Kinky Friedman
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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).
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.
Columns | Miscellany
My E-piphany
If Tahitian sailors could find Hawaii using only their testicles, I ought to be able to survive the modern world without a computer. But, hell, it looks like I can't.
Gov Hunt
As the only man ever to run against both Bill White and Rick Perry, I have a few thoughts on how either one of these fine, upstanding, admirable men could beat the tar out of the other.
Gomer And Me
You’ll never guess how I came to break bread with TV’s best-loved Marine.
Rhinestone Cowboy
Or how I came to be known as “the man who put the glitter on Loretta Lynn’s titter.”
Poi Dog Pondering
An open letter to the president-elect.
Only the Lonely
How I came to know the hermit of Echo Hill.
What Are The Odds?
My little gambling problem.
The Cable Guy
The match made in hell that is Bill O’Reilly and me.
The Four Questions
How would Jesus answer them? How will you?
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Why cigar haters make ashes of themselves.
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.
Killing Me Softly
Professional suicide times two.
My Pet Project
Even stray cats and dogs need a Gandhi-like figure.
Dome Improvement
How I’ll change life at the Capitol as governor. (Hint: Spaying is involved.)
Keep Gomorrah Weird
A passionate, pointed, and in retrospect, pot-induced defense of Austin.
Zero to Sixty
A dreaded milestone approaches.
Bring Him On
A "conversation" with John Kerry.
Man About Town
Why do I live where I live? To get away from the Peruvian marching powder—and because my door was ajar.
The Wedding Partyer
Do I, Kinky Friedman, take tequila-loving country singer Pat Green to be my friend for life? I do.
Arrivederci, Melanoma
I never thought about saving my skin, until things got as serious as cancer.
Ardor in the Court
Racehorse Haynes is every year's model for what a successful trial lawyer should be.
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.
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?
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.
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.
No Show
Pushing the Limits.
Case Open
Life, death, and Max Soffar.
See Kinky Run
Me for governor, continued.
The Wanderer
My Jerry Jeff Walker.
Hair Today...
My hair apparent.
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?
Lottie's Love
A whole Lottie love.
Jack Was an Ace
Jack Ruby: A killer role model.
Scout's Honor
The toughest cookies I know.
Whistlin' Dixie
I'm mental over the Dixie Chicks.
My Shelf Life
Yes, I am a dip.
Mad Cowboy Disease
Anarchy in the U.K.
Change, Pardners
Free the Hill Country!
Oaf of Office
Kinky Friedman for governor?!?
I Don't
Better dead than wed.
The Hummingbird Man
My life as the Hummingbird Man.
Tangled Up in Bob
Bob Dylan revisited.
Jungle Fever
How I became a wild man from Borneo.
The Houseguest
A sleepover at George and Laura's.
Yesterday Street
My West University Place.
Cliff Hanger
A vacation to die for (almost).
Psycho Paths
The truth—scouts honor—about Charles Whitman.
Blowing Smoke
In praise of old stogies.
It's No Mystery
Five easy ways to plot your life as a writer.
Does Not Compute
Why I won't plug in, boot up, or log on.
Unfair Game
On the trail of Texas' unhappy hunting grounds.
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.
The Jest Is History
How Neiman met Marcus and other facts you never learned in seventh grade.
Room With a Boo
Having a ghost of a time at the Menger Hotel.
Hail to the Kinkster
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and me.
Social Studies
Belching the Lord's Prayer and other fine points of Texas etiquette.
Band of Brothers
Keeping time with the Texas Jewboys.
Ode to Billy Joe
Singing the praises of Billy Joe Shaver.
Texas for Dummies
Lifesaving tips for new Texans.
The Navigator
My dad at war—and peace.
Strange Bedfellows
Under the covers with five of my closest friends.
All Politics Is Yokel
My assault on the body politic.
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.
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