Ok, so the Alamo’s in San Antonio, but 5000! from the LA Metblog tried Google mapping “hollywood sign” and got the expected results. The only landmark nearby that I could come up with was “The Alamo“.
Jun 072007
I Am Sullied – No More
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Jun 072007
Austinite author Robert Bryce wrote an article about the suicide of Col. Ted Westhusing that appeared in the April 27th issue of the Austin Chronicle as well as a few other publications. That same issue of the Chronicle included an article by a professor at UT who had contact with Westhusing while he was studying Greek. I felt ill for most of the day after reading the article and it’s remained in the back of my mind over the past month or so.
Col. Westhusing’s name resurfaced today in my Crooks and Liars feed with this post. The documents linked from that post show Westhusing reporting all sorts of corruption, incompetence and outright theft. They didn’t make me feel any better. Sorry to get heavy on you, but as we go into this premature and hyped up election cycle (what the hell are we doing having presidential candidate debates now?!?!?!), leading to the election nearly 18 months away, I think it’s important to remember things like this.
Austin Past and Present DVD Available
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Jun 072007
I don’t remember if I first saw this on Prentiss’s blog or if I heard about it somewhere else more recently, but, like him, I just got an update e-mail from their mailing list notifying me that the Austin Past and Present project now has DVDs available on their website for $24.95 and also at Bookpeople, the store at City Hall and the Austin History Center.
It looks like a really great project. I’m not sure how much they’ve incorporated it into local libraries or schools yet. I’ll have to remember to ask the next time I’m in my local branch library and when the kids go back to school in the fall. I may just go ahead and pick up a copy to have at home. If I do, I’ll be sure to post a review here.
Jun 072007
I don’t know what it is, but lately I’ve been getting hammered with comment spam, which seems really odd since this blog has essentially become a mirror of my delicious links with a few legitimate posts thrown in for good measure.
I’ve got a few posts that I’ve been meaning to complete for several weeks, but for now I’ll pass on from Kristy that Sonic is having free root beer floats from 8pm-midnight tonight to promote their later hours. Mmmmm…root beer. Anybody know if they use real root beer or that caffeine-laced stuff like Barq’s?