I'm catching up on the X-Files tonight. According to the schedule, and assuming I watch every episode (which I will not do), I should be on 1.13 tonight, and that's the episode I'm watching now. This episode is notable for several reasons: Mulder and Scully switching roles, with Scully as the believer and Mulder as the skeptic. An in-depth look of ( Read more... )

About 30 years ago, we were living in a small town in southeast Texas, not too far from the Gulf Coast. There isn't much to recommend it, to be honest. It's hot and humid, and close enough to the coast to deal with hurricanes, but not close enough to warrant a weekly jaunt to the beach. The schools are de facto segregated and not great besides (or ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, at least during the years we lived in Illinois, my brother and I would spend a couple of weeks with my (paternal) grandparents. We'd spend time at their house by the lake (not nearly as grand as it sounds, I assure you; it was more of a shack by a pond), we'd hang out with the cousins, we'd watch cable (we got a whopping three ( Read more... )