The Nuttiness around Amarillo’s AEDC Paid Members Public
I’m going to regret this. The thing about watching an implosion of our dear local governance is to acknowledge we, the people, elect some of the most incompetent boneheads to sit in front of microphones and talk in circles, all the while forgetting they’re there to do work
Scammers Redux Paid Members Public
One time, as was my hobby, I was on my hands and knees furiously scrubbing the carpet of cat barf. This was in the Old Days where phones were connected by a copper wire and each phone had a companion piece of tech called an “answering machine” (the most direct
I See Scammer People Paid Members Public
Sometimes in the morass of LinkedIn’s self-congratulatory chaos (look - I have a new certificate for Waking Up Three Days in a Row!), a gem appears out of nowhere. I recently received a LinkedIn request from someone who looked like a real legitimate and human person. I get too
Canary Chickens in Coal Mine Baskets Paid Members Public
We rode our squeaky bicycles, which hadn’t seen a drop of oil in a decade. They were beautifully heavy bikes, built as if they should invade Normandy, with their broad handlebars and wiggly seats topped with cracked leather. These were bikes on perpetual loan, borrowed by hotel guest after
The King of Sunrise Paid Members Public
I met a gnome of a man, wizened and perplexed, kneeling next to a twelve foot tall concrete buoy. The buoy had this painted on it: “90 miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point Continental U.S.A.” Behind it, the Atlantic Ocean moved lazily in the wind. “I’m the wizard
The Physics of Unicorns Paid Members Public
On St. Patrick’s Day a bartender, clad in cartoons, sold a bottle of Guinness to a man in a colorful sombrero.
