GUY STUFF

I saw a post on social media yesterday that drew my ire. It was a simple post, and all it said was to post the name of people you knew who had actually had, or died from, Covid-19.

Some Alamo movies not worth ticket price

“Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo,” the third motion picture in a long series, opened at theaters across Texas on Aug. 26, 1926. The first Alamo movie was made during the early days of silent pictures way back in 1911, eight years after “The Great Train Robbery.

‘Slow down’ was not in Rick’s vocabulary

by LEON ALDRIDGE leonaldridge@gmail.com “If everything is under control you’re not moving fast enough.” —race car driver Mario Andretti “I’d like to talk to you about a job,” the caller said. “I’d like to talk to you about a job,” the caller said.

GUY STUFF

It’s the last week of July and that means a couple of different things for us folks that live in the great state of Texas. First and foremost it means that school is about to start, and that means fall sports are about to begin.

The work/life balance

A column by DI DUNCAN If you know me, you know that my son is my entire world. The love I have for Logan is unmatched. That being said, sometimes, love isn’t enough. Logan’s behavior has been pretty bad lately.

Hold the drama, please

By TONI WALKER Contributing Writer There is a lot of drama in this world. It seems people thrive on it. And if they cannot find drama, they will stir up their own.

Come on in, the water’s fine

I haven’t made up my mind whether to be excited about Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson heading up to the very edges of space in their homebuilt rocket machines, or to ridicule the whole endeavor as an expensive precursor to the opening of a new roller coaster ride that you and I will never be able to...

Constitutional Carry – What you need to know

There has been a lot of buzz this spring and summer about the new Constitutional Carry bill that was signed into law by Governor Abbott. The bill is set to go into effect September 1st 2021. I have spoken to many people about this legislation.

Provisional governor caught in the middle

Andrew Jackson Hamilton returned to Texas on Jul. 21, 1865 to take the job no one else wanted – presidentially appointed provisional governor. A scalawag stooge in the eyes of most Texans, Jack Hamilton was caught in the political middle.

One musical instrument sits quietly as a reminder

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Let’s make one point perfectly clear. I have no natural talent for music. I am not musically inclined. And to that end, I own one musical instrument that sits quietly as a daily reminder.