For as long as I can remember growing up, I loved a certain soft drink, made famous in a small Texas town, which has the same name as a city in a country that belongs in the United Kingdom. Those are the only hints you get. I remember when this soft drink came in 10…… MORE
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Rick Hadley: 6/8/15 Old Habits
I am a creature of habit. I think most of us are. We find a way of doing things that works for us and we stick to it. When I get ready for work every day, it’s the same thing. Put on the coffee, toast my English muffin, eat a couple of boiled eggs and…… MORE
Amy Chodroff: 6/5/15 Drive time for my daughter
A year ago I blogged about teaching my daughter how to drive. I’m happy to report I survived the process! In fact, I think my daughter is a better driver than I am, because she follows all the rules. Next week, she will take her driving test. I’m sure she will pass with flying colors. …… MORE
Dave Williams: 6/4/15 Cue the mosquitoes
I was born in August in California’s Sacramento Valley, where summer days often reach 95-105 degrees and sometimes more. When I was a kid we didn’t have air conditioning, just swamp coolers that didn’t cool a home as much as it piled humidity onto your plate of misery. That wasn’t a huge problem for me…… MORE
Eric Bushman: 6/3/15 The Inconvenient Remake of Victory Park
Good things come to those who wait. Someone said that once and it caught on but perhaps at the age of 31 I have yet to buy into that. Waiting isn’t fun. Not even when it is for Godot. For three years now I have come and gone from the WBAP/KLIF studios which are located…… MORE
Alan Scaia: 6/2/15 The most awkward reunions of my life
I’m sorry for being so verbose about this car crash, but it’s been a main theme in my life lately. I know all of you have expectations about what appears in this space. This time of year, for instance, I would normally be blogging about my dislike for lawn care. But I’d like to start by…… MORE
Rick Hadley: 6/1/15 It’s been a wet one.
I don’t have to say it. We’re all aware of it. This has a wet May for the record books. Texas went from being in a years upon years drought to being out of it in a matter of weeks. That’s Texas for you. One extreme to the other. Since May first we have seen…… MORE
Matt Stoker: 5/27/15 Wasp Season
Summer to me means wasps. It’s wasp season. I haven’t seen any building nests around my house just yet, but they’re coming. If there’s one thing I’m truly afraid of, it’s bees and wasps. I suppose I’m afraid of many things, but those are near the top of the list. I’m not allergic as far…… MORE
Nichole Deal: 5/26/15 Celebrate a Texas teacher
As we approach the end of the academic school year, I find myself thinking about the educators and teachers that have warmed my daughter’s life as well as the lives of many other children. This time of year is bitter sweet. All the fuss over the report cards, cleaning out those lockers and book bags…… MORE
Rick Hadley: 5/25/15 I fought the law
It was a Thursday evening. The wife and I had just had dinner in the Bishop Arts District. My food was a little unsatisfactory, but otherwise everything was hunky-dory, until we walked back to my pickup. As we strolled across the street I noticed the parking ticket on windshield, tucked neatly under the windshield wiper.…… MORE
