We moved to Houston in 1980, before my sophomore year in high school. That summer I attended my first Major League baseball game. Driving up to the Astrodome that first time was like a waking dream—I’d seen that massive metal…
With what I’ve been through in life, you’d think I’d have learned by now. But no, I’m just as susceptible to fear and anxiety as anyone. Probably not as much as some of you–for whom it appears peace is an…
You may not realize this, but not everyone who joins the military does so to be patriotic. Most of the enlisted guys I knew only joined because they had nowhere else to go. That was my story too. Thirty-five years…
Thanks in part to a powerful Hollywood monster, the idea of respect for women is currently at the fore of America’s mindset. Finally. And yes, I choose to call it respect for women instead of rape culture. I’m a father to daughters, I’m…
The house next door is being renovated by people who live a few streets away. Our dogs always bark at them. (They’re not happy or nice people. Dogs know.) Anyway, more than once I’ve caught them yelling “Shut up!” at the…
