NO HATS
The Austin fashion police are very particular. You can enter the library in flip-flops, in fancy, shimmering socks and sandals, in teeny-tiny shorts, wearing blue-and-green…
On Becoming Joe
So, it's Sunday morning, and I’m awake early and ready to do…something. This is why I’m soon standing in a coffee shop, ordering my medium…
U.S. Post Office
The young guy at the bus station, he loved his post office. Opened 'til five, he said. Sweet frizzy-haired woman sold him stamps and gave…
On Lost Body Parts: Teeth
When I was told that I had to have my wisdom teeth out, I immediately decided that, unlike my last surgery, I was going to…
pig
I didn't read it, but I think this is a prime example of the southern Gothic tradition in American storytelling. I'm only guessing, mind, but…
On Lost Body Parts: Hair
I am now a responsible and upstanding member of society. But once, when I was younger…well, I was still a responsible and upstanding member of…
Not a 3-D Theater
The Lantex Theater is many things. Too many things to list on a sign this small in this font. Let us save time. Let us…
On Re-Watching Se7en
Se7en is a famously polarizing movie: the decay and bleakness of the surroundings, the bodies, the blade dildo, the head in a box. And, seeing…
