Author Archives: Hypermark
Bon Voyage
This afternoon at 4:00, Leigh and I departed from Galveston, Texas on the Carnival cruise ship The Conquest. As I’m writing this, we’re in the Gulf of Mexico, several hundred miles from Galveston. On Wednesday, we’ll make a stop in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This is our first cruise, and it’s a little odd. Neither of […]
Be Mine
Ellie is looking for a Valentine’s Day date. She’s got stuffed animals, wine, and a lovely red rose to present to her suitor. Any takers?
Privy Information
As much as I love technology, I’ve never really been one of the book-alarmists that’s concerned about some technological innovation making the book format obsolete. There are just certain things that books are really good at that handheld devices aren’t. To begin with, books look impressive and awesomely elitist when they’re stacked neatly on a […]
AST and then ATM…DVDA? TD!
For a male who doesn’t like football, this time of the year totally sucks. To be frank, I didn’t even realize this last weekend was the Super Bowl until Sunday morning. I was bitching because there were so many people at the mid-morning church service, and Leigh reminded me that they probably wanted to get […]
It’s A Dirty Job But Someone’s Gotta Do It
As an instructor, I’m going to go ahead and admit something that a lot of folks in the education system don’t have the courage to come out and say: Not everyone needs to go to college. There. I said it. For some reason we, the American society, have venerated collegiate life and devalued more traditional […]
Hypercooking-My Favorite Marinara
Hypercooking with Mark–My Favorite Marinara
Thank You, Alaska
As a Texas citizen, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Alaska. In Texas, we’ve got Matthew McConaughey and the McConaughey Clan, which includes such esteemed citizens as Rooster and Miller Lyte McConaughey. Texas is also the birthplace of Jessica Simpson, and unfortunately, I have to assume that it was here, […]
Who’d You Vote For?
So who’re you voting for? Umm, Obama. So you’re a Democrat. Uh, no. Well, you’re voting for Obama. Technically, I already voted. And yes, I did vote for Obama. But I don’t consider myself a Democrat. Well you voted for one. Yeah, but that doesn’t make me one. Well, if you didn’t vote for McCain […]
A Whale’s Vagina
Right now I’m in San Diego with Leigh, who is attending a medial conference. I’ll be here until Sunday, and I hope to try and post some pictures and some anecdotes from our trip. My initial impression: the people here are too nice. Leigh arrived yesterday morning, and I arrived late last night. She picked […]