HARD CRACKERS

Here in Houston, we are no stranger to natural disaster. Our addiction to the petrochemical industry should qualify us as masochists. I lived through Tropical Storm Allison, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Harvey, and countless flood events in-between. I have come to navigate these disasters without much fear. However, this storm, the 2021 “Winter Storm Uri,” has […]

I listened to a lot of Rush Limbaugh growing up in the 90s in Ohio. Talk radio was the de facto station when my dad was driving the car, and 610 WTVN syndicated Rush, followed by John Corby, a local guy who basically had the same schtick but with more Ohio State sports incorporated (or […]

“Against the Middle” By John Garvey There’s a chapel in Kansas Standing on the exact center of the lower forty-eight. It never closes. All are more than welcome To come meet here, in the middle. It’s no secret the middle has been a hard place to get to lately Between red and blue Between servant […]

Back before I was let go from an asbestos law firm, I made copious use of microform records. I say microform because I make the distinction between rolls of microfilm; the small sheets properly called microfiche; and aperture cards, which are computer punch cards with an embedded celluloid window containing a microform image. Aperture cards […]

Sunday’s Super Bowl will mark the tenth time Tom Brady has played in American football’s biggest game. I understand that people are tired of hearing about Tom Brady. For 20 years now, his name has been on the lips of sports fans, and not too long after his first Super Bowl victory, people who weren’t […]