Mariel Tam-Ray
@mtamray.bsky.social
Content editor at DentonRC.com || Volunteer deejay at KUZU.fm 92.9 || Girl Scout cookie wrangler || Denton, TX
WFH election night jackfruit carnitas tacos.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
WFH election night jackfruit carnitas tacos.
FYI, the cheapest vacation rental in Paris, Texas, is the "Villa in Paris," aka a room at a Mȯtel 6 that gets 2.7 stars on TripAdvisor.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
June 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
FYI, the cheapest vacation rental in Paris, Texas, is the "Villa in Paris," aka a room at a Mȯtel 6 that gets 2.7 stars on TripAdvisor.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
Airbṇb is now, truly, the Ubėr of Hotėls.cȯm.
Been looking for this photo for a while, and my husband dug up his copy. Me staring down Rhett Miller at an Old 97’s show at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, “98 or “99. Photo by Abi Cohen. A favorite, to my chagrin, of the late Packy Saunders’.
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Been looking for this photo for a while, and my husband dug up his copy. Me staring down Rhett Miller at an Old 97’s show at Fitzgerald’s in Houston, “98 or “99. Photo by Abi Cohen. A favorite, to my chagrin, of the late Packy Saunders’.
Oh, you haven’t met my cactus yet? His name is Uncle Baby Billy.
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oh, you haven’t met my cactus yet? His name is Uncle Baby Billy.
FYI: If you look for Guantanamo Bay on Google Maps, there's this pooch who genuinely loves the nearby dog park.
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FYI: If you look for Guantanamo Bay on Google Maps, there's this pooch who genuinely loves the nearby dog park.
Yay, they stopped at 107.
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Yay, they stopped at 107.
Dallas alert system is having a total freakout right now.
January 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dallas alert system is having a total freakout right now.
Me on a Teams meeting call, hair unwashed, day off, mirror image. Pencil on reporter’s notebook.
November 14, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Me on a Teams meeting call, hair unwashed, day off, mirror image. Pencil on reporter’s notebook.
Extremely silly thing I made, ostensibly for work. (It's in Denton's Scary Chairy Orchard — unquestionably the biggest collection of visual jokes and puns to have ever graced the O'Neil Ford courtyard at City Hall.)
October 15, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Extremely silly thing I made, ostensibly for work. (It's in Denton's Scary Chairy Orchard — unquestionably the biggest collection of visual jokes and puns to have ever graced the O'Neil Ford courtyard at City Hall.)
The best Q&A's on the 12-foot skeleton page.
September 23, 2024 at 2:20 AM
The best Q&A's on the 12-foot skeleton page.
found on a home improvement store's website, using a pic from the '70s or '80s to sell this hollow-core door. Admittedly door technology has not changed much in the past few decades ...
August 30, 2024 at 4:26 AM
found on a home improvement store's website, using a pic from the '70s or '80s to sell this hollow-core door. Admittedly door technology has not changed much in the past few decades ...
"... still shallow enough to fit in most drawers, if not most budgets"
June 12, 2024 at 12:07 AM
"... still shallow enough to fit in most drawers, if not most budgets"
April 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
I hope Denton never gets rid of the moss cages of West Hickory.
November 8, 2023 at 5:00 PM
I hope Denton never gets rid of the moss cages of West Hickory.
This is the best zinger I wrote on the internet yesterday.
October 27, 2023 at 8:40 PM
This is the best zinger I wrote on the internet yesterday.
This is what a two-year-old pizza looks like. A film crew abandoned it in an abandoned portion of my old work building. Photo from 2017 by the always-agreeable Jeff Woo/DRC.
Further context, part of the funniest/silliest thing I've done at work: texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...
Further context, part of the funniest/silliest thing I've done at work: texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...
October 13, 2023 at 4:51 AM
This is what a two-year-old pizza looks like. A film crew abandoned it in an abandoned portion of my old work building. Photo from 2017 by the always-agreeable Jeff Woo/DRC.
Further context, part of the funniest/silliest thing I've done at work: texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...
Further context, part of the funniest/silliest thing I've done at work: texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/m...