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Austin is number six, but number one in Texas
Sure the Right-Wing Noise Machine and their flunkies will claim the source is biased, the ACEE, and the publisher relaying this, good ol’ Mother Jones, but there is much evidence of Austin being more energy efficient than Houston or Big D. … Continue reading
This one has at least two meanings
For those who don’t live around Austin and/or don’t listen to the NPR affiliate(s), John Aielli is the morning guy. He’s the opposite end of most blowhard shows like Howard Stern, Steve Dahl and Austin’s own yawners, Dudley & Bob. … Continue reading
Joe Bob Briggs II for The Love God?
I have this horrible, horrible backlog of cool stories I want to share with you all that date back to some point last year. I’m finally digging out, one at a time. I may even get a few completed while … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Overdue Story, Special Alamo Event
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September ’13 for this week…1993!
Moving up another five years, I brought back the animation/comedy darlings of then, ol’ Beavis & Butt-head. What do they have to do with back-to-school stuff? They were high school students or upper-end junior high students, depends upon the type … Continue reading
Riddick: Acquired Taste
Riddick is the true successor to the surprise hit Pitch Black that propelled Vin Diesel into being an action hero. Chronicles is the Highlander 2 Electric Boogalo in the Riddick franchise. Thankfully the people behind making this decided to return to what many call hard … Continue reading
Miette’s new hangout
The in-laws brought over a cat perch their kitten and elder cat weren’t interested in anymore. At our house, the dominant cats looked/sniffed it over, went “meh,” walked away. Miette decided the top is her new sleep/hangout. My guess is … Continue reading
Happy 20th Anniversary to the Silders
Good gravy! Twenty years? Has it been so long? Yes and I’m glad they continue to defend their position of being in second place for couples I know. (First remains with the Baedkes.) The plan? No idea. It’s a school … Continue reading
Key sticker for Ben’s memorial lab
Dexter was one of Ben’s favorite characters so when I found a site that sold stickers, I had to get this. Originally I was looking for the Batman symbol to go on my new work portable. These guys had both! … Continue reading
Rear-ended, yet again
What was going to be a routine evening of Arby’s (mmm, jamocha shake!), The Simpsons Season Six on DVD and a carb coma ended with this. Yeesh! Our poor Honda can’t get any relief since this is its fourth accident; all of … Continue reading
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Nailed my average for 2013
Most doctors will tell you that 30 minutes/day of cardio-based exercise is the goal to stay in decent shape. The time objective I’m working toward is 150 minutes/week which is a ways off. However, I did achieve an average distance … Continue reading
September ’13 is continuing to shift!
After being inspired by the Alamo Drafthouse’s Back to School theme for their older movie screenings, I decided to take their idea and continue it with my site. Originally I was going to move forward to 1993 but I’ll save that … Continue reading
The World’s End: Worth Seeing
Sadly this brings the Pegg-Frost-Wright Blood & Ice Cream Trilogy to a gratifying end by putting an English spin on the current “end of the world” genre being done to death. Actually, it’s more accurately an alien invasion movie (commercials … Continue reading
Elysium: Worth Seeing/Rental
Neil Blomkamp returns with another dystopian tale about the near future. There isn’t a strong social message like District 9; it’s there but the action-flick/intrigue angles drown out any possibility of this being a strong, anti-One Percent tale. Elysium not being liked as much as 9 could … Continue reading
Twelve years at Chez Maggi, Austin division
I’ve never regretted buying a house much. Actually, as the years go by any feelings of regret fade away quickly. Rent around Austin is getting jacked thanks to us becoming the 11th largest city in the US. With our recent … Continue reading
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This can’t be how more balloon animals are made…
…since all their parts are made of latex.
Posted in Humor, Pictures
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