by Phil Houseal | Oct 25, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Oct 25, 2023–The next time I sneeze, don’t bless me. That universal reaction to what is essentially an involuntary intimate act disturbs me. Those two simple words–Bless You–while a loving benediction in other contexts, when used after a snot-spraying convulsion...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 18, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Oct 18, 2023–You are not who you think you are. You are who everyone else thinks you are. Like every fictional character, Bart Simpson does not exist. He is simply the aggregation of traits thought up by a committee of writers and artists. They have produced 750+...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 13, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy, PR Tips
Oct 11, 2023–Anyone who writes does so in dread of editors. Rearrange my words that I have so expertly placed on paper? How dare you! However, I have come to realize that ruthless editing–in all aspects of life–is what makes it, if not more interesting, at least more...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 4, 2023 | All Articles, Events, History, Music, People of the Hill Country
Oct 4, 2023–Every time it seems the modern music scene is abandoning “veteran” music-makers on the bandstands of history, a young artist comes along that rediscovers a classic genre, makes it her own, and shares it with a whole new generation. Meet Miss Georgia...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 27, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Sept 27, 2023–While completing yet another task that you never seem stop needing to do, it struck me how little time we spend actually doing the task, versus preparing to do said task. If it were a pie chart, the part spent doing the task would be the size of the...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 20, 2023 | All Articles, History, Music, People of the Hill Country
Sept 20, 2023–My recent column about my One-Hit-Wonder song Rocky Mountain Oysters caused an unexpected and un-merited surge in interest about my songwriting career. While attending a recent dance hall night, several fans requested that I sing The Fredericksburg Phone...
