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Part one of a two part series
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I found this comic strip via the Internet (Pharyngula, maybe?). I need to lobby the local paper to add it.
Jun 292007
Jun 282007
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Darwin Award Candidates
Jun 272007
Jun 232007
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I’ll probably never look at this again, but at least it’s a roundup.
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One day, this will be necessary.
Jun 222007
As Alamo Drafthouse Downtown prepares to face its last week at the Colorado location before they close down for the summer in anticipation of the move to the Ritz, they’ve made the news for another reason: the South Lamar location had computer problems this week and has overcharged customers, some multiple times.
That’s one way to raise money for the move. 😉
On another note, former Metblogger, Marc Savlov has an Alamo Downtown remembrance in this week’s Chronicle and Jette Kernion is running an Alamo Downtown blog-a-thon on Monday. Be sure to get your posts to her.
Jun 222007
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Of course, this should come as no suprise to anyone.
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An entire site dedicated to shoelaces. Thank you, Internets!
Jun 212007
There’s a lot of local and national coverage of the beating death of David Morales, passenger in a car that apparently hit a 2-year-old yesterday. The child was described as having non-serious or non-life threatening injuries, as also reported by the independent law firm in New York.
Initial coverage, including the APD press release seemed to imply that there was a huge mob of 1,000 or more involved. It now appears that there were only 20 people in the immediate area and only 5 or fewer were involved. A larger crowd from a nearby Juneteenth celebration may have formed after the incident and were merely spectators to the aftermath, but the updated APD press release is very careful not to associate the incident with the Juneteenth festivities at least 2 blocks away.
The News8Austin story says that our incoming new police chief pushed for the more moderate update of the press release. This is the last thing APD needs given recent events and their current reputation in the community, especially East Austin. The city has been making a big deal about the selection of the new police chief, Art Acevedo. It looks like he’s got his work cut out for him.
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Jun 212007
I caught this in the Chronicle. The first session just started at the Federal Building downtown. There’s another session this Saturday and then three more after that.
FREE VIN ETCHING Preventing crime is always preferable to reacting to it after the fact, so Austin Police Department is hosting several workshops this summer in which you can have your vehicle identification number etched on your windshield. Doing so will make your car more easily identifiable and therefore less likely to be stolen.
- Thu., June 21, 10am-1pm: Federal Building, 300 E. Ninth.
- Sat., June 23, 10am-1pm: Target, 11220 FM 2222.
- Thu., June 28, 5-8pm: St. James Baptist Church, 3417 E. MLK.
- Wed., July 11, 10am-1pm: Wal-Mart, 9300 S. I-35.
- Sat., July 21, 10am-2pm: Dolores Catholic Church, 1111 Montopolis. 974-5017.
Jun 202007
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Something along the lines of Edward Gorey and Gashlycrumb Tinies.
Jun 192007
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I agree with a lot of this, especially that the current “factory system” of education doesn’t work. There’s a longer post here, especially since my kids really aren’t that far off from the teen years.
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I’m not sure yet if Ron Paul is really just a Libertarian whacko masquerading as a Republican or not. He doesn’t seem to be as whacko as the last guy the libertarians fielded, Michael whats-his-name who lives in Austin. I’m mildly intrigued.