Messin' with Texas

One of the exceptionally cool things to do in Beaumont is go to a place called Painting With a Twist. There is one location in Beaumont which is conveniently located a less than half a mile from my house.
According to the website:
We have the answer! Come alone or grab a friend or two, your [...]

October 19th, 2009 I posted a blog entry about wrestling alligators in a competition. This was one of the crazier things I have done as I had never seen an alligator before (well maybe once when my family went to Florida when I was a child). If you follow the link you will also find [...]

I took a trip through east Texas over Easter Weekend. After going to Joe Patoski’s lecture on “Why Texans are Texans: An Introduction to Texan Identity” (related blog entry), I decided I wanted to get out and see something else of Texas. So I hit the road and headed north on 69 out of the [...]

Current Mood: HappyA few weeks ago, I went to see this guy speak:

His lecture (see the title of this blog post) was part of a series of five lectures put on by the Mcfaddin-Ward House, on the future of Texas. This particular one I was chomping at the bit for. Texans are an interesting group [...]

I finally got around to taking my sail boat out into the gulf of Mexico. It turns out it’s quite a long journey. Robin and I planned a two day trip and sailed down to the entrance to the gulf and anchored in a safe place for the night. In the morning we headed through [...]

Current Mood: SurprisedI took a road trip this past weekend and – having broken my iPhone – had the opportunity to listen to the radio for six hours. It was an educational experience to say the least. There was a lot of religious programming, country music, gun advertisements, fishing supply advertisements etc – the kinds [...]

Current Mood: SurprisedI currently work in an oil refinery. It is an ocean of concrete, steel, pipe and wires spreading out like a cancer in every direction. Through years of add-ons and expansions, the refinery has transformed the typically verdant southeast Texas landscape into a monochromatic monstrosity. Calling it an eyesore doesn’t even begin to [...]

Depending on how you know me, or in what capacity we interact, you have heard one of a few different versions of my current life. One is full of funny stories, exciting adventures, glorious victories and a colorful cast of people. It is dynamic, interesting and always surprising. The other version is of what a [...]

Fourth game (my indoor team) was a 5-8 loss. But I am happy I made it through 4 games in one day. Our goalie ruptured a tendon today though #
Third game we got a red card early and played down a man all game. We still won 4-0. Go united!!! We are in the semis. [...]

Back in the usa! #

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