Today is two months sober for me.
Hooray!
That is all. For now.
– William

This is the song we’ve been listening to, singing, humming and whistling in our office for the past four days.
Dan Reeder – Work Song animation

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
– Plutarch
Whew. We’ve been busy. And I’ve been tired. No, not tired — exhausted. It’s strange — being tired from actually doing stuff is a lot more affecting than just the tired from staying out drinking all the time. Actually using [...]

Can I get a witness?!
You may be be catholic, and I most certainly skirt the edge of it. ( I prefer the company of catholics,  I grew up in a predominantly catholic area,  I pray in catholic churches. Well, I pray everywhere, constantly. In a catholic church, you feel you’ve PRAYED, however).
But you and me [...]

Hey Brother,
Intense! But, in considering the source…
As far as all the people being God-
The idea is that EVERYTHING is God.
Nothing could exist without God, and therefore there is nothing that isn’t God, so on and so forth.
It [...]

Maybe time to leave the desert, no?
Swore off God last night-
“Don’t want me to have your love and favor? FINE! Keep it! I don’t need it!”
Just got out from praying at Our Lady of the Lake.
I’ve done all I can. Gone absolutely as far [...]

Today we move into our new house.
Which means we won’t have to deal with our current bitchy landlord any more. We’ll be our own damn landlords!
To see the house, check this link.
– William

Who am I?
That’s a question that’s been rattling around in my brain quite a bit recently. I haven’t had a drink in a few weeks, and if you don’t realize what a substantial statement (and non-action) that is, you haven’t hung around with me in the past few years.
I’m trying to stay sober. For good. [...]

I want to make one more introduction. Longtime readers are familiar with stories about John, the New Orleans musician who spends quite a bit of time in Austin and with whom I’ve had many, many adventures. He’s agreed to allow me to post the often quite insightful e-mails he sends to his e-mail list once [...]

I want to add to Misty’s post below, but first I have to make a quick detour:
Where the fuck has Mike Jasper (aka Jasper aka The Jasperino) been?
My wife starts blogging and out he suddenly pops from whatever rinky-dink woodshed he’s been hiding in writing his man-eats-trout, trout-swims-in-man, the-two-become-friends-and-go-fishing-together magnum opus to make a [...]