Preview Night at the Houston International Quilt Festival

Today was a crazy day, but I had already made plans to go to Preview Night at the Houston International Quilt Festival with my niece, and my sister, who is in town this week especially to attend the event.  I hadn’t been for two years, and it felt like it was time to go again.   [...]

Houston METRORail Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremonies for Two New Lines

Ground-breaking ceremonies were held to inaugarate the beginning of construction of two new light-rail lines in Houston.  Work will be starting on the Southeast Corridor Line and the Northline Corridor Line.
Both of these will connect more commuters to downtown and the present line, which goes from the University of Houston Downtown on the north to [...]

Wichita–You’ve Got an Image Problem, Dog Gone It!

I’m from Kansas originally, but I’m not all that familiar with the state’s largest city, Wichita. I’ve been there a few times, just to go shopping. Otherwise, I’ve driven through it, flown into the airport on the west edge of town, and, more than anything, taken the bypass around it. I’m sorry, you [...]

Eurovision Competition To Be Held in Moscow in Ten Days; Check Out the Competitors from Your Favorite Countries

I mentioned the Eurovision competition a couple of times before. This annual song contest, pitting the winners of national contests, will be held in Moscow this year, with the finals on May 16th. I’m not sure how they determine which countries get in–I mean it is called Eurovision–because a few of the countries, [...]

“Chiki Chiki” or “Chiki Bollo”? Make Your Choice Whatever It Is, But Come On, Y’all–Let’s Lighten Up For Awhile

The world can get a little “heavy” with people thinking about the swine flu, the economy, a couple of wars going on, and who knows what other worrisome things. Sometimes it feels like we all just need to “lighten up”, step back, and maybe dance.
The Spaniards have always been people who know how to help [...]

“We all are equal and we all are different”

I’m not a movie goer. Maybe because I’m such a channel flipper. When I get into that theatre, there are no remote controls, so if the film is less than exciting, I either have to sit there waiting for something to happen, or if the whole thing is more than I can stand, [...]

Want To Track Your IRS Refund? Would You Like To Know the Likelihood of Your House Flooding? Check Out These Great Informational Sites Brought to You by Uncle Sam

No matter which side of the political fence you sit on, or even if you just sit on the fence, everyone has something to say about the government.
Politics aside, the government does do some “good stuff” with all those tax dollars that get squeezed out of people, and some of that good can be found [...]

American Idol Has Adam Lambert and Sweden’s Got Talent Has . . . Knäckebrödsdansen

Someone is going to comment that this is what happens when a country becomes too socialistic, but this is so much more fun than the Perez Hilton–Miss California USA cat fight.
It doesn’t really matter if your Swedish doesn’t go any further than “lutefisk”. but I’m sure if it goes as far as Swedish meatballs, some [...]

New Interpretations Bring Modern Fusions into the Classic Argentinian Tango

“Meloncholic” is how I think about tango music, not really a genre that I’m pulled towards very often. But just like in the previous post, which focused on some of the music coming out of Australia, I “stumbled” again, this time onto how gay artists in Argentina are bringing “new life” into that classic [...]

“Stumblin’” into Memories of Neil Young via Austrialia; What IS Matthew Mitcham Up To These Days? And ‘Faker’–Nothin’ Fake about It

One of the first “real” albums that I ever had (not cassette) was Neil Young’s Harvest, and I’d play “Heart of Gold” countless times on end. By chance, this morning, I found a cover of that song done by Australian Lior and Canadian Serena Ryder. It’s a rendition that [...]