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Billy T.

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About Me

I'm a great dinner party guest who knows a little about a lot and tries to refrain from being jaded. I can't run very fast but I can dance. When drinkin whiskey I prefer Bushmills. I like road trips and loud, live music.

My Interests

music, sports, politics, culture, mischief, avant garde, counter culture, drinking, premium cigarettes, correspondents, good talkers

I'd like to meet:

Charming women with conversational depth. Men who like to drink in the bar and hold forth on sports, rock n roll and news of the day. Dogs that don't bark too much. Cats that hang back in the cut.

Music:

the radiators, thelonious monk and the vast terrain in between.

Movies:

apocalypse now, hurly burly

Books:

catch 22--joseph heller AND civilwarland in bad decline--george saunders

Heroes:

the real people of new orleans, cowboys in willie nelson songs

My Blog

the juggernaut

I would love to hear some blowhards weigh in on the Houston Rockets unbelievable, improbable, utterly amazing and thoroughly intimidating 17 GAME WINNING STREAK.  With the continued success of tw...
Posted by Billy T. on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:05:00 PST

hating on the holidays

my dad died last saturday and so that has cast an undeniable sad shadow over the holiday season. but for years now i have become less and less enchanted with the holiday season, so while i am so unden...
Posted by Billy T. on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:52:00 PST

Jazz Fest Power Rankings

Well, I only got to go to JazzFest the second weekend this year, so I had a lot of living/carousing/catching up/laughing/flirting/hugging/boogie-ing to cram into those hours&. I stuffed as much music...
Posted by Billy T. on Tue, 08 May 2007 09:46:00 PST

sweet ol' san antone, smellin' like the yellow rose...

I just returned from a sleazy liquor store in downtown San Antonio that doesn't believe in putting prices on any of their merchandise. After expressing my disdain for such business practices to the cl...
Posted by Billy T. on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:26:00 PST

a little bitty uplifting koan

IT IS SO EASY TO GET IN TROUBLE AND SO HARD TO GET OUT OF IT REMEMBER THAT EVERYDAY
Posted by Billy T. on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:36:00 PST

the lede to the pilot that went nowhere

As we ease back into the action, our panel is dissecting the moods of life.  Terms such as depression, elation, stone-cold macking, they are all bandied about.  The camera man is leering at ...
Posted by Billy T. on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:29:00 PST

my morning

My MorningBy: Billy T.Ms. Reid's 6th Grade English ClassSo my morning sucked. Like, it wasnt good. It all started last night. It was hot last night. And many people were using hairdryers. So the power...
Posted by Billy T. on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:36:00 PST

sexy singers, the pitfalls of peyote and RIP

 I'm in love with Grace Potter, I think.... although her gee-tar player annoys me.  She's young, barely 22, but her voice is a fully developed wallop of soul and she wears the shortest of sk...
Posted by Billy T. on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:23:00 PST

the race for mayor in new orleans

 I was driving down St. Charles and the neutral ground was slightly littered with campaign signs because, you know, we have an election coming up. The one that resonated with me the most was ...
Posted by Billy T. on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:19:00 PST

mardi gras memory--krewe of oak

I'm returning to New Orleans for Mardi Gras next week.  Here's a little story about me and the Krewe of Oak from Gras 05 to get ya in the spirit... Somehow I became embroiled in a storyline that ...
Posted by Billy T. on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:25:00 PST