Hallalujah, Texas

If you’re not from Texas, you probably won’t understand Texas. But one thing you can understand about Texas is that it is a strange and silly place, not entirely unlike Camelot. Except without all the singing.

Here in Texas, we have a governor. His name is Rick Perry. He has great hair. And that’s about all I can say about him, according to the international rules of motherly advice of the ‘if you can’t say anything nice…’ variety.

If you live in the USA (as I’m sure at least a few of you do), then you’re probably familiar with the Bible Belt. If you’re not familiar with the Bible Belt, it’s pretty easy to get a handle on. Just rent yourself a copy of Footloose.

Yeah, it’s like that. Read More

My Commencement Speech

game-of-loans-interest-is-comingThis post is intended for graduating high school seniors and the parents of graduating high school seniors. You know who you are. Read More

Serenity now!

serenity-imageI’ve been meaning to write something about Firefly for years, but for one reason or another, I’ve never managed to get around to actually doing it. But, since it’s been a topic in the news lately thanks to Nathan Fillion stirring up the fanboys beyond all reason, I thought I’d finally take a few minutes and write something up about why Firefly was such a great show…and why it was doomed to fail from the start. Read More