Category Archives: Adhesive

Buying my first house

Three weeks ago today, I got another one of those “Stop renting! Buy a house!” brochures in my apartment mailbox. I had already put in my 60-day moveout notice with the apartment complex and I had to be out by the end of the month. Looking for an apartment made my skin crawl. I knew [...]

Can’t leave Austin

Not that I plan to go to the Holy Grail Quote-Along—I find gratuitous Monty Python quoting annoying—but they serve beer so maybe I will go. The point is, Austin has several Alamo Drafthouse Theaters. Other cities have 30-screen art-deco theaters that set my nerves on edge and they don’t serve beer or good food like [...]

Beauty Smashed

I wonder whether any of the pairs of butterflies on my windshield climaxed.

Where I will go to die

I don’t know but it’ll probably end in .edu.

Personal and Impersonal Writings

It's been pretty impersonal around here for a while. Let's switch it up for a post or two.
I'm not much of an exhibitionist. Perhaps this explains my reluctance to post the private details of my personal life. There could be a more interesting explanation, however. Here is an abbreviated list of possible factors:

Prudence
Shame
Disinterest in self

Prudence [...]