The Nation We Live In, a Collection of Essays and Short Stories

Yep, that's right. This week I attended a full and long, yet perfectly beautiful day at the Dell Match Play Golf Tournament in Austin, Texas. The Tournament's setting was at the Austin Country Club. ACC's welcoming and spacious grounds made for a sporty, social and mid-week smile-inducing Thursday! Participating in the Dell Match Play Professional Golf event were the top 64 golfers in the world! No schlubs, just the elite cream of the professional golfer crop. These 64 top golfers represented an impressive variety of countries and cultures worldwide. Now, I know what your thinking, "George, I've watched Golf on Television and it's boring as heck. It can put me to sleep. What's the joy in watching professional golf?" Well, my friends, don't allow the television cameras and broadcasts to be your only microscope into life. Especially the naturistic and worthwhile sport known as professional golf. Actually being a permitted, ticket ca...

What is the " Resistance "? It is a mindset of avid voting conscious American citizens who are against the morality, economic trade tariffs, principals and human right's evilness of President Donald J. Trump. Also known as Never Trumpers. Despite our country's continuous upswing in economic prosperity from the depths of the 2008 depression, almost everything else, in my opinion, President Trump has stumped for and tweeted about has been negative, and often quite evil. I'd say Mr. Trump represents the DARK side, but that would be too harsh and unbecoming of the Dark Side (Star Wars reference). The Dark Side of the force in the famous blockbuster movie franchise showed more glimpses of hope, promise, redemption, and kind humanity than our current egomaniacal, cruel and self-absorbing septuagenarian in chief. At least Darth Vader saved his son, Luke Skywalker from the Emperor, right? Here's another real challenge, to blame for how our current Pre...

I decided to drive from my hometown of Austin, Texas to South Padre Island, for my SXSW Airbnb forced Spring Break Vacation hiatus and escape. I'm a liberal thinker and a conservative driver, thus what was "supposed" to be a 6-hour drive, in actuality after small town detours and 1 wrong turn became a 9-hour drive. Using up all of my car driving fortitude, I eventually made it to my own Airbnb beachside condo rental for the week. The Condo was located circa the 55th block of Gulf Boulevard. I would soon learn that Gulf street was the more peaceful, preferred and residential street, while Padre Street was the more urban, car honking, commercial and louder boulevard. One thing I did confirm and learn, is that South  Padre Island in Texas is actually a real, natural and earthy island. If yall didn't already know the Miami Beach island is fake and was created by man. My cozy studio rental was located in a  1980's year built condominium privately ow...