End of Silence

Wow, that wasn’t a very relaxing Memorial Day weekend.
We drove to Dallas to say farewell to the house my parents have lived in since the summer of 1975 (or was it 1976?). Anyway, they’re selling the place and moving to Oklahoma of all places. It’s a long story. We rented a truck yesterday and [...]

I mentioned the passing of HJR 6 in the Texas House a little while back. It passed the Texas Senate this past week, so we’ll get to vote on it becoming an amendment to the state constitution this November. Yay.
Anyway, I found this Molly Ivins commentary this week which includes the comments of Rep. Senfronia [...]

So, I saw Revenge of the Sith last night at Alamo South Lamar. In a nutshell, it suuuuuuuuucked. Quick first impressions, many of which I’ve already read elsewhere:

Was Darth Vader’s Frankenstein move intentional? If so, it was lame. If not, it was still lame.
What’s with Palpatine chanelling Reagan from The Exorcist after killing Windu? A [...]

I’ve mentioned before that my father-in-law works for NPR’s Morning Edition and that I sometimes hear him on-air. Well, it seems that everyone I know is getting their NPR on this month. Sean, founder of Metroblogging, parent of Austin Metroblogging, is in two pieces by Xeni Jardin for Day to Day and Scott just recorded [...]

I’ve been using AllConsuming for my currently reading or “Legere” block over there on the right for quite a while. Unfortunately, it was hacked a little over a month ago, so the creator, Erik Benson, decided to revamp the site and rewrite it using Ruby on Rails, which boasts quick development time. I think he [...]

What amazes me is that anyone is actually surprised by this.

The NY Times and the Village Voice are giving favorable reviews to the movie version of Scott Heim’s 1995 novel, Mysterious Skin, that opens today in NYC. I met Scott at KGB around the time the book was released. We’ve remained friends since then and it’s very exciting to finally have the book translated to [...]

I posted a quick recap and linked a few photos over on Austin Metblog, which, if I hadn’t already pointed out, has its RSS feed linked over there on the left in the Austin Metblog box. David and Sofia took some pictures of The La with Teo. You can busy yourself with those and the [...]

I’ve written in the past about the crappy job of mass media and especially 24 hour news networks are doing. I was mostly beating on Fox News, but they’re all guilty. Of course, I’m not the only one beating this drum. Rude Pundit weighs in (the Media on the Run section) on this past weekends [...]