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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Texas Monthly is weird

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Thumbing through the July edition at the barber's shop: TM has apparently started a series on where Texans worship. The July edition pr...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Nerd/Copy editor humor

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Yeah, nerd/copy editor does dovetail nicely. Anyway, from Caren: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766
Friday, July 18, 2008

Massive wind power project slated for West Texas

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I reported on the subject a bit (a small bit), when I was in Abilene. The primary complaint I heard about wind energy then was that West Tex...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Netflix recommendation: The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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Whoa. I just watched a documentary on this guy from the Austin music underground and am blown away by the story. I know nothing substantial ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Le Burger Time

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Heh. New York Times does a piece on how hamburgers are now big in exclusive Paris restaurants. "It is a startling turnaround in a count...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Football on the horizon

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I divide my summer into two halves: That which happens before the Fourth of July, and that which happens before football season starts. This...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Oh good Lord

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"The schedule we keep is demanding, but it's definitely an amazing experience," said Kevin during a recent conference call fro...
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Friday, July 04, 2008

Happy Fourth, and notes

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And enjoy the day. Meredith's working, so it's me and Sam in bachelor's paradise. I'm thinking burgers are in my near futur...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Hmmmmm ...

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Jeremy C. learns Oklahoma is bringing back John Blake. Erfort finally sees one Pirates loss too many. Todd W. hears about the Sears Craftsma...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

My wife, blogger

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And for a professional publication and everything. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram debuted the "Mom2Mom" social networking site today...

Cowboy cooking notes

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Son-of-a-bitch is the "most infamous*" of dishes from the chuckwagon era, consisting mainly of the cow parts you're never goin...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Speaking of newspapers

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Meredith survived the latest round of cuts at McClatchy and the bleeding seems to have stopped for the time being. Of course those who survi...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Edumacation

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First off, as soon as I let people know I'm going to get a teacher's certification, a few things pop up in the news. My Mom-in-law t...
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James Snipe mountain lion, for real

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This thing has been a lot of fun. I've watched the hoax move from West Texas to East Texas to Alabama to North Carolina, getting hits an...

My wife, writer

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The Star-Telegram just published a little "traveling with your baby" guide put together by my wife. It was kind of interesting se...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Happy Monday

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Though this week starts with a note of frustration, as father's day came and went before I knew about this: MANGROOMER Do-It-Yourself El...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

Star Wars movie crawls

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Here's a site that let's you create your own. My first combines Star Wars with the Simpsons, something else I used to enjoy before i...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Notes, A:

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Saw a cool thing on the way to classes yesterday. I was on loop 820 in an early morning rain when the sky turned into a brilliant white colo...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Coke now

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Here's a map that shows regional preferences for what people call their soft drinks, as in "coke", "soda", "pop...
Monday, June 16, 2008

McClatchy's Black Monday

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Folks: For those of you who know our situation. Meredith works at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Star-Telegram is owned by McClatchy. Tod...
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After nine years in the Texas newspaper industry, Seagraves quit the business in 2005 and moved to Hico to "work" on his "book." He has since married, moved, had a kid and joined the Army. Life is good but he doesn't get home nearly enough.
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