Kinky Friedman
Features
Getting My Goat
I wanted to help my old pal when he became a Katrina evacuee. I really did. But any houseguest who stays for nearly two years is going to drive you crazy (or, in my case, crazier). (September 2007)
My Favorite Place
What do the city of Lubbock, a defunct restaurant, and a submerged neighborhood have in common? They’re all places in somebody’s heart. (May 1989)
Columns | Miscellany
Gomer And Me
You’ll never guess how I came to break bread with TV’s best-loved Marine. (May 2009)
Rhinestone Cowboy
Or how I came to be known as “the man who put the glitter on Loretta Lynn’s titter.” (March 2009)
Poi Dog Pondering
An open letter to the president-elect. (January 2009)
Only the Lonely
How I came to know the hermit of Echo Hill. (November 2008)
What Are The Odds?
My little gambling problem. (September 2008)
The Cable Guy
The match made in hell that is Bill O’Reilly and me. (July 2008)
The Four Questions
How would Jesus answer them? How will you? (May 2008)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Why cigar haters make ashes of themselves. (March 2008)
Reform Follows Function
When I ran for governor, I saw firsthand everything that was wrong with our state’s political system. That’s why I know how to fix it. (November 2007)
Killing Me Softly
Professional suicide times two. (March 2005)
My Pet Project
Even stray cats and dogs need a Gandhi-like figure. (February 2005)
Dome Improvement
How I’ll change life at the Capitol as governor. (Hint: Spaying is involved.) (January 2005)
Keep Gomorrah Weird
A passionate, pointed, and in retrospect, pot-induced defense of Austin. (December 2004)
Zero to Sixty
A dreaded milestone approaches. (November 2004)
Bring Him On
A "conversation" with John Kerry. (October 2004)
Man About Town
Why do I live where I live? To get away from the Peruvian marching powder—and because my door was ajar. (September 2004)
The Wedding Partyer
Do I, Kinky Friedman, take tequila-loving country singer Pat Green to be my friend for life? I do. (August 2004)
Arrivederci, Melanoma
I never thought about saving my skin, until things got as serious as cancer. (July 2004)
Ardor in the Court
Racehorse Haynes is every year's model for what a successful trial lawyer should be. (June 2004)
Let Saigons Be Bygones
Thirty-five years after I refused to let my government send me there, Vietnam is where my kid sister, Marcie, lives. So I finally shipped out. (May 2004)
A Tribute to Me
Why did Willie, Lyle, and other big names pay homage to me by recording my songs? Because I asked them to. You got a problem with that? (February 1999)
My Willie
Willie Nelson and I have been friends for years, so why did I decide only now to make him a character in one of my mystery novels? The plot thickens. (September 1997)
The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
Nothing can stop Sheriff Frances Kaiser: not cancer, not grisly murder cases, and certainly not the good old boys of Kerr County. (December 1996)
No Show
Pushing the Limits. (April 2004)
Case Open
Life, death, and Max Soffar. (March 2004)
See Kinky Run
Me for governor, continued. (February 2004)
The Wanderer
My Jerry Jeff Walker. (January 2004)
Hair Today...
My hair apparent. (December 2003)
Unhappily Ever After
Once upon a time, there was a writer— it doesn't matter which writer—with talent to burn. Wanna guess how the story ends? (November 2003)
Lottie's Love
A whole Lottie love. (October 2003)
Jack Was an Ace
Jack Ruby: A killer role model. (September 2003)
Scout's Honor
The toughest cookies I know. (August 2003)
Whistlin' Dixie
I'm mental over the Dixie Chicks. (July 2003)
My Shelf Life
Yes, I am a dip. (June 2003)
Mad Cowboy Disease
Anarchy in the U.K. (May 2003)
Change, Pardners
Free the Hill Country! (April 2003)
Oaf of Office
Kinky Friedman for governor?!? (March 2003)
I Don't
Better dead than wed. (February 2003)
The Hummingbird Man
My life as the Hummingbird Man. (January 2003)
Tangled Up in Bob
Bob Dylan revisited. (December 2002)
Jungle Fever
How I became a wild man from Borneo. (November 2002)
The Houseguest
A sleepover at George and Laura's. (October 2002)
Yesterday Street
My West University Place. (September 2002)
Cliff Hanger
A vacation to die for (almost). (August 2002)
Psycho Paths
The truth—scouts honor—about Charles Whitman. (July 2002)
Blowing Smoke
In praise of old stogies. (June 2002)
It's No Mystery
Five easy ways to plot your life as a writer. (May 2002)
Does Not Compute
Why I won't plug in, boot up, or log on. (April 2002)
Unfair Game
On the trail of Texas' unhappy hunting grounds. (March 2002)
Don Imus Has Heart
In New Mexico—far West Texas to you and me—my old friend the radio jock runs a ranch for kids with cancer, and you thought he was all talk. (February 2002)
The Jest Is History
How Neiman met Marcus and other facts you never learned in seventh grade. (January 2002)
Room With a Boo
Having a ghost of a time at the Menger Hotel. (December 2001)
Hail to the Kinkster
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and me. (November 2001)
Social Studies
Belching the Lord's Prayer and other fine points of Texas etiquette. (October 2001)
Band of Brothers
Keeping time with the Texas Jewboys. (September 2001)
Ode to Billy Joe
Singing the praises of Billy Joe Shaver. (August 2001)
Texas for Dummies
Lifesaving tips for new Texans. (July 2001)
The Navigator
My dad at war—and peace. (June 2001)
Strange Bedfellows
Under the covers with five of my closest friends. (May 2001)
All Politics Is Yokel
My assault on the body politic. (April 2001)
Multimedia
Getting My Goat: Video Extra
Writer-at-large Kinky Friedman talks about life on his ranch, his run for governor, and his former houseguest. (September 2007)
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