Kramer Wetzel
Fishing Guide to the Stars
Image credit: Capt. Ron Matson Fiction and Fact: The Buddha in Sweden.
Rudy’s Gas
“We sell ETHANOL FREE conventional gas at this location.” Rudy’s Gas Rudy’s BBQ is a legend, with the original location just west of me in Leon Springs — essentially a San Antonio suburb. The chain is far-reaching, extending throughout the southwest, but I hold that original location as sacrosanct. The subsequent locations, North Austin comes [...]
Gated Living
Had a buddy, back in the old Austin days, living in a “Gated Community.” Some details have echoed in my horoscopes. Which is what made this odd image even more amusing, word play in the title, and then, a slight sag to the image’s frame, hardware, software, who knows? I didn’t do it. Gated Living. [...]
University Education
University Education Check my CV, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, from ASU, Arizona State, Tempe, AZ. No regrets. In a recent TV version of the remake of “Hawaii Five-Oh,” the lead forensic coroner claimed ASU, not for academics, but for the parties, “They were off the hook!” I studied, workshopped, [...]
Texas Land and Cattle
It’s a chain, as I understand, and what’s nice, for me, the beef is advertised as “grass-fed,” in keeping with a strict paleo diet. The scientific merit of the Paleo Diet are up for debate, and I won’t weigh in on that. Like astrology, I’ll just point out — it works for me. A long, [...]
The Second Rule of Ten
The Second Rule of Ten Another Hay House murder mystery: The Second Rule of Ten. Liked the first installment, as it was perfect, the preview was free on Kindle, then only, if I recall correctly, $1.99 on iTunes/iBooks. Excellent price for essentially new-age pulp. It’s perfect blend of standard, hard-boiled, rogue-cop, LA PI, with enough [...]
Six books I’ve bought and given away
Six books I’ve bought and given away A more full title, ‘six books I’ve bought and given away time and again.’ Bought it once, read it, then gave it away, then wanted a copy for my own library, and so on. “Borrowers of books are frequently crooks.” (cf., Pink Cake) 6. Snow Crash – the [...]
Marfa on Sixty Minutes and
Marfa, TX. I’ve written about it. For a spell, I used one of the roadside markers for the Marfa Lights as as a rotating image, the first time more than a decade back. There, in the archives, more than a decade old, then. Marfa is not a new place. I knew it was special when [...]
Faded Memories
From an old Townes Van Zandt song, “Out in New Mexico, people there treat you fine…” I got it wrong, the whole thing: White Freight-Liner Blues (by Townes Van Zandt) I’m goin out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine I’m goin out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine White [...]
