I have great affection for everything about this book: the Dairy Queen cover photo, the West Texas rumination, the author’s cherishing of books and words. What a delicious book. That DQ photo reminds me of the Dairy Queen I’d often…
Tag: autobiography
Learning to play chess was one of my 2020 new year’s resolutions. It turned out to be a pretty good one since we’re largely home bound. Lately, everyone is talking about Netflix’ The Queen’s Gambit, as well, so chess is…
While my wife and many (most?) of my friends love The Gilmore Girls and/or Parenthood, I’m not a fan of either show. However, I am a huge fan of Lauren Graham. She’s charming, funny, and a heck of a writer….
n the documentary The September Issue, the generally intimidating and inscrutable Anna Wintour is shown interacting with her high school- or college-aged daughter. The scene is only a few seconds long, but it shows a very human Wintour, just being…
I love professional wrestling in an unironic and heartfelt way. I’ve been a fan since I was five years old, and I never really looked back. I like the spectacle, the storytelling, the athleticism, and the “Holy crap!”ness of it…
When I was eight, I spent the entire summer running around Indiana. My great uncle had a few acres in a rural part of the state. One day he handed me a hatchet and gestured towards the woods and off I…
Semisonic’s Feeling Strangely Fine came out in 1998. I was a slouchy eighth-grader who was battling severe nodular acne, braces, and a wildly inappropriate volume of palm sweat. Lucky for me, I also played guitar. Conversations with anyone were hard, but rocking…
As a proud and earnest Texian, I see Willie Nelson as one of the state’s greatest offerings. He captures so well so many of the contradictions inherent in the Texas that I love. Willie loves the Lord, his family, music,…
When I hit my formative years, I believe Rollins was mostly in his spoken word phase. I didn’t know anything about Rollins Band or Black Flag yet – I just saw this shirtless old man on mtv, shredded and screaming…
This review is for the audio version of this book. As a public service announcement, I recommend that you check in with your local library to see if they support OneClickdigital or other apps that let you download audiobooks to…
