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What Is “…nice moon, very romantic, but it Can’t get me twenty dollars for the kids’ clothes, Books, diapers, very nice moon.” “…hey, throw me...
Tom Waits Reads Bukowski Charles Buckowski, one of the great drunks of our time. Read by Tom Waits, a very talented fellow and I...
Nuevo Progreso Report August 30, 2010 One of the first things I notice as I progress over the bridge to Nuevo Progreso is the new sign,...
Public Radio FM 88 and the Food Bank RGV presents Food for Blues at Johnny’s BBQ      Radio host Chris Maley from public Radio FM 88 along with The Food Bank of the RGV will be at it...
Bad Joke I don’t like to talk about it. I love the sweetness and the light.  I can’t help but see what’s...
La Banda Elastica – It’s All About The Music Reading the Screens section the other day (August 13, 2010 issue) in The Austin Chronicle and found an article by...
Featured Stories
  • 0August 10, 2010

    A Slice

    …and The Downeaster stops, briefly, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. I hurry to leave. The city, I recall, was another New England mill town. I later learn that its red-brick mills, powered by...
  • 0August 9, 2010

    The Living Dead

          The living dead are spread through many a tribe       You’ve seen them friend       I’ve been them       Even half alive       Is a lot       Convinced as...
  • 0August 9, 2010

    Convergence

    Convergence (When two or more come together in one at the same time) Or connecting the dots Kidnapping and extortion rumors fly across the border. From San Diego to Brownsville.  Mexican Citizens, resident...
  • 0July 29, 2010

    A Poem by Julieta Corpus

    Among the dormant orange trees Along the frontage road A graceful mockingbird, perched low, Begins his strident song. Below, on the ground, a faded tent Is flapping in the breeze While tattered clothes dry on a...
  • 0July 29, 2010

    Don Clifford on Writing “Ben Solomon”

    “I’ve been a writer for almost as long as I can remember…wrote ditties and unflattering parodies about my classmates who got their revenge during recess. During the following years, I...
  • 1July 26, 2010

    Beats Waiting

    I’ve been wondering about me About how it’s gonna be and How it’s coming down and shaking out I’ve been waiting around to die Now I know why I longed so much to be free The...
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    Well, at UT/PanAm University in Edinburg they now have a total smoking ban. This means parking lots. Outside, inside, every square inch of the university.
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    Well, it’s coming out at last and people are finally saying it. The recession is here to stay for a while.
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