A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. We’ve watched the Houston Astros for the last few years. For the most part, we’ve just watched the games, not paying any attention to any news stories or learning anything about the players. Then that whole controversy with one of the managers Read more…
There’s a common trope about people being scared of the dentist. I’ve never had trouble going to the dentist though. Sure, it’s a bit uncomfortable and the scraping part is annoying. But your mouth comes out feeling clean. Plus having all my teeth at 80 sounds like a good life Read more…
One of my nieces started high school this fall. She was pretty nervous about it and while talking I mentioned I still have reoccurring dreams where I’m in high school. I’m late for class, haven’t done the assignment and need to get my books from my locker. But I’ve forgotten Read more…
Ah the roar of jetplanes in the sky. That tells me it’s time to go outside. You might be asking yourself, huh? Well, every year Ellington Field hosts an airshow in mid October. This also happens to almost always coincide with the first real cool weather in Houston. So we Read more…
I own two Houston Astros shirts. I wore one last week on the day of the first ALDS game. I wore the second one the next day. Then they were in the laundry until the day before game 5. After washing them, I remembered the game and put one on. Read more…
For a long time now I’ve been struggling to put into words some ideas. They’ve been hovering just out of my grasp. Recently, I watched a video that finally articulated this idea in a concise way that was eluding me. This video is part of a series that I found interesting Read more…
I’ve been rewatching all of the nu-Who recently with the family. It’s given me a chance to reevaluate things about the show and pick up some words of wisdom. First, I am no longer confident who my favorite Doctor is. It use to clearly be Tennant as his episodes were Read more…
Throughout the run of Trump I’ve been wishy-washy on the idea of impeachment. While I personally would love to see Trump out of the White House, impeachment is not a thing to be taken lightly. I supported the Mueller Report being given it’s due but not jumping to any conclusions until Read more…
I have a very roller coaster relationship with fixing things around the house. Especially the plumbing. I always like to try to do things myself if I can. And plumbing is one of those things that I can comprehend and, unlike carpentry, doesn’t require lots of skill to get functional.. Read more…
A cousin got married this summer up in New York. We don’t go to many extended family weddings, but this is the only cousin on that side of the family and it was a few hours from Niagara Falls so we decided to make a trip of it. Meet my Read more…