by Phil Houseal | Jan 11, 2023 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
Jan 11, 2023–Gelett Burgess was a humorist you don’t know you know. But you do know his most famous work: I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one But I can tell you anyhow, I’d rather see than be one But that was not his most fascinating work. In...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 4, 2023 | All Articles, Philosophy
Jan 4, 2023–To cut travel time, we focus on two options: 1) decreasing the distance between two points, or 2) increasing speed. What if instead we could condense time? What if we could remove every other second, for example? Or at least remove the awareness of every...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 28, 2022 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, Philosophy, Venue
Dec 28, 2022–I’m a basketball fan who has been unable to watch any broadcast games since 1999 when our TV antenna quit working. To see the first Spurs championship run, I had to go to 87 Ice Box which my wife didn’t like because I was also watching the kids. But they...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 21, 2022 | All Articles, Food, History, Philosophy
Dec 28, 2022–How many spices and seasonings do you have in your kitchen? How many do you actually use? I’m guessing those are wildly divergent numbers. I’m working on a theory that the hidden culprit in unhealthy eating is the amount of seasoning we use. Whenever I...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 15, 2022 | All Articles, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Dec 2022–What would possess a couple of tech entrepreneurs to erect eight yurts on 10 acres of land in the Texas Hill Country and rent them out as overnight accommodations? “We just really liked it,” admitted Bill Paul, who with his wife, Jenny, are finishing their...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 14, 2022 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Dec 14, 2022–With Christmas a’coming, the good boys and girls are sorting themselves out from the bad boys and girls. The other day, I heard a child ask if he could have a treat because he had been “a good boy.” It hurt my ears. Because throughout my life as a parent...
