The Growling Texas Beer Bar

09/04/2026

"If you really want to win, then you have to not play."

-Manny

08/28/2026

In no way.. do I think

that I know
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anymore.

(an ee cummings inspired poem)

08/21/2026

If you're making a record and you're looking at lights like these, probably a favorable sign...

08/14/2026

I am always celebrating life. Good or bad, happy or sad. It doesn't matter to me.
But celebrating it does.

What else is there to say?

08/02/2026

"The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls:
Top soul, and the first to leave at the moment of death, is Ren, the "Secret Name"
- This corresponds to my Director.
He directs the film of your life from conception to death.
The secret name is the title of your film.
When you die, that's where Ren came in.

Second soul.
And second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: energy, power, light.
The director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.

Number three is Khu, the guardian angel.
He, she, or it is third man out.
Depicted as flying away across a full moon, a bird with luminous wings and head of light.
Sort of thing you might see on a
screen in an indian restaurant in Panama...

The Khu is responsible for the Subject and can be injured in his defense -- but not permanently.
Since the first three souls are eternal, they go back to heaven for another vessel.
The four remaining souls must take their
chances with the subject in the land of the dead.

Number four is Ba, the heart -- often treacherous.
This is a hawk's body with your face on it, shrunk down to the size of a fist.
Many a hero has been brought down, like Samson, by a perfidious Ba.

Number five is Ka, the Double.
Most closely associated with the subject.
The Ka, which usually reaches adolescence at the time of bodily death, is the only reliable guide through the land of the dead to the Western Lands...

Number six is Khaibit, the Shadow. Memory... Your whole past conditioning from this and other lives.

Number seven is Sekhu, the remains."

- William S. Burroughs

07/26/2026

If I have a b**r they call me an alcoholic, but if I have a Fanta, they don't call me fantastic.

Go figure.

07/19/2026

I think this whole thing is easy. All of it. All aspects of life. It just takes about 20 years of torture and an additional 20 years of contemplation in order to even begin to see and understand.

Lesson there.
- Manny

07/10/2026

06/30/2026

Strawberry Moon tonight is appropriate.

06/26/2026

As a consequence of my insatiable ego, I get to spread some marginal insight to the world. Something many motherf**kers crave badly. They really do...
Smart people would say "don't reveal anything" but they forget the pull of vanity...
I'll put myself out there in an embarrassing way. Besides, who the f**k is gonna challenge me?? You?
Here is the message:
Operate on the level that you are Deserving, that you are Beautiful and that you are Unbeatable. We have to think this way, otherwise we are not likely to make it.
People that are rooting against you are projecting their own fears and inadequacies.
I personally have one year left here, beginning Tuesday, June 30th.
I will do my time left in a very meaningful way. Like I always do.
It is no longer about "business" for me.
Do you think I am concerned about making it another 12 months? No, of course not.
It's going to happen regardless.
Anyone that ever doubted me either went insane, became irrelevant or disappeared. Those are the facts.
And the same should go for you.
But I am much more interested in finding some semblance of freedom. I don't know what 'enjoying life' means to you, but I'm having to think very much outside of the box, which is why I am sharing this. My platform, right?