It was just violent enough and long enough to shake my Texan nerves. 11:42 a.m. I was sitting at my desk, business as usual. I felt something. A little startled, I looked around. Curtains aren’t supposed to shake on their own. Earthquake!! I ran into the doorway as soon as I realized what was happening. [...]

Went to Glow last night. http://www.smgov.net/smarts/glow/ What I hoped to be something of a laser, light, glow in the dark extravaganza turned out to be an overcrowded, sparsely artistic, lines for everything loitering festival. Not enough lights, way too many people. They even had police holding back people because the pier was overcrowded. I expected [...]

In the last month: I met my friend at the local hospital just before 5am. She was rear-ended at a stop light and suffered minor cuts and physical shake-up. She showed up just before 7am. I spent a few weeks after that helping her get her personal affairs in order. We also looked for cars, [...]