Scene report: Wanda Jackson at Jo’s/South By San Jose March 18, 2011 First: Mysterious Justice March 18, 2011 Price Check: What you get for $700,000 in … March 18, 2011 – This was fun. Surprised not to see anything from California here. City cracks down on venues as promised March 17, 2011 – Well, there goes the band lineup in my driveway.
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Kids whine about the SATs' reality show question March 17, 2011 – This author seems a mite defensive. I take the point about the open-ended nature of the question. But not having bathed in reality TV, I imagine that I would feel myself on shaky ground were I trying to write cogently about its cultural impact, especially if the quality of said writing were going to determine my college prospects. Mental exercise: change the subject…
Perry: Campaign's Social Media Warrants a Book March 16, 2011 – Um, really? All I remember Governor Perry doing with social media was blocking some reporters from his Twitter feed. Also, no pix of the dead coyote on his FB page. SXSW: The Latest in Food Applications March 16, 2011
Pi Day threatened by tau protestors March 14, 2011 Reality TV chef joins W. Austin cooking school March 14, 2011 – I refuse to read this article. I don’t want to know what a “reality TV chef” even is.
Special Adviser to UT Regents Sparks Concern March 14, 2011 Highland Mall Macy's closes for good March 14, 2011 – The following is probably more of an emotional observation than an economic one: there is something sadly inefficient about a mall dying in one part of the city, and new, shiny development taking over another part. Similarly, there are strip malls that have been around 20 years, but which are no sad and half-empty. Are…
DIY Irish Cream March 12, 2011
New Hampshire Republican Won't Apologize For Saying 'Defective' People Should Die In Siberia | TPMDC March 11, 2011 – I try really hard to ignore stories that go “_____ Republican _____ said something offensive.” I do. But as an actual defective person, I would like to punch this crazy old guy in the nuts. New Hampshire Republican Won't Apologize For Saying 'Defective' People Should Die In Siberia | TPMDC March 11, 2011 – I try…
…and Still More Samplers
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As I wrote to a friend in email last night, Shelly is a pack rat. Yes, I did write it in the third person. I was trying to be funny. I do have a little mania about these music samplers, and I have more music than I will be able to listen to in the next month. The mania comes more from the joy of collecting than from the listening. I will find a band…
Electric Kitteh Bed 2000 March 9, 2011 Apple set to open popup shop in core of SXSW action March 10, 2011 – I for one welcome our (temporary) Cupertino overlords.
More SXSW Samplers March 9, 2011 Why do conservatives hate trains so much? March 8, 2011 – I’ve always loved trains. I didn’t realize for a long time that it had anything to do with my politics. I getz mai larj March 8, 2011 Tracking the Cost of Disk Storage (Feeling Old?) March 8, 2011 Awkward Family Pet Photos (VIDEO) March 8, 2011 – they should start with those stupid, posed-looking photos of Mark Zuckerburg…