Howdy y'all. Chances are you clicked that 'About' button on my navigation to learn a little bit more about me.

I go by ConchCat in most internet spaces I am in. I am a middle millennial who was born in Bryan, Texas, and currently live in Houston. I am a cisgender male and use he/him pronouns.

I used to record Let's Plays on my humble YouTube channel in the early 2010s, then streamed on Twitch from 2015 to about 2016. Back then I went by 'ConservativeCat', but ten years is a long time. I first started blogging in 2005 in high school. I blogged extensively until 2009, across multiple blogs and platforms. While I stopped doing it, I missed long form writing content, but hadn't gotten into the mindset of doing creative endeavors for myself.

I graduated from high school in the mid-2000s (just in time for the global financial crisis). I went to college in Huntsville, Texas where I majored in print journalism. I currently hold two master's degrees: International Relations (Political Science) and Counseling. I work as a social studies teacher in a high school setting, but I've also taught middle school, as well as English as a second language in an adult education setting. I have 12+ years under my belt as a teacher.

My hobbies include hiking, writing, weight lifting, and cooking. I enjoy playing games of most kinds: video games, board games, TTRPGs. I prefer cooperative gameplay over competitive gameplay. I enjoy reading many different genres of books - I just want a compelling story, though a romantic subplot is always nice. In nonfiction, I prefer either historical narratives or disenfranchised voices.

Some of my other interests include politics and education policy. My temper and outlook is probably best described as 'social anarchism'.

You can check out a few other blogs I like reading here.

These are my top five favorite posts:

1. My Big Bend Series: This was my first series, and it made me relive one of the pivotal moments of my life
2. Wide Open Spaces - the reason I started my blog was to get this muse out of my system
3. New Urbanism: my favorite topic to talk in my geography classes
4. Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity: An answer to a personal existential crisis
5. A melancholy road to BabyHead Mountain: A personal pilgrimage to a haunting piece of Texas folklore

These are my most popular posts as of 3/19/2026:

1. I accidentally ate lunch with a cult
2. Leaving Libertarianism
3. The gulf between students is widening

How to Contact

If you want to contact me, I can be found as ConchCat on Bluesky or you can email me at catsmusings@proton.me.

Questions, comments, conversation - feel free to reach out.