"Texas Hold ‘Em is more than just a card game. It
deals...with that fine, forgotten art of playing a poor hand
well...Texas Hold ‘Em is a state of mind, a spiritual
survival technique, a way of holding on to things that might
just be important in this ever-changing world." --from the
introduction to Texas Hold ‘Em
The irrepressible, future Governor of Texas is back with a
crusade to stop the wussification of the Lone Star State.
He never thought he'd see the day when he'd miss gun racks
in the back windows of pickup trucks, but he almost does.
He misses the days when cowboy shirts never had buttons and
coffee with a friend was still a dime. Many of the
stubborn, dusty, weather-beaten little towns, roads, trucks,
jeeps, people and animals are gone now. Like it or not, the
peaceful, scenic bucolic Hill Country of his childhood is
being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
His is at his outrageous best as he gives Americans a look
at the state made famous by the Alamo, the armadillo, Willie
Nelson, and, well, Kinky Friedman. Texas Hold ‘Em is
composed of provocative essays, including autobiographical
pieces that are at times bittersweet and at other hilarious,
profiles of such stellar Texans as his friend, Willie
Nelson, as you've never seen him before, George W. Bush, and
Racehorse Haynes, and a treasure trove of lists, quizzes ,
including:
If the Ten Commandments Were Written by a Texan
Tex My ride
Texas Firsts
What Kind of Texas Driver Are you?
As an added diversion, the book is decorated with cartoons
by the brilliant John Callahan, particularly appealing to
those whose lives are spiraling downward into tailspins of
despair.
Texas Hold 'Em is the way in which the Kinkster plays the
game of life. To him, Texas Hold' Em means holding on to
what is dear to him, to the things that made him who he is,
always remembering that the most important things in life
aren't things. An old cowboy philosophy of life sums it up
-- "hang on tight, spur hard, and let 'er buck."
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