Texans are stubborn–or maybe just determined–even the Texas sun. For instance, the weather man on TV said it would be cloudy all day with no chance of seeing the sun, but he’s once again made to eat his prediction and prognostications when, at the last moment, the unrelenting sun snatched victory from the jaws of defeat . . .
When John’s girlfriend Eve said that refineries and, for that matter, all industrial sites were just ugly, John, an engineer with an artist’s heart, tried to get Eve to see that beauty was in the eye of the beholder . . .
911 was getting a lot of calls from folks fearing the bright lights might be nuclear holocaust or worse–but no, they were told, it’s just Congress arguing over the budget . . .
After being skinned by the hot shot NY NY investment banker boys with derivative trading before the big economic crunch, Bubba went home and got serious about the family’s core businesses, cows and the Awl Bidness. Things looked pretty good once he got on his cuttin’ horse with his roping boots and his stetson as the sun sank slowly in the west . . .
While on site checking out the scenery for a film to be shot on the Texas Gulf Coast, Madonna and Lady Gaga were watching a stunning Gulf Coast sunset when Madonna said to Lady Gaga, “It seems like being on top of the world, being famous and popular, but take it from me, girl, it’s fading faster than you can imagine.”
People often wonder what inspires a poet or song writer. While on tour and doing a show in Houston, Jim Morrison and the band had a day’s layover and decided to take a drive through the coastal bayou country. The sunset was stunning, and the rest is history . . .
