The Smoking Ban! Onward Austin! Hoo! Ha! What a flap!
If there’s one thing goody-goody fucktards love to do, it’s ban things.
You may ask yourself, can they really be serious? Do they really think that the world will be a better place if they can tell owners of a few scrappy neighborhood bars how […]
Archive for April, 2005
A Few Remarks on the Smoking Ban Proposal
Published April 22nd, 2005 in Austin and Patriarchy-blaming. 1 CommentThe family patriarch buzzed down from Dallas today to have lunch with me. I met him, as is our habit on these occasions, at the Four Seasons Café downtown.
The old man’s a captain of industry, used to getting his way, and although he’d never admit it, he likes to strap on the feedbag at the […]
Stingray in Quito, as photographed by me via a webcam at the corner of Amazonas and Alemania Ave, April 13, 2005
I realize that most Americans have never heard of South America, and that even if they had, they wouldn’t give a crap about it, because all their current events needs appear to be met by […]
When you’ll die without a pizza Margherita but it’s Chef’s night off: grilled smoked mozzarella sandwich with tomato and basil.
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A thundering herd of Austin cops flex their glands on the Mopac pedestrian bridge
Here’s some wack synchronicity: not five minutes after I posted my “Town Lake is ruined!†invective, my letter carrier Mr. McFeely staggered to my door under the crushing weight of my daily unsolicited bulk mail. Amid the customary passel of catalogs full […]
Fettucine with carmelized garlic and artichokes
Here at the Twisty Morsel Institute, we’re doffing our terrycloth golf visor to the end of this fucking tedious-ass PopeWatch by eating what Romans eat. We’re also hoisting a cup of wassail to the speedy excision of the words black smoke, white smoke, and conclave from our midst.
Here’s to our […]
I Survived Walking My Dog At Town Lake On Sunday
Published April 18th, 2005 in Easy Persiflage and Austin. 6 CommentsIn Which the Author Takes the Dog Zippy For A Peaceful Stroll But Has A Panic Attack Instead
Town Lake isn’t a lake. It’s a sort of dammed-up river that runs through the center of Austin. It’s damned good-looking, and Austinites enjoy damned good-looking stuff as much as the next guy, so there is a nature […]
I am about to make some remarks about the trail around Town Lake, but I must preface them, for the sake of comparison, with a brief reminiscence of my quarter-century exile in St. Louis, Missouri, Gateway To The West.
It was not without its charms.
For example, at some point in St. Louis’ checkered past–I don’t know […]
I Wasn’t Expecting The Swedish Prohibition
Published April 17th, 2005 in Patriarchy-blaming. 19 CommentsFemDefense: iPod accessory or rude awakening?
Sweden! When a people has already given to civilization of its utmost, viz. depressing cinema, impossible standards of human physical perfection, ABBA, and the Tempur-Pedic bed, one can but express a sort of reverent incredulity when yet another magma-glob of human accomplishment erupts from its permafrost.
I allude to FemDefence.
I am […]
Patriarchy-blaming just got easier!
For your browsing convenience, the Twisty Web Development Department has implemented some new post categories. Now, for example, readers who like food but aren’t so wild about the patriarchy-blaming can click “Morsel Institute†there on the right, and get only the golden-flavored posts that contain attractive pictures of my dinner. Etc.
Of course […]
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