My Own Thoughts

Went and saw the movie tonight. It was only on one screen. Only shown five times. Not a fully packed theater. But it was a good movie. Made me jump several times. Made me cry once. (Not a real tear jerker. I just cry easily.) Had some sad bits. Some scary bits. Some parts that [...]

Or Being Normal, a great post written by New World Man. Being normal is figuring out what card you should put your first night out in months on. Being normal is thinking about getting a job closer to home because of gas prices but deciding you’d rather stay where you are because you like what [...]

Prop. 1: Pay with my money for railroads owned privately to move around and be developed. I’m all for railroads, except the one Houston Metro built. But why should I pay for moving railroads? I’m assuming someone wants them moved for something. But I don’t know what. Prop. 2: Marriage is one man and one [...]

The US does not have an official language. As a native English speaker and a native US citizen I am a bit distressed by this. I don’t want to end up like Switzerland, which has four official languages. Why has this come up? Well, I looked up the ballots for the Texas vote on November [...]

I haven’t seen anything about the vote this November. Then I got two emailed copies of this letter: Texas State Constitutional Marriage Amendment Ballot on Nov 8, 2005 A letter from Kelly Shackelford, of Free Market Foundation, Dallas, Texas: Dear Fellow Texans, What I’m writing you this month is different from usual. I’m concerned. As [...]