On Visiting Austin
Dear friend, family member, former neighbor, backpacking progeny of a schoolfriend or workmate… Now you have decided to spend some time with me in Austin,…
An English Person’s Guide to Texas
The first thing you need to know is this: everything you’ve heard about Texas is true. It is big. The roads are big, the trucks…
The Big Sell
OK, I understand advertising. I get it, I really do. And, no, it doesn’t necessarily have to be evil (although, mostly, it probably is). And,…
Movies: the Early Years
There are two things that are true about my relationship with the movies. First, I love them. Adore them. Nothing makes me happier than sitting…
On Learning to Drive in 4 Days
I’d never even sat behind the wheel of a car until I got to Texas. And big, wide America doesn’t take well to passengers. I…
On Becoming a Pet Santa
I have an almost infinite list of Things I Will Never Do. I will never run for political office. I will never again do karaoke…
The Pitch #1: The Tom Waits Duets Album
It came to me in a dream. A vision. A blinding flash of mind-expanding inspiration. You know what Tom Waits needs? A duets album! You…
On John Lennon’s “Imagine”
My list of Songs I Hate is a long one. It would include anything Ace of Base have ever done. “Wind of Change” by the…
