So my best friend came to visit last week and introduced me to Pwr Bttm. The band is utterly exquisite and absolutely unapologetic in pushing boundaries. Actually, I take that back. There are no boundaries. Whatever comes to mind is game. My favorite song so far… “I wanna boi.” So check it out and tell me […]
The Price of Hate
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Given the ongoing coverage of the shooting in Orlando, it is going to be hard to come up with a new angle. So I can just share a personal one. I am disheartened, but what has happened. I look back on my history, the gay history, and see massacres stretching back. So today we find […]
Where It All Began: “The X-Files”
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
“The X-Files” has always held a special place in my heart. In high school, I got my break in entertainment and in public relations, working for 20th Century Fox and on the show. With the return of “The X-Files”, I found myself getting a bit emotional, nostalgic, excited in ways that I never expected. My […]
Great Adventure – part 3
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Texas Heat:
“Where a tale begins and where it ends matters.” – Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell I hope to tell this well. Hmm…. how to begin. The Algerian war of Independence had been raging since 1954 and was about to end in July 1962. France was embroiled in all manner of…
Great Adventure – part 2
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Texas Heat:
“Time goes by and distances work their way into any relationship” – “The Crossing” by Michael Connelly Trying to recall, in detail, all that happened to us on that trip 54 years ago is difficult. Everything I write of actually happened but my command of the English language is too…
The Adventure -part 1
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Texas Heat:
“Sometimes it seems to me that religion has no higher function than to sharpen ones awareness of the extent of his imperfection” – “The Sins of the Fathers” by Lawrence Block My Dad was a career Air Force Officer. He served in WWII and finally retired after a long career…
Seasons of Max
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
At some point the people who read my blog will ask me to stop posting about my dog Max. However that may not happen since a lot of readers are dog owners (and specifically dads and moms of pitbulls. Today is Max’s adoptionversary. 6 years ago my life was made incredibly better. I was visiting […]