I went to visit my parents new home south of Dallas. The VA is in Waco and they go there often. Waco is one of the bleakest cities I’ve been too, and I’m sure is even more oppressive in the summer heat, when everything just withers and dries up.
Until today, I’d been underwhelmed with the food I’ve eaten in Dallas, though not surprised. It’s not like I think of Texas as state with refined culinary tastes.
…until you crest one final mountain ridge and below you the lights of El Paso fill the wide valley of the Rio Grande. We drove through town to find the Interstate heading north in the dark and called our friends to wish them Happy New Years and to hear familiar voices
I was exhausted when we arrived, but within an hour the cards were out and even my father was taunting Vic as he shuffled a new hand. It stayed that way for three days: an endless game of cards and taunts until I finally put on my Grumpy Pants…
Geeks love Space. They love the idea of intergaltic alliances and floating toothpaste. They like it when doors slide open on command and inanimate objects follow them around and emote. By the way, astronauts are way hot!
In return for a mixed tape destination in their mind, we’d wait to play on our ipod until we got to that place and snap a few pics. This is the picture of the only mixed tape we received. One called, “Nacogdoches”.
