
The Answers Lie in the Hills
412 Words. 2 Minute Read.
The answers to everything are in those hills – Hill Country, that is, in central Texas. 24,000 square miles of rugged wonder; maybe the most authentic American landscape.

Cheez-Its with Don Draper in Texas
646 Words. 2 Minute Read.
Back in my heyday in corporate, I ran with some real boozehounds. We weren’t degenerate drunks, but we toed the line—so did our bosses, and their bosses too. The culture was so saturated with alcohol you could’ve wrung it out of a towel.


Bourbon, Bullets, and a Broke Down Truck
1,525 Words. 6 Minute Read.
I’ve traveled all over this great nation of ours—been to 47 states and visited every major city—and I can assure you that next to the majesty of the Rocky Mountains and the beauty of Northern California, Kentucky is one of the prettiest parts of America.

The MARTA Experience: Like Public Transit, But Worse
543 Words. 2 Minute Read.
But every once in a while, the universe decides I need a swift kick to the nuts – and few things deliver as much displeasure as riding MARTA.