Planes, Trains, Flipout City

Planes, Trains, Flipout City Dateline: Threadgill’s Restaurant, South Austin. Set-up: Plane from Mexico City to DFW diverted to Houston. See Huts and Cots. Parked on the Houston tarmac, I slip into a mini-meditation: Cool air in. Warm air out. The exact technique will be highlighted in a later post. But …

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Stress. The IKEA Virgin, Episode 3==Repeat for Order

Dateline: IKEA World. Many children have been dropped off here for a fun-filled vacation and not seen again until they need college money. To comprehend the danger that awaits the soul of a person who is not a savvy shopper, or a savvy anything in the outside modern world, you …

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Stress: COSTCO Universe, IKEA World, Episode 2

Dateline: COSTCO Universe. Okay, you’re right. I published Episode Three, before Episode Two, Which is what Costco can do to your mind. In case this is too confusing, I’ll repost Episode Three again after Episode Two…that is right, right? Note: To truly understand the depth of shopping pathology and stress …

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Stress: the Cosco Virgin Gives It Up for Chocolate Bar!

Okay, let’s get one thing straight right off. The disaster was not all my fault. Today is a very windy day. On an even playing field with no wind, I could have saved the others. A lack of furniture forced me out of my cave and into the new world, …

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Addiction, It Takes Two…Stress and Addiction, Final Episode

Dateline: San Antonio River Walk Patio Branch Office. Jennifer Lopez stood on the nearby bridge during the making of Selena. If you are new the story of Mr. and Mrs. Travis, Catch up with Episode One, Episode Two, and Episode Three. When the next football season came around, Mrs. Travis …

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Stress: Mobile Communications Have Made the World a Village and I Am Its Idiot

Stress: Mobile Communications Have Made the World a Village and I Am the Village Idiot Part One: Anxiety and How Your World, Bad or Good, Is a Projection of Your Thoughts Dateline: Flight American Airlines 859 Austin to LA. There are a hundred or so people on this flight. We …

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