Cowtown Chronicles

Just in case you were wondering, you CAN build a sustainable home that anyone looking at it would immediately identify as a HOUSE. Have you ever noticed that kids always draw the same thing when you ask them to draw a house, no matter where they grew up? Peaked roof, two rectangular windows in the front, maybe a dormer or two…

I’ve never seen a kid draw Fallingwater when asked to draw a house. Not that there’s anything wrong with a modern house, believe me, I LOVE modern houses, particularly of the mid-century flavor, but I think this one is a good response for those neighborhoods where a more modern shaped house wouldn’t be a good fit.

First news comes out that Sir Edmund Hillary has died at age 88.

Then I have to put mental effort into trying to determine if Hillary Clinton was genuinely choked up in New Hampshire, or if it was just a political stunt designed to make her look more human.

If she was truly choked up, then WTF is wrong with the media for hyping it to no end and speculating this way and that about what it meant and how it will help or hurt her?

If she wasn’t, and it was an act, then WTF is wrong with our politicians and the public which continues to buy their shit?

Either way, who the hell has the right to make fun of her?

If it was genuine, then I’m glad, and she really does look more human and concerned to me. I’m still not voting for her, but it’s great to know that she’s in it for the right reasons.

If it wasn’t genuine, then she’s a damn good actor and political strategist, and I think she’d do well in our current political climate. (And I’m still not voting for her.)

Watch it. Now. It’s only 10 minutes, and it clears up all of the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt you have about climate destabilization.

Thanks for linking to it, EcoGeek!

Join me tonight at the Flying Saucer (Now with 100% less smoke!) for the BCS Championship Bowl Game at 7 PM. If the big screen TV is broken, or if can’t get a seat at the bar, we’ll move to a bar to be named later. I’ll try to update this post with details if you’re interested in following.

UPDATE 4:30PM: I just called the Saucer (they have a phone, who knew!?) and the TV is STILL broken. Seriously, guys, get a plasma already…

Anyway, let’s move the party to ummmm… Baker St. Pub on Camp Bowie. Looks like they have decent drink specials, and you un-Americans what don’t drink beer can get a girly drink there.

Look for the big bald guy in a red hooded sweatshirt. (I don’t have any Buckeyes gear at the moment.)

fort worth, personal, football, buckeyes

And tonight I got to spend a bit of time with my brother from another mother Pete Geniella at the newly NON-smoking Flying Saucer, having a couple of beers and talking about how our holidays went and what we want to accomplish in 2008.

We agreed that we’re not really ones for making resolutions. I’ve decided to really only make one goal for 2008, and that’s to write and sell something to a magazine or other publishing outlet. It doesn’t have to be something major, or anything that leads to a career as a freelance writer (although I would LOVE it if that happened), just anything that is published in a national publication and earns me some money, even if it’s only a little bit. I’m not looking for a huge payoff, or to become famous or anything like that, only to become a “professional writer.”

So, now the search is on to find the topic or magazine that would have me as a writer, and to write the story that would get published.

Wish me luck!

Seriously… You’re a convicted felon, you have a gun (it’s illegal for convicted felons to have guns), and you decide to shoot off a few roundsshoot off a few rounds into the air on New Year’s Eve.

Not only is this stupidly dangerous to other people (but I guess if you’re a criminal you don’t really care about other people), but it’s also something that the police specifically patrol for.

Sometimes I think I could be the most effective and successful criminal ever, only because I wouldn’t be so damn retarded about it.

I hope everyone had a good time on New Year’s Eve. Midnight found me coughing and wheezing in bed. Not asleep, unfortunately, since the renters in the house behind us decided to set off a string of M80’s that literally shook our house.

Last year I made some resolutions, some I’ve kept, some I haven’t, but I’ve decided not to make any for 2008. Let’s face it, resolutions usually don’t last beyond the first plate of doughnuts at the office anyway, so why bother with the guilt?

Instead of resolutions, set goals for 2008. Well thought out goals are much easier to achieve than the vague resolutions like “lose weight” and “drink less” that we usually set.

Ghandi said “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Set your goal to be the change you wish to see and maybe you’ll achieve both!