Monthly Archives: October 2004

So I got that going for me, which is nice

From a Statesman article on rising home prices: In Area 9, which includes East Austin south of Town Lake and just east of Interstate 35, prices rose 35.4 percent to $188,200. Guess who lives in Area 9, baby! P.S. The … Continue reading

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More from Maynard and company

I was posting a comment on Stepan’s post about the new Eminem video and noticed that A Perfect Circle is making one song a day available from eMOTIVe until it’s released on Tuesday.

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Poop and spin

I’m guessing most have already seen Triumph’s trip to spin alley after one of the recent presidential debates, but I just watched it today. It’s as funny, if not funnier than when he visited the Bon Jovi concert or the … Continue reading

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Reality bites so let’s ignore it and make our own

A recent poll (registration required, use bugmenot.com) finds a reality gap among Bush supporters. This follows the NY Times magazine article that I blogged about earlier this week which talks about the Bush administration and their own reality. It’s nice … Continue reading

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The doctor is in

HST on GW. Testify.

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Do the happy dance

Wiley points out that Slint is reforming. Sweet. I wonder if more will come out of that show. I first heard about Slint from a guy who I met when I was looking for a new band in NYC in … Continue reading

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Sound of crickets

Following up on this post, there’s another story in the LA Times. I also just got a response from the e-mail that I sent Lloyd Doggett yesterday about this. I guess he can’t actually do anything himself since he isn’t … Continue reading

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Moral clarity

I found this via a comment on Pandagon.net. UT had a class on the Cuban Missile Crisis when I was an undergraduate. I really wanted to take it, but it didn’t work out.

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Deep in the heart of TexAss

This is appalling, but not surprising. Let’s all hope “Trooper Carlson” gets what’s coming to him.

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wow.

If this is true, it’s huge and it’d better be released before November 2nd. I’ve e-mailed my congressman and both senators about this already. This needs to get top billing from all of the major networks once it’s confirmed. We … Continue reading

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