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The Thin Line

A song I love has a line that says there’s a “thin line between joy and pain.” That’s certainly how I feel today as a Longhorn fan. A very thin line separates us from heartbreak and joy as fans.
It all started with “California Dreamin,’” and just like in the song, there was a church. Only it was in the Bay Area, not New York, and no one got on their knees and pretended to pray. Instead, a ...
Elvis is dead. American astronauts really did leave footprints on the moon. And the end of the world has come and gone, over and over again, without the world ever actually ending. When you’re a ...
Love and hate are powerful emotions not only for personal relationships, but also for how people feel about brands. The line between brand love and brand hate “is remarkably thin, often hinging on ...
Several years ago, my dad and stepmom were scammed by a moving company based in Boynton Beach, Florida. They were relocating from Arkansas to Mississippi when the company hijacked their entire ...
We have all encountered the mildly irritating American friend who returns from a few weeks in Europe — maybe as much as an entire semester! — with a “global perspective.” Maybe they’ve come back with ...
This week, I found myself reflecting on the relationship between fiction and reality. In most works of fiction, the copyright page invariably comes with a disclaimer that the characters and events in ...
I have always had a soft spot for military parades. Maybe it harks back to my childhood: my pilot father would take me to airshows to marvel at fighter jets. But give me some tanks, soldiers marching ...
This honeymoon period between the Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard is going to last for a good long while. The fanbase is thrilled and the party should rage on while Lillard rehabs. He won’t be back ...
Nestled in the heart of North Texas’ music mecca, Thin Line Fest will transform the streets of downtown Denton into a living, humming embodiment of creativity from April 23-27. Part showcase, part ...