with more enthusiasm than the recent midterm elections. And most of us knew about...
When rosy is not so jolly; The famously pink cheeks and cherry-red nose. Is it possible Santa’s suffering from rosacea?
You’d recognize him anywhere, that Jolly old Saint Nick. He’s visible a mile away in that crimson suit with the fetching fur trim. And, of course, there are those poinsettia-pink cheeks. His florid face...
Suite Memories
Tiffany Ross wants to be a ballerina, a dream that has her mother traveling up and down Interstate 35 as regularly as a long-haul trucker. In order for the 13 year old to study...
Pets Don’t Go Gently
Love is a “many-footed” thing, at least in the eyes of many pet owners. These days, many of them are going to great lengths to keep that love — and their pets — around...
Campus Polo Clubs Are Few but Ardent
Most college polo players come to the sport knowing how to ride a horse, but never having played polo. Terry Jones, the faculty adviser for the New Mexico State club, says most of the polo players are from small agricultural communities in that state.
Book Review: Rolling the Bones
. . . Rolling the Bones by Kyle Jarrard Steerforth Press, 320 pp., $24 Rolling the Bones is like one of those pokey rides at the original Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels. You drift along...
Book Review: The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis
. . The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Lucy Jago Knopf, 320 pp., $24 Who would have expected a page-turner about a...
Wrestling: It’s Acting and it Takes Practice
It’s a cast straight out of a professional wrestling story line. There is a 13-year-old boy who recently made his wrestling debut; the Bouncer with life-threatening illnesses; the shy herbalist who sports attitude in the ring; and a former architect now wrestling professionally in Japan.
