Brian is so damn funny! What a brilliant opportunity to learn from a master of the funny!

In three hours from now, 2 years ago, I told Uzi to go to bed. He was sitting at the kitchen table, watching YouTube on his phone. I gave him a hug, and ruffled his hair. As he started to run towards the stairs leading up to his bedroom I told him I loved him. “I love you too,

Right now, nearly half a million people in this country are locked up in jail pretrial.

Every Jessica Walter and Martin Mull interaction on Arrested Development was perfect. Gene Parmesan forever. RIP to the both of them.

A gentle reminder to look on the bright side. And take note of how dark it has become.

Happy #FourthofJuly to our friends celebrating #IndependenceDay across the United States 🇺🇸! Signed, Your Oldest Ally 🇫🇷

This is how I like to imagine the call and response in So What.

Just finished the Texas 101 class I always needed — Big Wonderful Thing by Stephen Harrigan is clever, insightful, and a lot of fun. #requiredreading2024

Very happy to announce the launch of The Barbed Wire, a new site devoted to Texas culture & politics. I'm the senior editor and my first piece is about Star Citizen, the $700 million video game developed in Austin that STILL hasn't released. Enjoy! thebarbedwire.com/2024/08/21/an-…

"The story of 'Star Citizen' is one of ambition, of ever-increasing scope and expectations, and of the perils of too much freedom. It’s also a story of a passionate fan base," writes Brian Gaar. l8r.it/nB6V

"In the ring, Alexandrov exudes a disheveled, chaotic good energy — he’s the hero, but he might also try to fight a bear." I interview the fascinating Texas-based pro wrestler Dimitri Alexandrov for The Barbed Wire thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/04/the…

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"Kids change everything about you. The years of sleepless nights, the grind of meals and bedtimes, the gross bodily fluids, the hugs around your neck, all of it," writes Brian Gaar. "Anyway, at some point I realized … I kinda liked Taylor Swift." l8r.it/mTP2

I’m numb to losing bring it on

Chopped it up with Brian Read the article below thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/28/pro…

I wrote about how I've ascended to the final old-man hobby: birdwatching thebarbedwire.com/2025/03/10/bir…

Before Martha Kelly played a drug dealer on euphoria, she was one of the funniest comics in Austin. I talked to her about her time in Texas, why she's so terrifying in Euphoria, and falling from a plummeting elevator in Spider-Man: Homecoming. thebarbedwire.com/2025/03/26/mar…