Local.Two Austin police officers were recently acquitted by a jury of their peers of “official oppression”. Isn’t that descriptive? I reserve the right to shade things however I like on this site, but what they did was chase a guy down who had left the scene of a hit and run (after doing [...]
I’ve always loved animals. I’d even go so far as to say that I have greater compassion for dogs and cats than I do for most people. Pets are like infants. But unlike (most) humans, even when they reach adulthood, they continue to be dependent on their “parents”.
Growing up in the country, [...]
I know it’s probably a black mark on my Texas citizenship, but I’ve never managed to kill any large horned animals. Things might have turned out differently had my father not passed away when I was a child, but there were other members of my family that hunted, and they didn’t take me along [...]
If you travel in some of the same circles that I do (and who doesn’t?), then you’ve probably heard a lot about SXSW over the past couple of weeks. The Interactive (Geekfest) part of the festival ran from March 11-15. If you missed it, there are numerous photo sets around the web where [...]
It’s often said in Texas that if you don’t like the weather, just stick around for a while. During the past week, we went through a span where it rained nearly every day. The Austin area averages about 32 inches of precipitation annually, but we’ll often go several months without any significant rain, [...]
I have a great deal of compassion for anyone that spends long hours stuck in traffic during their daily commute to work. It only takes me about seven minutes to go from my front door to my desk, but it’s often seven minutes of hellish road rage. I’ve accepted the possibility that Austin [...]