When we had completed our downtown, street-side shopping, we went to “Jorge’s” office. Inside, I met two secretaries and Jorge Sr., who was Meli’s husband’s father, which I was unaware of – hence the quotes around the previous two mentions of her father-in-law. My ignorance led to a little bit of an awkward feeling, because [...]
Continue Reading →After the last recap of my trip, I got a strong dose of guilt for failing to mention paft of the evening at, or actually on the way home from, Moby Dick. On our way home, around 1 a.m., the Brazilian tricksters who convinced a certain American tourist that hair in his food on NYE [...]
Continue Reading →According to a study performed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev… Sustained exposure to loud workplace noise may affect quality of sleep in workers with occupational-related hearing loss. The wait-staff at Güero’s Taco Bar here in Austin should, um, listen up. I had dinner last week with some friends and couldn’t hear myself [...]
Continue Reading →Most of my time spent between the hours I’m horizontally hibernating approximately three feet from the floor, I’m working. I love 88% of my job. The other 12% of the time, things irk me. Thinks like misspelled words: “ThNks” (just got that in an email), “publically” (in a a press release I proofed – submitted [...]
Continue Reading →Turns out magic, in fact, does not exist; however, the existence of Santa, Jesus and Nessie is yet TBD. Courtesy of a research grant from National Geographic, Martin Nweeia (and team), had the opportunity to study the male narwhal’s left tooth. Exciting stuff – especially for a dentist. They discovered the tooth is used to [...]
Continue Reading →During my Google image search for “you’re welcome” earlier today, I came across this little gem of an advertisement for our neighbor to the north. Has anyone ever thanked Canada for Jim Carrey? Thanks!
Continue Reading →This afternoon, I received an email from a fellow AD2ATX board member regarding the bios I recently posted to our site. In her email, she simply said, “Do you still need this?” and attached a photo of herself. Rather than typing my reply, I decided to do a Google image search for “yes” and respond [...]
Continue Reading →Typically, alcohol and caffeine are processed by the human body and dispensed over a bowl of water. However, when the two ingredients are mixed (caffeine + alcohol) and combined with irresponsible consumption, the FDA will bypass the human body and ban it. Thus, leaving wholesalers to look for new ways to dispose of the alcoholic [...]
Continue Reading →…the tramp-stamp tattoo above your rear is now inaccurate. Everyone else, stop whining. If you preface your day/month/year/life (+ ‘s) forecast on an ambiguous horoscope, which differs based on the source, then you may as well flip a coin to determine if you’re going to have a good day, fall in love, change jobs, or [...]
Continue Reading →I slept through Olivia’s attempt at waking me – knocking and asking Meli if she thought I was sleeping, but awoke to Meli’s answer and her telling Oli to let me sleep and be quiet. Ironic, don’t ya think? I smiled and drifted in and out of sleep for another thirty minutes. Finally, I put [...]
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