Texas

the new Dubai.

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End times

Forget the bacon. Deep-fried guacamole? 

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I'll have

what he's been having. 

Days of wine

and greed. Reminds me of a friend we used to have who insisted on traveling high end on photo shoots; eventually, as another friend said, "he first-classed himself out of a job." 

Not fud, just worth remembering

It was seven years ago today.

A fate worse

than cheese judging: pushing wine in a pole bar. David Mamet couldn't dream this up.