So, that’s that. For five years Austin played host to Dillon, Texas, standing in for the Panhandle, and us fans got to love every minute of the Dillon Panthers, Lions, the drama of Tim Riggins and Jason Street, being oddly mesmerized by Buddy Garrity’s leonine profile (and where did they get the kid to play his son, Buddy Jr, with the same prow-like schnoz?). Oh Coach Taylor, I will miss you (but I can always Read more…
Well, let that be a lesson. When you suspect the computer is dying, trust your instincts. Granted, we ran MalwareBytes and it ran like a champ afterwards, and yeah, I thought that was the issue, but apparently not. The good news is that we rescued everything from the old hard drive and put it on the living room computer (except for my email but I think we can still recover that). The other good news Read more…
As I’ve mentioned a time or two on this blog, I read a lot of advice columns, especially the more offbeat ones, like Cary Tennis in Salon and Dear Prudence at Slate, and Carolyn Hax, who puts the beat down on so many people that it’s a wonder anyone still writes in. She never sides with the advisee. Never — even if the person is all, “my boyfriend promised to marry me and here it Read more…