Archive for the 'Nerd' Category

Happy Labor Day.


Woodstock era

10Aug09

The 40th anniversary of Woodstock is upon us. I’ve always loved that era in pop culture. Has anyone else ever noticed that people just looked so much cooler back then? Maybe it’s just the mythology.


Drawing lots

21May09

I’ve mentioned before that I went to high school in a little town in north Texas. Some of  the popular, wealthy kids at my high school also happened to be the sons and daughters or nieces and nephews of the car dealers. We had Pruitt Ford-Mercury (slogan “Just Let Pruitt Do It”) and Landrum Chevrolet-Pontiac-GMC. [...]


Dead malls

20Apr09

If you’re driving south on 1-35 through San Antonio, you’ll notice at the intersection of the highway and Walzem a huge, boarded up mall called Windsor Park. I’ve driven past it many, many times and about a year ago I finally Googled it. Not completely out of the ordinary for me. Old, empty buildings have [...]