Author Archives: RJS El Tejano

I Don’t Know if AI Is Coming for Your Job, But Here Is What It Is Doing To Mine

Every few days, another newsletter lands in my inbox warning that the robots are about to take everyone’s job. The copywriters are panicking, the coders are updating their resumes, and the graphic designers are looking into carpentry. I can’t tell you whether generative artificial intelligence is going to replace your tax accountant or write theContinue reading “I Don’t Know if AI Is Coming for Your Job, But Here Is What It Is Doing To Mine”

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, But None There Do I Think Embrace

Quite. You know the saying, “Be careful what you wish for? You may get it.” Yeah, funny that. A few years ago, I wrote a piece, not my usual cynical crap, about a little girl from South Philadelphia, Concetta Delia, who was run over by a trolley at the age of eight (?) in 1914Continue reading “The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, But None There Do I Think Embrace”

Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)

I actually read that line in the Philadelphia Inquirer, what passes as a newspaper of record in my readopted home town. Having spent nearly forty years in Texas, I think I know B-S when I see it. I’m not here to tell you that isn’t really true, because you’re not an idiot. Or if youContinue reading “Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)”

No Mexicans. No Mushrooms.

I know what you’re thinking. Not magic mushrooms. Honestly, I don’t touch anything. I am this way by nature, as God made me. No, today, I took a trip out to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the self-proclaimed “Mushroom Capital of the World.” And for very good reason. I went to contribute something to the sorry stateContinue reading “No Mexicans. No Mushrooms.”

And the Beat Goes On

So you know we left Texas. And we came back to Philly. After an absence of 46 years, more or less. A few impressions, fair or not. We finally took an extended trip into the city, to Port Richmond, an historically Polish neighborhood, which we reached via West Philly. We were going to Czerw’s PolishContinue reading “And the Beat Goes On”

No Plato Please, We Is Aggies

Y’all may have heard of the great rivalry between The University and A&M. No? Where you been? Somewhere with Yankee values? Where they believe in civil rights, gun control, and other noxious forms of socialism? Figures. We got to get yore mind right, as the man famously said in Cool Hand Luke. Cause some men–andContinue reading “No Plato Please, We Is Aggies”

Ad-Vanced Hypocrisy a la JD

Why belabor the obvious? JD Vance is a disgusting phenomenon, even in a collection of worthless, vile politicians. There is something vaguely nauseating about him although he is saying or doing nothing. His looks? Well, not his fault, you can say. Besides, looks can be deceiving, although his resemblace to a third-rate flunky in aContinue reading “Ad-Vanced Hypocrisy a la JD”

Late Night Reflections on Coming Home

I rarely burn the midnight oil. At the tender age of 74, there is some sense of security in turning in earlier. Silly, right? I am retired, so I don’t have to be anywhere most of the time the following day. So its not as if insomnia would prejudice the following day, and therefore requireContinue reading “Late Night Reflections on Coming Home”

Give ‘Em What They Want

This is gonna be short, as the Four Tops used to sing. Look. If the average American really wants to find out what the US was like before the New Deal, let them. If “Obamacare” is a problem, Hell, let the Republicans defund it. Let people see $4,000 a month premia. And then tell themContinue reading “Give ‘Em What They Want”