Daily Archives: October 14, 2002

RIP, Ann Carasaniti Abbruzza Visco

My maternal grandmother passed away last night. She was 85 years old. It’s amazing that she’d lived that long; she’d survived lung cancer (she was a nonsmoker) that cost her part of a lung over two decades ago, and she’d … Continue reading Continue reading

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Beans Barton

Nice article today on Beans Barton, local artist/musician/eccentric who’s currently busy painting a bigass dinosaur mural on the walls of our neighborhood elementary school. You can see a picture of the artist at work here. If you’re a fan of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Everybody loves you now

Houston is apparently the place to be for Texas politicians searching for votes. We’ve always been big, but we’ve never been popular. What’s different this year? But Houston has been the biggest voter-trove for years without getting as much attention. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Congrats to the Angels

Congrats to the Anaheim Angels on their first-ever trip to the World Series. I could really feel the excitement the locals had about this while we were there. The games were on TV everywhere you went. Displays on buses alternated … Continue reading Continue reading

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And we’re back

Got back from California yesterday afternoon, in time to do the week’s laundry. Had a bit of jet lag, which only ever seems to affect me on the trip home regardless of which direction I’m travelling, but eventually got to … Continue reading Continue reading

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