Pixel monkey; media whore; film critic; baseball fanatic; husband; Texan; human.

I'm a "one-man band" when it comes to content: copy writing & editing, web design, audio & video production, and a whole lot more. Here's my resume (PDF).

Ability To Recall

February 16 0 Comments

In the middle of the Esquire profile of Roger Ebert (it really is required reading, simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting), I was struck by a passage that talks about what Roger remembers about losing his speech and taste:
Roger Ebert can’t remember the last thing he ate. He can’t remember the last thing he drank, either, or [...]

Flaky

February 11 0 Comments

It’s the third snow day we’ve had in North Texas in two months. I’ve lived here for 35 of my close-to-40 years, and I simply can not remember ever having this much snow in a single year. Yeah, I know everyone who lives above the Rio Grande is sneering at this, but snow is a [...]

After The Rain

September 22 0 Comments

Here’s where I fall into the stereotype of bloggers everywhere from the last ten years: I’m going to bitch about what hurts.

My neck.
My shoulders, particularly the muscles behind my shoulder blades.
My elbows.
My sternum.
Both of my knees.
My ankles.
There’s one tendon on the top of my left foot that has shifted out of place, and screams at [...]

Some Points Of Information

July 06 0 Comments

1) I no longer work for CBS Radio Dallas. As there are dozens of phenomenal, wonderful people who still work there, I won’t be dishing a whole lot of dirt as to what went down there at the end. Wouldn’t be professional, or prudent.
2) Ben & Skin are also gone from the CBS family. They’re drastically [...]

Meeting Manda

May 27 0 Comments

I originally posted this during Blogathon 2006. On our second wedding anniversary, I thought it would be apropos to repost it. I’ve been an amazingly lucky man in my years with Manda, and I can only hope to make her as happy as she’s made me.
Amanda says I get too long-winded in telling this story, [...]

Push Pin

May 02 0 Comments

The weird thing is, I’ve written this post several dozen times in my head over the last couple of months. However, by the time I get to a computer, there’s something else to do, and I put it off until later.
I’m not sure if anyone’s even reading the good ol’ El Blog, either by stopping [...]