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“Every restaurant has people like him Rolando. Every one.” “Ain’t that the truth.” I go back into the dining room. The old man’s staring off into space. His watery blue eyes remind me of a fearful child scanning the horizon, wondering who’s going to be the next person to hurt him. He looks like the world broke him like a dollar bill and didn’t give him back any change. The world’s full of people like him, hurting folk who, for whatever reason, are profoundly cut off from the human race....

Oh Haley, what were you thinking? Ha, Congrats!...

This has got to be the stupidest caption I've ever seen; until I started wondering if some people are really dumb enough to think that eating out is healthier than cooking at home? The report goes on to find two items at Ruby Tuesday's that have 2,000+ calories and 120-140 grams of fat. That's just ridiculous....

Pretty down-to-earth reasoning from the Dooce about Britney's latest breakdowns. If only we really worried about real problems instead of these contrived spectacles of celebrity. I am surprised that no one has brought this up yet, that no one in the media who is hounding her has taken a step back to consider that she might be on the brink of something disastrous, tragic for both her and her children. I can honestly say that if I had filed for divorce from my husband within the first year of Leta’s...

I was reliving my Damien Rice concert in my head today and I remembered I hadn't really shared how cool a concert it really was. I saw Damien Rice and The Swell Season in December in New York City, on a cold-wet night. It was absolutely perfect atmosphere for his style of music and The Beacon Theatre was an amazing venue. To think that we willingly pay to see artists perform in athletic arenas is stupid after you've seen them in a real theatre. Acoustically, it was amazing; loud,...

I'd like to take a moment and point your attention to the 2006 Texas Tech Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's annual newsletter. Whitney designed it, and i think she did a pretty stellar job. I've composed a brief q&a of common questions that people have not asked me in regards to the creation of this newsletter: Did it take a few months of bitching and moaning? Hell YES! no. Was she pleasant while working on it? yeah right! yes. Did she do a good job and that's all that...

As the scale of his injuries sank in, his heart tightened. One arm was a stump and his remaining hand had only two fingers. Later, his big toe was grafted on in place of a thumb. One eye was blind and milky, as if melted, and his ears had been burnt away. The top of his skull had been removed and inserted by doctors into the fatty tissue inside his torso to keep it viable and moist for future use. He was a mess. Renee received the news that...

several times in the past week, I have gotten lost on the street I now live on. it's embarrassing; I have these moments where I CAN NOT find where I live... made even worse by the fact that this street has maybe 15 houses on it. work is going well; chef is great and everyone treats him like a rockstar. it's nice to walk in to places and get this weird street-cred just for being with him. on the other hand, it's pretty awkward because i feel like he introduces...

I rarely read the letters to the editor in the Lubbock paper anymore. It seems like the editorial board is a bit crazy, and will allow anyone to publish whatever nonsense they choose. I just wish they'd show more integrity than this. Smoking Dangers Don't Compare With Alcohol Re: The letter "Raise Public Awareness About Impaired Driving" (A-J, 01-30). If legislators and others would put as much force behind alcohol as they have tobacco, maybe we could get rid of alcohol all together, but that's not going to happen. In...