Say ‘NO!’ to flying cars
People can’t drive in two dimensions. There was an accident in the area the other day. Nothing very serious but enough to mess with traffic for a while. On Houston’s freeways, there is at east…
An anniversary not spent in the hospital
Yesterday was my third wedding anniversary. I am happy to report it wasn’t spent in the hospital. Let me explain. For our first anniversary, my wife and I went to South Lake Tahoe. It doubled…
The winds, they are a-howlin’
We’ve had some crazy winds in my area over the last several days. On the whole, I’m not a fan of high winds. This comes from growing up on the Gulf Coast and dealing with…
It’s not the fine that gets you, it’s the ….
I was driving my wife’s car last week, running an errand for her while she was off doing something else. As I pulled into the store I was heading to, a State Trooper pulled in…
Disney’s Haunted Mansion reboot was fun
My wife and I sat down and watched Disney’s Haunted Mansion this evening, not to be confused with the 2003 version that starred Eddie Murphy. Overall, I liked it. The story held together well enough,…
The wonders of modern technology … not!
My wife has an adversarial relationship with technology, especially mobile phones. Especially smartphones. Particularly, my smartphone. Let me back up a minute. My wife has an old style flip phone. You know, one of the…
The folly of Terminator-style military robots
I was fortunate enough to attend the 71st World Science Fiction Convention (LoneStarCon 3) back in 2013. It was my first World Science Fiction Convention and I’m hoping it won’t be my last. Got to…
New canine haute couture headwear
I was working on my laptop the other morning, trying to get a piece of code to stop throwing an error message at me. I was vaguely aware that my dog Sirocco was playing with…
The Novel 100 – a reading project
So, I told you about the other day when my neighbor dropped off a basket of goodies for walking their dog. Inside the basket of goodies was the book The Novel 100: A Ranking of…
Win the lottery, open a bookstore
As of the time I write this, the Powerball lottery jackpot is up to $1.55 billion (yes, billion with a ‘b’.) I think it is one of the highest jackpots ever, if I’m not mistaken.…