What One Writer's Wrought

As a relative newcomer to Austin, I have to admit that visiting the LBJ Presidential Library had not been a real high priority. Like New Yorkers who maybe one day will get around to visiting the Statue of Liberty, I figured when the time was right, I'd one day get on over to the LBJ, maybe with the next out-of-town visitor. Don't get me wrong! I think that if you overlook Johnson's Vietnam policy, we'd be looking at one of the greatest presidents we've ever had. The more you learn about the hardscrabble background he had to overcome to get to where he got to, there's even more about the man to be impressed about. Picture Trump in LBJ's place? A re-creation of the Oval Office Anyway, I'd figure I'd get there soon enough someday. Then one day this past summer, I heard about the Motown Exhibit at the LBJ, and that was something I was gonna rush down there to soak up, and hoo-wee, am I glad I did. Motown: the Sound of Young America , ...

Anyone who knows me well will be shocked to hear me give a positive review not just of a horror flick, but of a zombie-apocalypse film! I've never really felt a part of the whole zombie zeitgeist, and so never went out of my way to see any zombie movies, even ones with Bill Murray in them . Before we go on, allow me first to make a plug for libraries. The modern library is so much more than a place to borrow a book. You may be aware that folks have for some time been able to borrow audio-books and DVDs, but get this ! Anyone with a library card nowadays can also stream movies for free (up to four per month), in the comfort of their own home. Get the complete scoop at hooplaDigital.com , which is how I'd come to enjoy this amazing movie, Train to Busan . In retrospect, I guess my choosing this film must have had something to do with the week's activities. On the Wednesday following Thanksgiving, I'd caught a red-eye from San Francisco, having come from visiting...