Category: Life It’s Ownself

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    The Lost Art of Reading A Book

    I bought a book the other day. Not an eBook. Not an Audiobook. A real, live, physical book. With covers and pages made out of paper. You remember those. Seriously old fashioned. One thing I noticed right away was the weight of the book. It was a paperback but it was the large format type, and felt heavy. Then I…

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    Privileges of Youth (RIP Dusty Hill)

    The title of this post may be confusing. There is a great song that I like very much. It’s written by two other great Texas music artists, Jamie Richards and Walt Wilkins, called Privileges of Youth. You can listen to Jamie’s recording on Youtube here. The lyrics begin with: “The boys and I used to pitch in for the gas…

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    Hump Day Wake Up Call

    If you’re having trouble kickstarting the day Dr. Semitough has exactly the prescription to get you going. Take one Youtube video, add Stevie Wonder and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sprinkle in some Jodie Watley on backup vocals. Hand Salt N Pepa some tambourines and such and have them dance in the background. Then crack into the most funkiest version ever recorded…

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    Watch This Space

    It’s been a minute since I last posted. But this space is semiprecious to me. Lots of thoughts, feelings, other made up shit have been recorded here for posterity. But I haven’t been feeling very verbose lately. Until now. Look out. Be vigilant. Be ready. Tough is back in the house and repairing the Bloviator machine with an intent to…