We have a little snow predicted in our near future but I'm hoping my basil can soldier on anyway. There were at least a couple of mornings recently when I had to scrape ice off my windshield, and the basil persevered...and I really didn't want to spend the evening making pesto, so, I'm feeling lucky and I've built the basil bed a little ghetto ( Read more... )

My friend Steve Bidwell got his drums ripped off out of his car on 11/11 in Austin. He's a working drummer, so it's his livelyhood. If you frequent pawn shops, swap meets etc, please be on the lookout ( Read more... )

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin of the Statesman weighs in...

Chris Apollo Lynn of RepublicofAustin.com has his say...

Don't come for linearity. Expect nothing, get much, have fun, have dreams!

Munuscong Bay Storm

MUNUSCONG BAY - For three friends from downstate a quiet duck hunt on Munuscong Bay turned into a battle for their lives on Friday, October 30 ( Read more... )

Dress Code in United's First Class?

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - A corporate executive with electronic retail giant Best Buy says a United Airlines gate agent denied him a seat in the first class cabin because he was wearing a track suit ( Read more... )

A Boy ( Read more... )

I subscribe to the Austin Film Casting mailing list, run by Capy Dan. This inexplicably appeared there this morning. It's my new year's oracle. The dreams can stop now, please? They just keep on coming...

( From Georg Solti's Memoirs )

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We did two shows back to back last night, 8pm and 11pm, and it was pretty much a piece of cake. First show had a hot audience, there to have a good time, which was an awesome warm up for the second show, and we wanted warm, because we play with the doors open and it chilled down into the 40s or low 50s, last night, I'm guessing. Low temps and wet ( Read more... )

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A graphic, amazing video of an elephant giving live birth. I can't recommend this enough, I've never seen anything quite like it.