Welcome to Reality. May I Take Your Order?
This was originally published in an issue of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper’s XL Ent entertainment magazine on October 30, 1997! This was the first ...
Smoke Screen: Confessions of a Tobacco Junkie
This was originally published in an issue of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper's XL Ent entertainment magazine on July 24, 1997! You'll be happy to kn ...
Staying Fit During the Pandemic: 5 Tips from an Unqualified Nobody
Staying physically fit during a worldwide pandemic can be difficult. Trust me. I’ve found it so difficult I haven’t even tried. I’m normally a very fit guy ...
How I Successfully Failed to Upgrade my Son’s Laptop
Science never ceases to amaze me. Why, just the other day science amazed me by making my 11-year-old son’s computer almost impossible to upgrade. Thanks to ...
Ricky Tango, Jr. Becomes a Man
I was ten years old the day I became a man. I was out under the pecan tree eating porridge from my favorite armadillo shell when I heard Momma scream. I ...
I’m a Real Stand Up Employee with My New Standing Desk
My standing desk from Stand Steady! I recently purchased a standing desk for my home office so I can stand up while working. No, I'm not a self-loathing ...
Ricky Tango Jr. – Under the Couch
Life for Ricky Tango Jr. as a child - life under the couch of his morbidly obese parents - was mostly calm and easy, if not limiting and strict. Here he off ...
I Almost Cut My Hand Off With a Meat Cleaver
The summer before my freshman year in high school circa late 1980-something I almost cut my hand off with a meat cleaver. I'm sure I did many other things t ...
Food Amazes Me
Food amazes me. I'm not talking about the kind of naturally occurring food you can just yank off a tree or run down on the highway, I'm talking about the ki ...