No. 201 - Museum Hopping in Houston
1,113 Words. 4 Minute Read.
When you walk out of the chapel, you’re floating in serenity. So much so that I didn’t recognize the heat, but the brightness of the sun sliced through my pupils with rage. I had one of those moments where you can hallucinate with your eyes shut. I suppose I will leave you with that.
No. 190 - Coffee and Cigarettes, in a Cemetery
834 Words. 3 Minute Read.
So, as the clock rang in the new year, I made a New Year’s resolution to start smoking. Looking back, it was the best resolution I ever made. Never regretted it – not for a second.
No. 175 - Six Films, Two Days, No Carry-On
1,290 Words. 5 Minute Read..
If I had to look at the same skyline every day, or visit the same museums, walk in the same parks, or eat the same cuisine, I’d lose my mind. I like the anonymity of being on the road. No one knows me. No one knows my story, my failures, or my successes.
No. 159 - How Long Would It Take to Read the Western Canon?
689 Words. 3 Minute Read.
I managed to get through my teen years without reading The Great Gatsby. Shocker—I know. Every red-blooded American is expected to have read this classic somewhere between Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, but, alas, I never took part in this literary rite of passage.
No. 156 - On Caro, McCullough, and Hunter
413 Words. 2 Minute Read.
Had anyone told me I’d read over 3,000 pages on Lyndon Johnson, I’d have said they were nuts—but I can’t stop. Caro reminds me of David McCullough in that he takes on massive projects but somehow keeps you engaged to the point of fanaticism.