Life
At the Deadhead Fred, a 4-pack of the Gillette Sensor 3 razor blade costs $7.00. A 4-pack of the Gillette Sensor 3 disposable razor, which includes the same blade and also a handle, goes for $5.50. I've used both — there's no difference in quality.
Life
I got a phone call from an old friend last night, who remembered my long-ago days as a math whiz and wanted some help with this problem: If you are standing at a point in the woods, and you project out two lines of known length in two separate compass
Life
I woke up to the sound of a school bell, ringing a half a block away at Sunnyside School. When I went outside, the weather was beautiful: Sunny and in the 70s. I took the 15 to East Portland, and spent the day at the KBOO studios. I re-wrote AP
Life
I walk quite a bit because I don't own a car, and I was looking forward to moving from Houston to Portland in part because the drivers here are better. And the drivers here are better. Unfortunately, a lot of the bicyclists are insane. A day rarely passes
Life
I spent last week in Thessaloniki, Greece, visiting a Thessalonian whom I had dated when we were at Ohio State. What a city! What a country! I had a great time. I didn't want to come back. Some random observations: The food in restaurants was fresh, good, and
Life
Spent a leisurely afternoon at the University of Houston main campus, with stops at the Blaffer Gallery for the Ant Farm exhibit and Hofheinz Pavilion for a Cougars men's basketball game. The exhibit had fewer items than I had expected to find (the Ant Farm warehouse burned in
Life
I saw a young Muslim woman today wearing a head scarf and a David Beckham England jersey.
Houston
I spent my last Thursday evening at Slainte today. Thomas Gray and I drank a toast to friends departed (Booth and Mako to D.C., David to Japan, Lori to her five-month-old), and left our old booth (the one under the stairs) behind. No regrets. The place has been going
Clothing
On my way to work this morning, I saw a woman outside wearing a skirt with a hemline above the knee. It was 41° F at the time.
Life
I am beginning to think that the surest sign that you truly love someone is that you can give your loved one the right gift. By "the right gift", I don't necessarily mean something expensive (such as diamonds), or the kind of traditional and generic thing
Houston
I've finally seen one of those new International SUVs, parked in a driveway at Kirby and Stanmore. Sweet Jesus. When I say it was "parked in a driveway", please be aware that I'm using a well-known euphemism for the sake of being understood; a
Life
Kirby Benton Gray was born this evening at 9:07pm at Women's Hospital in Houston, weighing in at 6 lbs., 15 oz. Congratulations to Kirby's tired and relieved parents, Thomas and Lori Gray. I'd have a pitcher of frozen margaritas in the delivery room