Messin' with Texas

Just over a week ago, I went to Chicago to play diplomacy ( If you don’t know what diplomacy is at this point, you have not been reading enough. Look it up yourself). Is a great event. It was well run, a good venue, and a decent field of players. Although I did not do [...]

This picture, was taken in the Houston Hobby airport. It is in some random corridor in one of the terminals, near the bathrooms. When I saw this, I immediately imagined many different sizes of people all drinking at the same time. I think the heights of the water fountains are an artistic choice, but perhaps [...]

Lately I’ve been having dinner parties at my apartment about every other week. I haven’t felt much like going to Houston and so when I have time on weekends I’ve taken to cooking things, and hosting people. At home growing up in New York, my parents hosted people often, and my friends came over often; [...]

here in Texas, I live in Beaumont but I work in Port Arthur. Port Arthur is generally a rundown area. It hasn’t quite recovered from the hurricane damage and has fallen into further disrepair. Two weeks ago I took my first trip  through port Arthur and took a few pictures. I thought I would share [...]

over the past few months I’ve been making an effort to get a diplomacy group started in Houston. I had some help from the players that were already here and I managed to bring in some new players on my own. We have played twice now and are looking to get a third game sometime [...]

I’ve been here for nine months now, and have done my best to make a life for myself. I have friends, I’m involved in local sports, I have restaurants that I frequent, I have bars that I frequent, and I even have a porch garden. One thing that continues to drive me crazy is the [...]

Here are a few snippets of conversation from the past week or so at work. They are of course all political. That’s really the thing that strikes me most about Texas; everyone is so conservative and suspicious of government. That, and all the nice sunrises I get to see. Texas has a beautiful sky in [...]