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Tomb Stories: Archer City Cemetery

Location: Archer City, TX Creepiness: 3 stars Coolness: 4 stars           The location in Larry McMurtry’s hometown gives this place a greater-than-average coolness factor, and being in the middle of a dead, dreary North Texas landscape … Continue reading

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The World Ends Friday. Get in the Mood with Free Moonlight

Personally, I think the Mayans working on that calendar just knocked off for lunch, but, you never know. So, to prepare yourself, Moonlight is free today and tomorrow. If we’re all still alive on Saturday, then you’ll have to pay. … Continue reading

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You’ve got to see this

This is just too funny for words: http://www.youtube.com/user/NorthwardAdvance?feature=watch Why isn’t this on TV?  

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Indeed, it is

I got into a tweet with Chris Hill about Christmas decorations, and, well, here’s mine:   Take it away, Bart Simpson.

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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: You scratch my back…

          Things have been pretty good. That D. Krauss guy’s working out well. Hasn’t missed feeding me yet. We’ve actually got a schedule. He comes outside about 5:00 am, fools around in the the garden (which has delicious … Continue reading

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Losing cable, redux

Okay, watch this one first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeDzHm7ZODc then watch the one below. You just gotta.

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Losing cable

My cousin, Jason Smith, is at it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kPwGV_FhZo There’s something wrong with that boy.

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You can’t go home again

Because I was in that neck of the woods last August (see The Last Book Sale below), I decided to visit my old neighborhood in Lawton, OK: Now, yes, I know, it’s Oklahoma, and the word “visit” isn’t usually associated, … Continue reading

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Middlemarch

My review of this masterful, but, oh God, painfully long, novel is here.

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Hackwood Lane

  Some October moonlit night there comes through mist a time lost chaise, one horse’d, returning in gentle ghostlight from that far-off dance, crinoline flirt, fan-hidden face, and the young gray officer, Ivanhoe heart.   A field to the left … Continue reading

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